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Oct 2, 2017 · Learn about the artistic achievements of the Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE) of ancient China, such as calligraphy, painting, lacquerware, and jade carving. Explore how the Han artists depicted everyday life, history, mythology, and the essence of their subjects.
- Mark Cartwright
Learn about the history, culture, and achievements of the Han dynasty (206 B.C.–220 A.D.), the longest and most influential period of ancient China. Explore the artworks, such as ceramics, paintings, and tomb panels, that reflect the Han dynasty's political, economic, and intellectual development.
The Han Dynasty is one of the great dynasties in Chinese history, encompassing nearly four hundred years of expansion and consolidation which coincided with the period of the Roman republic and empire in the West.
Age of Empires: Art of the Qin and Han Dynasties is a revelatory study of the dawn of China’s imperial age, delving into more than 160 objects that attest to the artistic and cultural flowering that occurred under Qin and Han rule.
The period of the Han Dynasty spanned more than four centuries and is considered a golden age in Chinese history during which a great deal of art was produced. The dynasty has been divided into the Western Han (206 BCE – 9 CE) and the Eastern Han (25–220 CE) periods.
The Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 C.E.) reunified China after the civil war following the death of Qin Shihuangdi in 210 B.C.E. It is divided into two periods: the Former (or Western) Han, when Chang’an (present-day Xi’an) was its capital; and the Later (or Eastern) Han, which ruled from Luoyang—230 miles east of Xi’an.
The Han dynasty (206 B.C.–220 A.D.) establishes China’s lasting model of imperial order and imposes a new national consciousness that survives today among the Chinese, who still refer to themselves as the “Han people.”
