entitled ‘Court Ladies Preparing Newly Woven Silk’ is a Chinese realist masterpiece painted by the Emperor Huizong (1082-1135) in the Song Dynasty. This painting‚ which now resides in the Museum of Fine Arts‚ Boston‚ interestingly is a careful copy of the original painting by a professional Tang court painter‚ Zhang Xuan (AD 713-755). At the time of the Song dynasty‚ the courtly painting style during the Song Dynasty was characterised by a focus on technical skills and realistic expression. (Powers‚ Tsiang
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Summer Mountains Summer Mountain is an exquisite painting of a landscape in China. It is painted on a hand scroll made of silk with ink and pale colors. The painting is from the Northern Song dynasty 960-1127 in the 11th century. The painting was attributed to Qu Ding {Chinese‚ active ca. 1023-ca. 1056}("Attributed to Qu Ding: Summer Mountains (1973.120.1)". Included in this paper is why I choose this work‚ an assessments to its subject matter and content‚ and the works value in China and western
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54-59‚ the various author’s wrote poems to describe the life in Song China. These poets shared their stories by using beautiful imagery to describe it for them. Stories that describe the noise of rats to the paintings of bamboo‚ the writings of the Song poets conveyed the outlook of the Song Dynasty. Although these poems served as an art for entertainment‚ the poems‚ in a deeper way‚ addressed the thoughts and views of the culture in the Song. In a particular selection‚ in Mair 54‚ the story about the
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The Song Dynasty has been remarked as a dynasty full of inventions and marketing‚ the things that shape our world today. However‚ the emperors ruling during the dynasty are somewhat okay at doing their job. While some had been successful‚ like the original emperor Taizu‚ others had failed to live up to their name‚ like Duzong. Here is the evidence that supports my belief. Many emperors had ruled during the Song dynasty‚ but almost all of these emperors had the same traits and weaknesses. Firstly
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Application February 20‚ 1226 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington‚ DC 20500 Beijing Downtown Ave. 355 N. Emperor Palace. Dear Emperor‚ I am a 25 years old highly educated scholar from Beijing‚ China. Since I graduated from the economic department‚ I am thinking of getting a government job in China that would suit me‚ like the Minister of Economic Affairs or the Minister of Finance. You know people like us‚ scholars‚ have to pass civil service exam‚ which is really difficult
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By Dominic Sun Emperor Qin vs. Emperor Hadrian: Who kept control of their empire most effectively? Qin Shi Huangdi; who became China’s first Emperor‚ and Emperor Hadrian‚ who was perhaps the Roman’s greatest Emperor‚ both tried to control their empires. They were both good commanders and they used various methods such as building roads for ease of travelling‚ training a strong army with clever military tactics‚ building frontiers to keep out invaders‚ divided their country into different
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Was Qin a good emperor or a bad emperor ? Qin was an emperor of many rules‚ he was a two faced emperor. Born on 18th February 259 BC‚ Qin was born into royalty. At only 12 years of age Qin was destined to be king‚ emperor with lots of ambitions for the whole of his reign. He named himself “Huangdi” which means ”great sovereign“ Qin was an emperor who cut both ways through life‚ from good to bad. He started to build the Great Wall of China to keep the peasants in and enemy invaders out‚ which
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Hirohito Emperor of Japan “A revolutionary leader that changed Japan with a quiet dignity and a peaceful attitude.” Stephanie Keenan Period 1 3/25/12 Hirohito ’s Background Emperor Hirohito of Japan was born to Crown Prince Yoshihito (later the Emperor Taisho) and Crown Princess Sadako at the Aoyama Palace in Tokyo on April 29th‚ 1901. His grandfather‚ the Meiji Emperor‚ was in power at this time. Hirohito‚ whose name means “broad-minded benevolence”‚ was a member of the oldest
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Huangdi was China’s first Emperor‚ and Emperor Hadrian was perhaps the Roman’s greatest Emperor. They both tried to control their empires using similar methods‚ such as building roads‚ training a strong army with military tactics‚ erecting frontiers to keep out the invaders. By looking at their personalities‚ armies‚ transport systems‚ and how they controlled the frontiers‚ I think Hadrian is more effective in ruling his empire. Both Roman and Chinese people obeyed their emperors but for different reasons
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------------------------------------------------- Mughal emperors The Mughal era is a historic period of the Mughal Empire in South Asia (mainly Northern India‚ North Eastern Pakistan and Bangladesh). It ran from the early 15th century to a point in the early 18th century The imperial family directly descended from two of the worlds greatest conquerors[citation needed]: Genghis Khan‚ founder of the largest contiguous empire in the history of the world; and the Amir‚ The Mughal Empire lasted for
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