Art - Strongly influenced by Chinese Buddhist art.
- Influence is seen in pottery, calligraphy and traditional architecture
- Calligraphy used only by scholars and elites - Calligraphy hangings made on Lunar New Year that depicted poetry, folk sayings, or single words Neolithic
Depict everyday life: farming, warriors wearing feather headdresses, ship construction and musicians, and weavers
Ngo to Tran dynasty
Ceramics influenced by ancient natives styles, the Tang, then later Song dynasty
Applied the three colours concept
Landmark structures made such as temple of literature
Music - Music varies with regions
- Northern classical is the oldest and is more formal
- Can be traced back to the Mongol invasions Three widely known genres
- Imperial court music from Tran Dynasty
- Elaborate
- Features array of musicians and dancers in costumes
- Ca trù was a form of chamber music from imperial court
- Came to associate with the geisha-type entertainment
- Quan họ was a type of improvisational music
- Sung acapella
- Used in courtship rituals
- Array of instruments, musicians and dancers wearing elaborate garbs Literature - Both oral and written
- Chữ nôm allowed writers to compose in Vietnamese
- Writing system using Chinese characters
- Flourished in 18th century
- Quốc ngữ(17th century)
- Became the current writing style
- Based on Latin alphabet
Poetry
- Most poetry written in Chữ nôm
- Some poetry adapted into song
Art
- Strongly influenced by Chinese Buddhist art.
- Influence is seen in pottery, calligraphy and traditional architecture
- Calligraphy used only by scholars and elites
- Calligraphy hangings made on Lunar New Year that depicted poetry, folk sayings, or single words
Neolithic
- Pottery dated back from stone age
- Made from clay
Bronze age- Dong Son Drums made from bronze casting
- Elaborately decorated with geometric patterns
- Depict everyday life: farming, warriors wearing feather headdresses, ship construction and musicians, and weavers
Ngo to Tran dynasty- Ceramics influenced by ancient natives styles, the Tang, then later Song dynasty
- Applied the three colours concept
- Landmark structures made such as temple of literature
Music- Music varies with regions
- Northern classical is the oldest and is more formal
- Can be traced back to the Mongol invasions
Three widely known genres
- Imperial court music from Tran Dynasty
- Elaborate
- Features array of musicians and dancers in costumes
- Ca trù was a form of chamber music from imperial court
- Came to associate with the geisha-type entertainment
- Quan họ was a type of improvisational music
- Sung acapella
- Used in courtship rituals
- Array of instruments, musicians and dancers wearing elaborate garbs
Literature
- Both oral and written
- Chữ nôm allowed writers to compose in Vietnamese
- Writing system using Chinese characters
- Flourished in 18th century
- Quốc ngữ(17th century)
- Became the current writing style
- Based on Latin alphabet
Poetry
- Most poetry written in Chữ nôm
- Some poetry adapted into song
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_of_Vietnam#Visual_arts