Theme: Natural World

Humans and the Natural World

The work shown is Fan Kuan’s Travelers among Mountains and Streams, painted circa 1000 C.E. In this work, Fan Kuan presents a relationship between humans and the natural world. Select and completely identify another work of art that presents or creates a relationship between humans and the natural world. You may select a work from the list below or any other relevant work from South, East, and Southeast Asia (300 B.C.E.–1980 C.E.), West and Central Asia (500 B.C.E.–1980 C.E.), or the Pacific (700–1980 C.E.). For each work, describe the relationship between humans and the natural world. Then, using both visual and contextual evidence, analyze both the similarities and the differences between the two works with regard to how they present or create a relationship between humans and the natural world. When identifying the work you select, you should try to include all of the following identifiers: title or designation, name of the artist and/or culture of origin, date of creation, and materials. You will earn credit for the identification if you provide at least two accurate identifiers, but you will not be penalized if any additional identifiers you provide are inaccurate.

If you select a work from the list below, you must include at least two accurate identifiers beyond those that are given.

Chairman Mao en Route to Anyuan

The Court of Gayumars

Navigation chart

Ryoan-ji

Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura)

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