... when the exchange of goods with China by both land and sea put Islamic people in touch with a different culture. At this time Islamic art was still very primitive and trade with China opened up many new doors. Chinese pottery had a significant impact on Islamic pottery for many centuries ... great transformation in Islamic pottery and no matter how strong foreign influence seems to be Islamic potters adapted and used many forms and designs for their own use. Two great characteristics of Islamic pottery are the decorations which reflect on religious influences and the functionality of .....

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... the process by which it is produced. Porcelain is basically made from a mixture of two ingredients: kaolin and petuntse. Kaoilin is a pure white clay that forms when the mineral feldspar breaks down. Petuntse is a type of feldspar found only in China. It is ground to a fine powder and mixed with kaolin. ... porcelain had spread to Korea, and to Japan in the 1500's. My trip to Harn Museum included a guide tour of the Ancient Chinese art exhibit. The art of Ancient China represents the most unique and beautiful works of the world. The recent exhibit at the Harn Museum showed many examples ...

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... miles apart from each other, the two civilizations had somewhat similar characteristics such as their specialization of labor, large trading markets, huge advances in the sciences and arts and their forms of monumental architecture. But still differed in many ways in the same characteristics. For instance, the Indus and the Chinese were very similar in their specializations in labor. As a result ... and silver. Because of trading, these two civilizations were able to exchange ideas, culture and inventions. Thus, leading them to advance in sciences and the arts. In the advances in art an...

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China is known for its beauty and intellectual prestige but the one thing that mostly stands out when speaking of Chinese art is the form of calligraphy. It is known to be one of the earliest forms of writing that can be translated, which began thousands of years ago and is used today. The earliest form of Chinese calligraphy is dated from the ... of the development of the later cursive script of calligraphy. After the Han dynasty was defeated, another began, the T"ang dynasty from 618 to 907 B.C. It was here that the art of calligraphy expanded even more. It was still used in the elite group...

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... Tang Dynasty, whose rulers had great expansionist tendencies and brought Central Asia into their political and cultural orbit. China, during the Sung Dynasty, looked inward to herself. Traditional ideas in art forms and religious thought were now modified and made more truly Chinese. Buddhist philosophy was fused with the meditative mysticism of native Chinese Taoism. Over 300 years of Sung history is ... piece and scarves over the shoulders, the garb of an Indian Bodhisattva. However, the sculptural form itself, a symphony of elegant curves, is the very essence of the Sung art of China...

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