Chinese Art History Resources: Six Dynasties Period (220-589)

(See also: China resource page)

Web Resources - Six Dynasties - General History
Buddhism in China. BuddhaNet
EMuseum: Early Imperial China. Minnesota State University
Grottoes and Caves. TravelChinaGuide.com
Imperial China. Richard Hooker, Washington State University
The Imperial Era. Leon Poon, compiled from Army Area Handbook
Three Kingdoms, Jin, and Southern & Northern Dynasties. TravelChinaGuide.com
Three Kingdoms, Jin, and Southern & Northern Dynasties. Ulrich Theobald

Web Resources - Six Dynasties - Art History
Art of China Review Slides. An-Yi Pan, Cornell University
Arts of China Study Sheets: Buddhism. Julia Murray, University of Wisconsin
Arts of China Study Sheets: The Period of Disunity. Julia Murray, University of Wisconsin
Buddhist Art of China. Huntington Archive
Buddhist Grottoes. Ulrich Theobald
Cave Temples. Patricia Buckley Ebrey, University of Washington
Compassionate Serenity in Stone. Betty Wang
Dunhuang. Roderick Whitfield
Dunhuang Art. Duan Wenjie, tr. Tan Chung. Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi
Early Imperial China. National Gallery of Art

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Spirit Jar 3c Western Jin	Water Dropper 3-4c	Sea-Dragon 4c	Celadon Jar 5-6c Southern Dynasties	Celadon Jar 5-6c Southern Dynasties
Warrior 3-6c	Miniature Stupa 435 Northern Wei	Buddha 5c Northern Wei	Buddha 5-6c Northern Wei	Buddha 5-6c Northern Wei
Bodhisattva 6c Northern Wei	Offering Shrine 6c Northern Wei	Siddhartha 6c Northern Wei	Maitreya, 520 Northern Wei	Maitreya, 524 Northern Wei
Buddha Triad 6c Eastern Wei	Kuan-yin, 530 Eastern Wei	Buddha 6c Northern Qi	Buddha 6c Northern Qi	Model Cart 6c

[last updated October 5, 2005]

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