Renaissance in Asia

a journey through history...

By: Manuela Vargas,

Catalina Fonrodona,

Camila Trimmiño,

María Alejandra

Ceballos and

Gabriela Villamil.

Art Diverse forms of art that were influenced

by various dynasties, and coming from

different countries.

Art In Korea:

-ceramics

-Buncheong ware,

-Porcelain

-Buddhist art

There was a very strong pursuit

of white in the Joseon dynasty

Art in China.

-calligraphy,

-cloisonné,

-painting was the

handscroll,

-landscape painting

-Daoism

The Chinese way of appreciating a painting

is commonly called words du hua, which

means "to read a painting”.

“One significant body of landscape painting from

the early Joseon period comprises works

illustrating scenery or places in China of literary

fame and with nostalgic association

Many landscapes from this period, chief among

them the Eight Views, are painted in the An

Gyeon style—coined after the most celebrated

and influential landscapist of the early Joseon,

who was active around the mid-fifteenth century.”

-The Japanese blade

-illustrated handscrolls

-Incense

-weddings in the Edo

period:

“Wealthy and powerful

daimyô ordered

magnificent wedding

trousseaus for their

daughters, and these

trousseaus became

symbolic of the social

rank and the political

alliances upon which

the marriages were

founded”.

Influences • Buddhist

• Hindu

this brought to the construction of

more than five thousand temples

in:

➢ Birmania

➢ Camboya

➢ Thailand

➢ Indonesia

architecture

Buildings

In buildings, the materials used

were:

• varnish

• lacquer

• jade stone

• bronze

these materials in the buildings

represented important aspects of

their past.

Chinese

Chinese architecture influence in many others countries, creating two

different new styles, with several characteristics, which were:

• Enhancement: temples and palaces were decorated with relief which bring

the thought of other world.

• Spires: pointed long stick to decorate the temple

• Stupas: memorial pilgrimage with a square base which represent Buda. in

the roof they have a dome which represent the universe.

• Pagodas: building with several levels which has an octagonal shape

looking as a lotus flower. they attract thunders, and it was thought that they

have a spiritual charge.

• Gold leaf: there are inside and outside so they shine with the sun and the

rain.

Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal means “crown of places”.Is located in Agra, Uttradesh, India. The beginning of the construction began in 1932 by the emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife. he used Islamic, Persian, Ottoman, Turkish, and Indian influences.

The construction finally end in 1953 approximately.

Taj Mahal Building parts Base, dome, minaret.

Finial

Minaret

Asian renaissance was characterized by their strict

empires and dynasties. one of the most important

dynasty in that period was ming, this was the

penultimate dynasty of china.

In XIV century take place a decayed of the dynasty

because the emperor was changed and people did

not agreed with it and it made that china became

invaded from others.

Asian renaissance was also known for their barters of

art, books, and other things with other continents

because it help them to win power so they could be

recognized and become powerful around the world.

In that period also Asia was having many problems

with their importations because muslims blocked the

roads so Asia could not make trades. The arrival of

europeans in Asia took along many problems to

asians most of all for china, japan and india

because europeans wanted to evangelize them and

the did not wanted that so then began many revolts

against europeans, that made that Asia declined.

Economy

since Europe dominated much of Asia in the 19th and 20th century it has

been assumed that this was happening in the 16th, 17th and 18th

century. these are some of the relevant events that took place during

renaissance.

Ottoman turks: conquered Constantinople in 1453, the Turks took Cairo

in 1517, Hungary in 1526, Algiers in 1528 and Vienna as well in 1529 and

again in 1683.

persian Safavid Empire: a Shi’a sect of Islam as the state religion and led

to a 250- year flowering of Persian culture.

Japan: took the social organization of feudalism- the Samuri.

china: recovery of agriculture. new machines and irrigating systems.

Inequality of wealth distribution--the beneficiaries of the surplus were

largely landlords and mill owners; farmers and workers received little

recompense or reward for their labor.because of the great wealth

disparity, however, minor declines in the amount of food harvested meant

that those on the bottom of the economic ladder suffered the most.

Restriction of trade:while Menzies focuses upon the opportunities lost

for the Chinese to get credit for the “discovery” of the Americas due to the

jealousies of Confucian clerks, trade was restricted in order to limit the

growing influence of merchants.Trade was not completely shut off, of

course; the Portuguese would arrive in Macau in 1535.

floods and famine: massive population decline thanks to the lack of

food.

political colapse: in 1644 the last emperor of the Ming dynasty

committed suicide. Manchu invaders from Manchuria invaded and captured

Beijing.

India: in the 13th century a succession of Islamic rulers had overrun

northern India. They ruled through a system that made local officials,

known as zamindars, responsible for collecting taxes from peasants on the

land the zamindars owned; but the zamindars had to turn over a portion to

the Islamic rulers.

SOCIETY

Society in China

The social pyramid in Asia started about 3,000 years ago when the Shang and Zhou dynasties

started. During this period, military leaders and administrators were the ones rulling. Almost every

country in Asia was a male-centered society, in which the family name passed down through the

male line. Later on, a new social pyramid emerged. The emperor and his attendants were on the

top. Below him, the elite scholars such as the court or important persons took place. Farmers,

soldiers, merchants, artisans were below them. They were at the bottom of the pyramid. By the

20th century, a number of families with commercial and industrial interests had made great

fortunes. Their wealth permitted them the luxury of educating their children, and because of this,

their families’ status advanced in the traditional hierarchy.

When the Chinese Communists gained power in 1949, the social hierarchy changed dramatically.

Poor peasant farmers and people who had joined the Communist army during the revolution were

held in esteem within the party, which exercised great influence over society. Landlords and

educated elites often were punished, and many lost their land and other properties. In rural areas

there were many executions and other punishments for landlord families.

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