Resource Collections
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2 Humanism in China Resources
Hugging a Portrait of Wife For Fall 2009, China Institute Gallery has selected one hundred works from the groundbreaking collection of documentary photography at the […]
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2 The Last Emperor’s Collection Resources
Painting and Calligraphy from the Liaoning Provincial Museum Introduction The Last Emperor’s Collection features more than twenty-four works of painting and calligraphy from the Ming […]
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1 Enchanted Stories: Chinese Shadow Theater in Shanxi
Treasures from the Shanxi Provincial Art Gallery Introduction The magic of the movies had a predecessor in the pre-modern world. For centuries, shadow theater — […]
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1 Confucius (孔夫子)
子曰﹕學而時習之，不亦說乎？ Zǐ yuē, “xué ér shí xí zhī, bù yì yuè hū?” The Master said, ‘Is it not a pleasure, having learned something, to try […]
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2 Along the Yangzi River: Regional Culture of the Bronze Age from Hunan
China’s Bronze Age Cultures — an Introduction With every archaeological discovery of bronze age artifacts throughout China’s vast territory, we gain a more complete and […]
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3 China’s ‘China’: Porcelain’s Contribution to World History and Culture
A simple and clear-cut way of demonstrating the significant impact that Chinese porcelain has had on global material culture over many centuries is to consider […]
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4 Beijing and Nanjing: China’s Capital Cities Resources
Beijing & Nanjing – China’s Late Imperial and Modern Capitals For over five centuries, Beijing was the imperial capital for both the Ming (1368 – […]
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