Asian Art, 1st edition

Published by Pearson (January 7, 2014) © 2015

  • Dorinda Neave
  • Lara C.W. Blanchard
  • Marika Sardar

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Illuminates the rich history of Asian Art from ancient times to the present


Asian Art provides students with an accessible introduction to the history of Asian Art. Students will gain an understanding of the emergence and evolution of Asian art in all its diversity. Using a range of analytical skills, readers will learn to recognize patterns of continuity and change between the arts and cultures of various regions comprising Asia. Images set within their broader cultural and religious backgrounds provides students with important contextual information to understand and decode artworks.

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  • Draws Connections Between Art and Society - Chapter-ending Context boxes provide important background information that enriches students’ understanding of the artworks in the main discussion. A series of Cross-cultural Explorations questions encourages students to explore the interconnections between the artistic and cultural traditions across Asia. Examples of Asian art and architecture are examined against a backdrop of religious, political, historical, economic and social issues, helping to develop students’ awareness of the connections between art and society.
  • Examines and Compares Artworks - Closer Look boxes focus on one artwork in each chapter, examining it in detail with explanatory labels that point out the work’s specific features. Compare boxes place two artworks side by side inviting readers to make their own comparisons between the works based on what they have learned in the chapter.
  • Develops Understanding of Key Techniques - Techniques boxes explain and illustrate key techniques used by the artist to create their masterpiece. Students will develop an understanding of the key techniques used by Asian artists to create their artworks. Examples include the piece-mold casting process used to make ancient Chinese bronzes discussed in chapter 6, and the techniques developed to create Japanese woodblock print explained in chapter 15.
  • Incorporates Contemporary Coverage - Students are introduced to the latest developments in Asian scholarship including current trends, the contributions of women artists and patrons, and recent archaeological research.

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

Dorinda Neave is a senior lecturer in Art History at Capilano University, North Vancouver, Canada. Dorinda received a B.A. from Manchester University U.K. and a post-graduate certificate in Education from Keele University, U.K. before completing an M.A at the University of Victoria, Canada. She currently teaches courses in visual culture and Asian art at Capilano University. Her research interests include contemporary Japanese performance art and women in Japanese art as artists, patrons and subjects. Neave’s articles have been published in a variety of journals such as Art Journal and Woman’s Art Journal. She has traveled widely throughout Japan and in 2009 was a summer visiting scholar at Nichibunken (International Research Centre for Japanese Studies) in Kyoto.

Lara C. W. Blanchard is Luce Associate Professor of East Asian Art at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York, where she teaches courses in art history, Asian studies, and women’s studies. She received a B.A. from the College of William & Mary and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Her research interests focus on Chinese pictorial arts, especially of the Song through Ming dynasties (960-1644) and the contemporary era, and include women as artists and patrons, the construction of gender, text-image relationships, and theories of representation. Her articles have appeared in journals such as Ars Orientalis and Nan Nü: Men, Women and Gender in China. She has traveled throughout mainland China and studied Chinese art, language, and calligraphy in Taipei.

Marika Sardar is Associate Curator of Southern Asian and Islamic Art at The San Diego Museum of Art. Marika studied at the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU where she completed a doctoral dissertation on the architecture of Golconda, a fortified city in the Deccan, India. She has also worked in the Department of Islamic Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and her research has embraced architecture, archaeology, painting, textiles, and trade. Publications include essays in several books about the Deccan and in the catalogue The Interwoven Globe: Worldwide Textile Trade, 1500–1800 (2013). She was co-editor of Sultans of the South: Arts of India’s Deccan Courts, 1323-1687 (2011).

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