Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. Asian
6. East Asian
7. Chinese (culture or style)
8. Chinese dynastic styles and periods
9. Southern and Northern Dynasties
10. Six Dynasties

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to a Chinese dynastic culture, style, and period dating 479 to 502. The ephemeral dynasty, one of the successors of the Jin dynasty, was not able to maintain its position for long. Emperor Gaodi (reigned 479-483) amassed a large collection of works of art. A notable artist of the period was Xie He, a portrait painter at the court in Nanjing; he was the influential author of the earliest extant Chinese text on the theory of painting. The caves around the Qixia Temple on Mount She, 20 kilometers east of Nanjing, house Buddhist sculptures from the Southern Qi period.