It’s been a wonderful year teaching ancient art to a fabulous group of students. We traveled across the globe from the Nazca civilization in South America to Egypt in Africa to the Shang and Han Dynasties in China. We also covered over 15,000 years of history from Ice Age caves to the fall of Rome.…
ARTK12 Classes
China’s Liangzhu Culture
This week in the Serious Fun class our 3rd – 8th graders studied neolithic China’s Liangzhu culture (ca. 3300-2200 BC) and the early artifacts they produced. The Liangzhu culture is noted for two very interesting pieces of art made out of jade: the cong and the bi. A Bi is a jade disc with a…