CHINESE ART & ARCHITECTURE RESOURCES

     created by Peggy Beck Haines

See also ONLINE RESOURCES  for paid subscriptions.

NOTE: MUSEUMS LISTED BELOW HAVE ASIAN ART COLLECTIONS OR EXHIBITIONS ONLINE.

ARCHITECTURE RESOURCES

             ANCIENT TOMBS
             BEIJING SITES
                         BEIJING'S HUTONGS (ANCIENT CITY ALLEYS OR LANES) 
                         CHANGING PLACES: BEIJING'S ANCIENT HUTONGS ARE BEING TORN UP TO BUILD NEW APARTMENTS (PHOTO ESSAY) 
                        HUTONGS PANORAMA
             FORBIDDEN CITY SITES
                        THE FORBIDDEN CITY (ALISON'S WONDERLAND TOUR) 
                        THE FORBIDDEN CITY: A VIRTUAL TOUR 
                        THE FORBIDDEN CITY: INTERACTIVE MAP
             THE GATE OF HEAVENLY PEACE PANORAMA
            THE GRAND CANAL
              GREAT WALL OF CHINA SITES
                         ALL ABOUT THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA
                        CONSTRUCTION OF THE GREAT WALL BEGINS 221 BC
                        THE GREAT WALL (UNESCO)
                         THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA: 360 DEGREES (BEIJING GUIDE)
                        THE GREAT WALL: A VIRTUAL TOUR 
                        THE GREAT WALL: FORGOTTEN WONDERS
                        THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA
                        THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA (TRAVEL CHINA GUIDE)
               MING TOMBS SITES
                             IMPERIAL TOMBS OF THE MING AND QING DYNASTIES (UNESCO)
                            THE MING TOMBS
                THE SUMMER PALACE SITES
                            THE SUMMER PALACE (ALISON'S WONDERLAND TOUR)    
                            THE SUMMER PALACE                  
                            THE SUMMER PALACE, A VIRTUAL TOUR 
                            THE SUMMER PALACE, AN IMPERIAL GARDEN IN BEIJING (UNESCO) 
                            THE SUMMER PALACE PANORAMA
                THE TEMPLE OF HEAVEN SITES
                            TEMPLE OF HEAVEN: AN IMPERIAL SACRIFICIAL ALTAR IN BEIJING (UNESCO)
                            THE TEMPLE OF HEAVEN: A BIRD'S VIEW 
                            THE TEMPLE OF HEAVEN: A VIRTUAL TOUR
                 TERRA COTTA WARRIORS OF THE QIN DYNASTY SITES
                            MUSEUM OF TERRA COTTA WARRIORS AND HORSES OF QIN SHI HUANG
                            TERRA COTTA WARRIORS
                TIANANMEN SQUARE RESOURCES
                WHITE CLOUD TEMPLE

ART RESOURCES

                ANCIENT CHINA: ILLUMINATING WORLD CULTURES (BRITISH MUSEUM)
                ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF ANCIENT CHINA: A TEACHER'S GUIDE  (SMITHSONIAN  PART 1, PDF, 26 PAGES, OVERVIEW OF ANCIENT CHINA, HISTORICAL BACKGROUND, TIMELINE, FEATURED OBJECTS, LESSON PLANS, RESOURCES)
                ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF ANCIENT CHINA: A TEACHER'S GUIDE  (SMITHSONIAN  PART 2, PDF, 30 PAGES,  FEATURED OBJECTS)
                 ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF ANCIENT CHINA: A TEACHER'S GUIDE  (SMITHSONIAN  PART 3, PDF, 55 PAGES, VOCABULARY, LESSON PLANS, STUDENT ART WORK, RESOURCES)
                ART OF ASIA (BOSTON MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS)
                ART OF THE MING DYNASTY (SEE MING DYNASTY RESOURCES.)
                ARTS OF CHINA CONSORTIUM (NYU)
                ASIANART.COM: THE ON-LINE JOURNAL FOR THE STUDY AND EXHIBITION OF THE ARTS OF ASIA
                CHINESE & JAPANESE ART HISTORY WWW VIRTUAL LIBRARY
                CHINESE ART: CHINA THE BEAUTIFUL
                CHINESE ART (CHINAKNOWLEDGE)
                CHINESE PAINTING GALLERY (CHINA THE BEAUTIFUL)
                CLASSICAL CHINESE PAINTINGS (CHINA THE BEAUTIFUL)
                CLAY FERTILITY FIGURES OF HENAN
                GUIDE TO CHINESE PAINTING
                HEAVENS' EMBROIDERED CLOTHS: ONE THOUSAND TEARS OF CHINESE TEXTILES (EXHIBIT)

