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Ancient Art Links - Cinnabar: The Chinese Art of Carved Lacquer（中国雕漆 纽约大都会博物馆）

“Cinnabar: The Chinese Art of Carved Lacquer, 14th to 19th Century,” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, explores thousands of years of the Chinese lacquer art tradition. The film shows many art pieces originally created as birthday gifts, with peaches and pine trees representing longevity; melon and pomegranate as the bounty of children and family prosperity; and dragons as symbols of emperors and their power. The largest piece shown is a rare 19th Century screen, illustrating the birthday party of a Chinese legend, Guo Ziyi, with each of the more than 40 guests vividly carved. Cinnabar as a pigment, a medicine, and a poison is also explained and clarified. Ancient Art Links, a CUNY TV Digital Series, is a four-part web-only miniseries produced by Quan Ou, dedicated to exploring history via stories and profiles of ancient art treasures. The series of short films aims to bridge an information gap between members of the general public and art historians, and to become an entertaining and enlightening way to reflect on the past and the common links that join civilizations and humanity. For more Ancient Art Links, visit http://www.tv.cuny.edu/show/ancientar... DSAA01004_V1