Asian art
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Asian art includes a vast range of arts from various cultures, regions, and religions across the continent of Asia.
East Asian art includes works from China, Japan, and Korea, while Southeast Asian art includes the arts of Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma), the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. South Asian art encompasses the arts of the Indian subcontinent, while Central Asian art primarily consists of works by the Turkic peoples of the Eurasian Steppe. West Asian art encompasses the arts of the Near East, including the ancient art of Mesopotamia, and more recently becoming dominated by Islamic art.
History
{{main|History of Asian art}}In many ways, the history of Eastern art parallels the development of Western art.{{Cite book |last=Sullivan |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Sullivan (art historian) |title=The Meeting of Eastern and Western Art |publisher=University of California Press |year=1997 |isbn=0-520-21236-3 |edition=Revised and expanded |location=Berkeley |type=Paperback}}{{Cite book |last=Wichmann |first=Siegfried |title=Japonisme: The Japanese Influence on Western Art Since 1858 |date=1999 |publisher=Thames & Hudson |isbn=0-500-28163-7 |location=New York, NY |type=Paperback}} The art histories of Asia and Europe are greatly intertwined, with Asian art greatly influencing European art, and vice versa; the cultures mixed through methods such as the Silk Road transmission of art, the cultural exchange of the Age of Discovery and colonization, and through the internet and modern globalization.{{Cite book |last=Sullivan |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Sullivan (art historian) |title=The Meeting of Eastern and Western Art |date=1989 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=0-520-05902-6 |edition=Revised and expanded |location=Berkeley |type=Hardcover}}{{Cite news |last=Cotter |first=Holland |date=1994-07-10 |title=Art View; Eastern Art Through Western Eyes |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05EED91E3CF933A25754C0A962958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2 |access-date=October 27, 2007 |work=The New York Times}}{{Cite web |title=Ancient Near Eastern Art |url=http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/museum-departments/curatorial-departments/ancient-near-eastern-art |website=Metropolitan Museum of Art}}
Excluding prehistoric art, the art of Mesopotamia represents the oldest forms of art in Asia.
By country
- Afghan art
- Azerbaijanian art
- Balinese art
- Bhutanese art
- Buddhist art
- Burmese contemporary art
- Chinese art
- Eastern art
- Indian art
- Indonesian art
- Persian art
- Israeli art
- Islamic art
- Jewish art
- Japanese art
- Korean art
- Laotian art
- Persian-Sassanid art patterns
- Philippine Arts
- Sri Lankan art
- Thai art
- Thai contemporary art
- Tibetan art
- Turkish art
- Vietnamese art
- Visual arts of Cambodia
Gallery
Image:Bodhidarma.jpg, Hakuin Ekaku, Scroll calligraphy of Bodhidharma “Zen points directly to the human heart, see into your nature and become Buddha”, (1686 to 1769)]]
Image:Stone work at Konark Orissa India.jpg|Indian art, The Sun Temple in Konark.
File:Xiao and Xiang rivers.jpg|Chinese art, painting Xiao and Xiang rivers by Dong Yuan (c. 934–962).
Image:Bayon Angkor Relief1.jpg|Cambodian art, Stone bas-relief at Bayon temple depicting the Khmer army at war with the Cham, carved c. 1200 CE
Image:Korean palace bldgs.jpg|Korean art, Joseon dynasty palace architecture.
Image:Yama the Lord of Death.jpg|Tibetan art, Dharmapala, Field Museum, Chicago.
Image:Mandala gross.jpg|Tibetan Art, Mandala
Image:Suphannahongsa bow.jpg| Thai art, The bow of Royal Barge Suphannahongse of Thailand
See also
References
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External links
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- [http://www.asia.si.edu Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution]
- [http://www.devearts.com Devearts: an international platform for contemporary art from developing countries]
- [http://www.fairfield.edu/art_asiancollection.html Asian Art Collection at Fairfield University]
- (http://www.sylvainlabestecollection.com Asian Art Collection at Priory of Sacquenay France)
- [http://www.asiasociety.org Asia Society & Museum]
- [http://www.asiancenturyinstitute.com/society/53-asian-art-in-toronto2 Asian Art in Toronto]
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