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Lesson: Peach Blossom Spring: Idealizing the Simple Life in Nature
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The idyllic vision of "Peach Blossom Spring" is explored in Liu Dus painting and the poems of Tao Yuanming (also known as T'ao Qian or T'ao Ch'ien ). This vision of returning to nature to achieve idyllic contentment through self-sufficiency and simplicity is not unlike the dream of British and American Romantic/Transcendentalist poets and writers. The purpose of this lesson is to help students gain a better understanding of artworks by recognizing their underlying philosophical ideas. They will experience the close relationship between the arts of prose, poetry, painting, and calligraphy. Students will also examine and appreciate several paintings more completely by reading accompanying poems or prose works.
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Grades 9-12
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Funerary Objects in Ancient China as a Mirror of Beliefs
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