Asian Art, 1st edition

In this Section:

1. Brief Table of Contents
2. Detailed Table of Contents

I) Brief Table of Contents

PART ONE: SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA

• Chapter 1. The Rise of Cities and Birth of the Great Religions: Early Indian Art
• Chapter 2. Religious Art in the Age of Royal Patronage: The Medieval Period
• Chapter 3. India Opens to the World: The Early Modern Period
• Chapter 4. India and the International Scene: The Modern and Contemporary Periods
• Chapter 5. At the Crossroads: The Arts of Southeast Asia

PART TWO: CHINA

• Chapter 6. Ritual and Elite Arts: The Neolithic Period to the First Empires
• Chapter 7. Looking Outward: The Six Dynasties and Sui and Tang Dynasties
• Chapter 8. Art, Conquest, and Identity: The Five Dynasties Period and Song and Yuan Dynasties
• Chapter 9. The City and the Market in Chinese Art: The Ming and Qing Dynasties
• Chapter 10. The Push for Modernization: 1912 to the Present

PART THREE: KOREA AND JAPAN

• Chapter 11. An Unknown Land, A People Divided: Korean Art from Prehistory to Present
• Chapter 12. The Way of the Gods and the Path of the Buddha: Japanese Art from Prehistory to the Asuka Period
• Chapter 13. External Influences and Internal Explorations: The Nara and Heian Periods
• Chapter 14. Strife and Serenity: Kamakura, Muromachi, and Momoyama Periods
• Chapter 15. From Isolation to Internationalism: Edo Period to the Present

II) Detailed Table of Contents

PART ONE: SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA

• Chapter 1. The Rise of Cities and Birth of the Great Religions: Early Indian Art
  • The Harappan Civilization
  • The Vedic Period And The Origins Of Hinduism
  • Buddhism And Buddhist Art
  • Jainism And The Depiction Of The Divine
  • Other Traditions Of Sculpture
• Chapter 2. Religious Art in the Age of Royal Patronage: The Medieval Period
  • The Ritual And Artistic Developments Of Hinduism
  • Early Hindu Temples
  • The Convergence Of Jain, Buddhist, And Hindu Traditions
  • Buddhism In Sri Lanka
  • Later Developments In Temple Architecture
  • Medieval Paintings And Manuscripts
  • South Asian Textiles And The International Trade Market
• Chapter 3. India Opens to the World: The Early Modern Period
  • The Arrival Of Persian Court Culture And The Spread Of Islam
  • The Delhi Sultanates And Their Contemporaries
  • The Deccan Sultanates, Vijayanagara, And Southern India
  • The Mughal Empire
  • Europeans And European Art In India
  • Art And Architecture Of The Rajput Courts
  • Painting From The Pahari Courts
  • Visual Traditions Of The Sikh Religion
• Chapter 4. India and the International Scene: The Modern and Contemporary Periods
  • A Mixture Of Traditions: European And Indian Art In The Eighteenth And Nineteenth Centuries
  • The Architecture Of Empire
  • Visions Of The Modern In The Early Twentieth Century
  • Independent South Asia
  • Contemporary Art: Globalization, Diaspora, Heritage
• Chapter 5. At the Crossroads: The Arts of Southeast Asia
  • Prehistory
  • Trade
  • Indigenous Art
  • The Arrival Of Indic Religions
  • The Great Flowering
  • Rise Of Islam
  • Ayutthaya
  • Burma
  • Modern Times

PART TWO: CHINA

• Chapter 6. Ritual and Elite Arts: The Neolithic Period to the First Empires
  • Neolithic Artifacts
  • Ancestor Worship
  • Zhou Dynasty Ritual And Political Arts
  • The Tomb Of The First Emperor Of The Qin Dynasty
  • Han Dynasty Funerary Arts, Daoism, And Confucianism
• Chapter 7. Looking Outward: The Six Dynasties and Sui and Tang Dynasties
  • Six Dynasties Pictorial Arts
  • Six Dynasties Buddhist Cave Sites
  • Six Dynasties And Tang Calligraphy
  • Sui And Tang Imperial City Planning And Tombs
  • Sui And Tang Dynasty Handscroll Paintings
  • Tang Buddhist Art And Architecture
  • Decorative Arts For The Tang Elite
• Chapter 8. Art, Conquest, and Identity: The Five Dynasties Period and Song and Yuan Dynasties
  • Southern Tang Court Painting
  • Southern Tang And Northern Song Landscape Painters
  • Northern Song Courtly Arts
  • Song Literati Painting And Calligraphy
  • Southern Song Court Painting, Calligraphy, And Patronage
  • Southern Song And Yuan Religious Art And Architecture
  • Yuan Court Painting
  • Yuan Literati Painting
  • Chapter 9. The City and the Market in Chinese Art: The Ming and Qing Dynasties
  • Ming And Qing Politics And Architecture
  • Ming And Qing Ceramics
  • Ming Professional Painters
  • Ming Literati Painters
  • Ming And Qing Female Painters
  • Qing Court Painters
  • Qing Individualist And Eccentric Painters
• Chapter 10. The Push for Modernization: 1912 to the Present
  • Republican-Era Pictorial Arts, 1912–1949
  • Communist-Era Political Arts, 1949–1976
  • Post-Cultural Revolution Painting, 1976 To The Present
  • Painters Working Outside Mainland China
  • Installations, Performances, And New Media, 1980s To The Present

PART THREE : KOREA AND JAPAN

• Chapter 11. An Unknown Land, A People Divided: Korean Art from Prehistory to Present
  • Neolithic And Bronze Age
  • Three Kingdoms Period
  • Buddhism And Korea
  • Queen Seondeok
  • Unified Silla Kingdom
  • Goryeo Dynasty
  • Joseon Dynasty
  • Colonization And War
  • Art In North Korea
  • Art In South Korea
• Chapter 12. The Way of the Gods and the Path of the Buddha: Japanese Art from Prehistory to the Asuka Period
  • Shamanism And The Development Of Shinto
  • Jomon Period
  • Yayoi Period
  • Kofun Period
  • The Sun Goddess Amaterasu And The Shinto Shrine At Ise
  • Early Buddhist Art
• Chapter 13. External Influences and Internal Explorations: The Nara and Heian Periods
  • Nara Period
  • Heian Period
• Chapter 14. Strife and Serenity: Kamakura, Muromachi, and Momoyama Periods
  • Kamakura Period
  • Muromachi (Ashikaga) Period
  • Momoyama Period
• Chapter 15. From Isolation to Internationalism: Edo Period to the Present
  • Closed Doors: Edo Period
  • Meiji Period
  • Showa Period
  • From 1989 To The Present