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China Art help 10 pts!?

7,000 clay soldiers were found in a burial mound to guard who?
Travelers Among Mountains and Streams is a famous Song Dynasty painting
Done by which artist?
Was calligraphy important in early Chinese artwork?
What is a pagoda?
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7,000 clay soldiers were found in a burial mound to guard emperor Qin Shihuangdi, the first ruler to unify China, more than 2,000 years ago.

http://www.geocities.com/athens/academy/7547/clinton.html

Travelers Among Mountains and Streams is a famous Song Dynasty painting done by Fan Kuan.

http://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/painting/4ptgnsla.htm

Was calligraphy important in early Chinese artwork?
No, it was just written communication then.
(As Chinese culture spread to Korea, Japan, Vietnam and Singapore, calligraphy became a unique feature of Oriental art.)

http://www.chinavoc.com/arts/calligraphy.htm

A pagoda is the general term in the English language for a tiered tower with multiple eaves common in China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and other parts of Asia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagoda

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