Chinese Art History Resources: Zhou Dynasty

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Zhou Dynasty - Web Resources
Chinese History - Zhou Dynasty. Ulrich Theobald
The Chou. Richard Hooker, Washington State University
Confucius. Kelley L. Ross, Los Angeles Valley College
Confucius. Jeffrey Riegel, UC Berkeley
Confucius: The Analects. Paul Halsall, Brooklyn College
Confucius: Translations. James Legge
The Golden Age of Chinese Archaeology: Chu Culture. National Gallery of Art
The Golden Age of Chinese Philosophy. China-tour.cn
Monuments of China: Bronze Age. Mike Gunther
Shang, Zhou, and the Classics. Sanderson Beck
Daoism (links). Gene R. Thursby, University of Florida
Teaching/Learning Through Confucius. David Jones
Tomb of Count Yu and Tomb of Marquis Yi. Patricia Buckley Ebrey et al., University of Washington
Treasures from a Lost Civilization: Ancient Chinese Art from Sichuan (list of works). Seattle Art Museum
The Zhou Dynasty, Early Confucianism, and Early Daoism. Gregory James Smits, Pennsylvania State University
Zhou Dynasty. Wikipedia
The Zhou Period and The Hundred Schools of Thought. Leon Poon

Zhou Dynasty - Museum Collections
Art Institute of Chicago: Gallery 131b and  Gallery 132
Asia Society Museum of New York
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
British Museum
Western Zhou dynasty and Eastern Zhou dyansty. Cleveland Museum of Art
Freer and Sackler Galleries
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Museums in China: Bronze Age. Mike Gunther
National Palace Museum, Taipei

Zhou Dynasty - Image Links (click inside)

1. Western Zhou

Cong 1122-771	Ding 11c	Ding 10c	Ding	Fang Ding	Gui 11c	Gui
Jia	Lei 10c-8c	Fang Lei 1040-1000	Nao	You 11c	You 11c	Yu 11c
Zhong 9c	Zhong	Zun 11c	Zun	Zun

2. Spring and Autumn Period

Openwork Ding	Dou 6-5c	Finial 1000-500	Finial 7-5c	Gourd-shaped Vessel	Gui early 6c	He 7-6c
. Gold Hilt 6-5c	Model House	Hu 7-6c	Hu 6-5c	Hu	Jar 6-4c	Pan
Singer	Zhong c.550	Zhong early 5c	Zun 6-5c

3. Warring States Period

Altar	Bian early 5c	Bowl	Coffin	Coffin 316	Coffin 430	Cups
Dancer 480-221	Deer	Drum	Drum Stand 3c	Drum Stand 5c	Dui 4-3c	Flask 4c
Guardian 4c	Lei 4c	Mirror 4c	Ornament 4-3c	Plate Stand 5-3c	Servant	Tiger Tally
Zhong 430	Zhong	Zun-Pan 430

[last updated: June 25, 2013]

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