Warring States Period

Examples of Warring States Period in the following topics:

• Architecture of the Qin Dynasty

  • The Dynasty followed the Warring States Period and resulted in the unification of China, ending 15 years later at the introduction of the Han Dynasty.
  • Architecture from the previous Warring States Period had several definitive aspects which carried into the Qin Dynasty.
  • During its reign over China, the Qin sought to create an imperial state unified by highly structured political power and a stable economy able to support a large military.

• The Qin Dynasty

  • The strength of the Qin state was greatly increased by the legalist reforms of Shang Yang in the 4th century BCE, during the Warring States Period.
  • In the mid and late 3rd century BCE, the Qin accomplished a series of swift conquests, first ending the powerless Zhou Dynasty and eventually destroying the remaining six of the major states, thus gaining control over the whole of China.
  • The sword was invented during the previous Warring States Period, first made of bronze and later of iron.

• Japanese Art in the Showa Period

  • During the Shōwa period, Japan shifted toward totalitarianism until its defeat in World War II, when it led an economic and cultural recovery.
  • This was part of an overall global period of social upheavals and conflicts such as the Great Depression and the Second World War.
  • In these ways, the pre-1945 and post-war periods regard completely different states: the pre-1945 Shōwa period (1926–1945) concerns the Empire of Japan, while the post-1945 Shōwa period (1945–1989) was a part of the State of Japan.
  • Japanese painting in the pre-war Shōwa period was largely dominated by Yasui Sōtarō (1888-1955) and Umehara Ryūzaburō (1888-1986).
  • Create a timeline describing the upheaval, occupation, democratic reforms, and economic boom of the pre- and post-war Shōwa period.

• Late Classical Period

  • The Late Classical period covers the last decades of the Classical periods in the fourth century BCE before the conquest of Greece by Philip II of Macedon and the beginning of the Hellenistic period following the death of Alexander the Great.
  • The weakened state of the heartland of Greece coincided with the Rise of Macedon, led by Philip II.
  • Phillip intervened repeatedly in the affairs of the southern city-states, culminating in his invasion of 338 BCE.
  • He compelled the majority of the city-states to join the League of Corinth, allying them to him and preventing them from warring with each other.
  • Alexander, son and successor of Philip, continued the war.

• Introduction to Ancient Greece

  • Greek society was insular, and loyalties were focused around one's polis (city-state).
  • Several city-states emerged as major powers, including Athens, Sparta, Corinth, and Thebes.
  • These poleis were often warring with each other, and formed coalitions to gain power and allies.
  • These wars continued on and off until 400 BCE.
  • While marred by war, the Classical period saw the height of Greek culture and the creation of some of Greece's most famous art and architecture.

• Japanese Art after World War II

  • After World War II, Japanese artists became preoccupied with the mechanisms of urban life and moved from abstraction to anime-influenced art.
  • Welcoming the new post-World War II period of Japanese history, the government-sponsored Japan Art Academy (Nihon Geijutsuin) was formed in 1947.
  • The arts of the Edo and prewar periods (1603-1945) had been supported by merchants and urban people, but they were not as popular as the arts of the postwar period.
  • Many other older schools of art were still practiced, most notably those of the Edo and prewar periods.
  • Describe the flourishing of painting, calligraphy, and printmaking after World War II.

• Cultural Wars of the 1990s

  • The term culture war in the United States generally refers to the conflict between conservative and liberal values.
  • The term cultural war has been in English use almost as long as the original Kulturkampf, and generalizes the idea of these kinds of struggles.
  • Culture war disputes are considered by many to have had significant impacts on national politics in the United States in the 1990s.
  • The culture wars also influenced the debate over public school history curricula in the United States in the 1990s.
  • Culture war disputes are considered by many to have had significant impacts on national politics in the United States in the 1990s.

• Switzerland

  • In the 15th century, Europe was in a state of shift with political struggles between the growing strength of the Italian city-state and the Holy Roman Empire.
  • Switzerland was precoccupied with war throughout much of the 15th century.
  • By 1353, the three original cantons had been joined by the cantons of Glarus and Zug and the city states of Lucerne, Zürich, and Bern, forming the "Old Federation" of eight states that persisted during much of the 15th century.
  • Zürich was expelled from the Confederation from 1440 to 1450 due to a conflict over the territory of Toggenburg (the Old Zürich War).
  • Generalize about the the art and ideals of the Swiss renaissance period.

• Experiments in Latin America

  • In the years following the two World Wars, Latin American artists experimented with multiple forms of artistic expression.
  • Following the first and second World Wars, Latin American artists experimented with multiple forms of artistic expression.
  • Buffered from World War II, many South American countries in the 1940s and 1950s entered an optimistic period of economic growth.
  • Having spent more than four decades in Europe and the United States, he had quickly become associated with an international group of abstract artists, including Piet Mondrian and Theo van Doesburg.
  • Painted in 1932, this work by García predates his influence on the growth of abstract art in Latin America after World War II.

• Picasso

  • Among his most famous works are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907), and Guernica (1937), a portrayal of the German bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War.
  • While the names of many of his later periods are debated, the most commonly accepted periods in his work are the Blue Period (1901–1904), the Rose Period (1905–1907), the African-influenced Period (1908–1909), Analytic Cubism (1909–1912), and Synthetic Cubism (1912–1919).
  • In the period following the upheaval of World War I, Picasso produced work in a neoclassical style.
  • Arguably Picasso's most famous work is his depiction of the German bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War—Guernica .
  • For many, this large canvas embodies the inhumanity, brutality, and hopelessness of war.