CALLIGRAPHY

APPRECIATION OF THE ART OF CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY
CALLIGRAPHY: INSCRIPTIONS AND HANDWRITING (SELECT CHINESE SCRIPT FROM LEFT FRAME.)
CALLIGRAPHY OF THE MASTERS
CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY

GARDENS

                    BEIHAI PARK
                    CHINESE GARDENS (SLIDE SHOW) 
                    CHINESE IMPERIAL GARDENS
                    CHINESE POTTED LANDSCAPES
                    THE CLASSICAL GARDENS OF CHINA
                    ENVIRONMENTAL AESTHETICS AND CHINESE GARDENS
                    THE DESIGN AND PURPOSE OF A CHINESE GARDEN
                    IMPERIAL GARDEN   
                    SOME NOTES ON CHINESE GARDENS
                    SUZHOU GARDENS
                         CLASSICAL GARDENS OF SUZHOU (UNESCO)
                         HUMBLE ADMINISTRATOR'S GARDEN (SUZHOU)
                        MASTER OF THE FISHERMAN'S NETS GARDEN (SUZHOU)
                        MASTER-OF-NETS GARDEN
                        SUZHOU GARDENS                
                    YU YUAN GARDEN (SHANGHAI)
               THE SUMMER PALACE
                    THE SUMMER PALACE
                    THE SUMMER PALACE (ALISON'S WONDERLAND TOUR)  
                    THE SUMMER PALACE, A VIRTUAL TOUR         

MUSEUMS

                ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
                ASIAN ART MUSEUM OF SAN FRANCISCO
                ASIAN CIVILISATIONS MUSEUM
                BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART
                THE BARNES FOUNDATION
                BOSTON MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
                THE BRITISH MUSEUM: ASIA
                BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART
                CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART - ASIAN COLLECTION
                DENVER ART MUSEUM- ASIAN ART DEPARTMENT
                DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS- MIDDLE EAST, ISLAMIC, & ASIAN COLLECTION
                FINE ARTS MUSEUM OF SAN FRANCISCO
                FREER GALLERY OF ART AND ARTHUR M. SACKLER GALLERY
                GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
                HARVARD UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUMS
                KIMBELL ART MUSEUM, FORT WORTH
                LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART
                LOWE ART MUSEUM, UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
                METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART- ANCIENT AND NEAR EASTER ART COLLECTION
                METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART- ASIAN ART COLLECTION
                MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ART--ASIAN COLLECTION
                MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
                MUSEUM OF WEB ART   
                MUSEUMS IN THE USA
                NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
                NATIONAL PALACE MUSEUM- TAIPEI, TAIWAN
                THE ORIENTAL INSTITUTE MUSEUM (UNIV. OF CHICAGO)
                ORIENTAL SITES FOR ART AND SOCIAL STUDIES CONTENT (BETTIE LAKE)
                PACIFIC ASIA MUSEUM
                PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM
                PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART
                PORTLAND ART MUSEUM--ASIAN ART COLLECTION
                PRINCETON UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM
                SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART
                SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
                SEATTLE ART MUSEUM
                SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE
                THE TRAMMEL & MARGARET CROW COLLECTION OF ASIAN ART
                UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY
                WEBMUSEUM, PARIS
                WORLD ART TREASURES
                WORLDWIDE ART RESOURCES
                WWW VIRTUAL LIBRARY MUSEUMS PAGE

PAPERCUTS

                CHINESE PAPERCUTS 
                PAPERCUTS AND MIANHUA

SCULPTURE

                SCULPTURE: BUDDHIST GROTTOES (CHINAKNOWLEDGE)

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