Title: Chinese art | Article about Chinese art by The Free Dictionary
Headings: Chinese art
Chinese art
Chinese art,
Early Periods
The Early Dynasties: Ritual Bronzes
Buddhist Art
Chinese Painting since the Fifth Century
Calligraphy and the Minor Arts
Cross-Cultural Influences in Modern Times
Art under Communism
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Content: dynasties. The adornment of the bronzes varies from the most meager incision to the most ornate plastic embellishment and from the most severely abstract to some naturalistic representations. The Later Han dynasty marks the end of the development of this art, although highly decorated bronze continued to be produced, often with masterly treatment of metal and stone inlays. Buddhist Art
The advent of Buddhism (1st cent. A.D.) introduced art of a different character. Works of sculpture, painting, and architecture of a more distinctly religious nature were created. With Buddhism, the representation of the Buddha and of the bodhisattvas and attendant figures became the great theme of sculpture. The forms of these figures came to China from India by way of central Asia, but in the 6th cent. A.D. the Chinese artists succeeded in developing a national style in sculpture. This style reached its greatest distinction early in the T'ang T'ang
, dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907.