Art of Ancient China
Images of lightnings and spiral clouds, fantastic animals, the image of dragons in the clouds, symbolizing power of natural powers have been especially widespread. On ancient Chinese poverijam, these images had magic values - helped to receive good weather, rains, fertility from spirits of the nature.
The period of a dynasty of Dzhou (11-3 century to River H) System religious-philosophical daosizma and конфуцианcтва have made the big contribution to culture and art. In the middle of the first millenium to River H main principles of architecture and a lay-out gorodov.troili much fortifikatsionnyh the constructions, separate protective walls from the north of kingdom of a steel were generated, will unite in one continuous Great Wall (3 century to River Х.-15 century; height from 5 to 10 meters, width from 5 to 8 meters and length of 5000 km) with quadrangular security towers. Frame designs, wooden (later brick) types of the rectangular plan of a structure are formed. Dvuskatnye roofs of constructions became covered by straw (later a tile). The underground two-storeyed mausoleums extend, their walls and ceilings were decorated by murals, incrustation, stone statues of fantastic animals were nearby put. There were characteristic kinds of the Chinese painting - (the end 26стр.)
Regulations of art existing in konfutsianskoj ideologies. Art speech desire to remind people morals of last "Golden Age". Constructive and decorative elements of architectural structures (system of set of arms, angular bends of roofs or “flying roofs” are created. Pictures of small formats were written on silk, fans, screens, sheets of paper (8, 10 and 12 sheets albums). It is characteristic close picturesque, poetic and kaligraficheskaja communication which is inherent in the Chinese decorative products, for all art obshchii a subject - a brush.
In Khans the ceramic ware decorated with a geometrical ornament extends.
