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Dragons--part of the legends of East Asian cultures for more than 4,000 years--have sweeping powers, including breathing clouds, moving the seasons, and controlling the waters of rivers, lakes, and seas.
- Asian Dragons
In East Asian stories, the dragon is a master of...
- Asian Dragons
In East Asian stories, the dragon is a master of transformation. It can shrink, stretch, or disappear--or take the form of a fish, a snake, or a human being. In this illustration, a Buddhist monk persuades a dragon to shrink small enough to fit in a rice bowl.
15 lut 2024 · Nine Dragon Wall, 1636–1912, Forbidden City, Beijing, China. Imagination is the only limit to the stories and myths about dragons. From East to West, storytellers paint them as creatures of fire, of deep waters, of the wilds and the storms, as anthropomorphic, with scales and teeth and personalities that keep guard of treasures.
16 kwi 2024 · What are the hallmarks of Chinese dragons? How have artists traditionally depicted them? Luckily, we can turn to the museum’s rich East Asian collection for help. The mythical Chinese dragon (龍 lóng) first appeared in Chinese literature during the late Zhou dynasty (771–256 BCE).
7 lis 2023 · Ranging among the monstrous serpents of classical Greco-Roman antiquity, the wyrms of northern European legend, the demonic dragons of Christian medieval western Europe, and the all-powerful dragons of China and Japan, here we will explore the myths surrounding dragons and the cultures from which they came.
10 lut 2024 · From the dragon’s first appearance in art some eight to nine thousand years ago, during the early Neolithic period, these ferocious beasts have occupied an honored place in Chinese culture. Their majestic power has inspired art in nearly every medium—jade to bronze, ceramics to paintings.
In Persianate art, dragons inhabited a wide and varied imaginative landscape that merged keen observations of nature with elements of myth. The dragon was meant to inspire wonder, not so much...
