Early Chinese Civilization?

Question

Can someone who knows about Early Chinese civilization give me some information on this?

The visual arts and literature within the Early Chinese civilization were controlled by the government.
How did this control influence the development of art for the civilization?

Answer 1

"Can someone who knows about Early Chinese civilization give me some information on this?"

Here is one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Chinese_art

"The visual arts and literature within the Early Chinese civilization were controlled by the government.
How did this control influence the development of art for the civilization?"

Not until the Qin dynasty

Qin sculpture

The Terracotta Army, inside the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, consists of more than 7,000 life-size tomb terra-cotta figures of warriors and horses buried with the self-proclaimed first Emperor of Qin (Qin Shi Huang) in 210–209 BC.

The figures were painted before being placed into the vault. The original colors were visible when the pieces were first unearthed. However, exposure to air caused the pigments to fade, so today the unearthed figures appear terra-cotta in color.

The figures are in several poses including standing infantry and kneeling archers, as well as charioteers with horses. Each figure's head appears to be unique, showing a variety of facial features and expressions as well as hair styles.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qin_Dynasty
The Qin Empire relied on the philosophy of legalism (with skillful advisors like Han Fei and Li Si). Centralization, achieved by ruthless methods, was focused on standardizing legal codes and bureaucratic procedures, the forms of writing and coinage, and the pattern of thought and scholarship. Characters from the former state of Qin became the standard for the entire empire. The length of the wheel axle was also unified and expressways standardized to ease transportation throughout the country. To silence criticism of imperial rule, the emperor banished or put to death many dissenting Confucian scholars and confiscated and burned their books.