FAH102H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Feng Shui, Han Dynasty, Fusionism
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Early settlements in china, network of large villages that together formed an urban community on the. It is a technique followed by many capital cities in china: resembles gridded forms of roman empires (superficial similarities, feng shui, life in han empire, lacquer cup with gilded bronze handles: elites enjoyed a luxurious lifestyle. They are initially carved out of wood and then coated with many layers. The sac is applied with different colours to produce designs. It was found in north korea & believed to be given to a soldier instead of a pay cheque. On the design, they used the animal form (bird) interwoven them. It would be made at a government-controlled workshop: silk road, silk was a key industrial product in han. It was used for domestic production and therefore it was exported to other cities. Introduction of buddhism: through the silk road, entered china with cultural changes.
