Asian Art

ASIAN ART
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ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN ART AND
ISLAMIC ART
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• Designed objects have religious and political associations
• Produced impressive palace, temple structures and

decorative art objects
• Among the ancient objects found in Near East are the
plaster-covered skulls from Jericho, Jordan (7000 BC)
made for ancestral worship
• Ziggurats of the Sumerians (3500-2340) – the oldest
monumental building in the Near East
• Islamic art was influenced by local tradition with religion
as the common subject matter.
INDIAN ART
• The art of the Indian subcontinent can be traced back to as
early as the Indus Valley civilization (3000-1500 BC).
• a term used in art history to group and study the different
artistic expressions created in the historical regions of the
Indian subcontinent, including modern-day India,
Bangladesh, and areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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HINDU ART
• Religious tradition that came to be known as Hinduism
• Although the Hindu Pantheon is large, many worshippers
tend to focus their prayers either on Vishnu, the preserver,
or Shiva, the destroyer.
• Elements associated with fertility are frequently emphasized
in Hindu figural sculpture.
• Hindu architectural styles are well-documented in structure
cut from granite boulders.
• Most early architecture had been lost, probably because
they were constructed in wood.
BUDDHIST ART
Buddhist art was believed to Buddhist art has gone
have originated in the Indian through Aniconic and Iconic
subcontinent. It includes phases.
any form of media reflective Aniconic phase – depicted
01 of Buddha, bodhisattvas 02 through Buddhist symbolism
and other entities. Iconic phase – depict realistic
human features.
Standard icons include the Buddhist art reflected in

sacred signs such as the architecture in three (3)
Urna (the third eye of the basic form:
03 forehead), Chakra (the 04 • Stupa – burial mound
wheel), lotus symbols on the • Chaitya – prayer hall
feet, webbed fingers, and the • Vihara – monastic cell or
elongated earlobes. reflectory
EAST ASIAN
ART
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CHINA
Much pottery was made during the Neolithic phase (5000-
1 1766 BC). Bronze ritual vessels are the most impressive
ancient Chinese art form.
In the Zhou dysnasty (1045-256 BC), Zhou bronzes gave

2 way to gentler, more domestic form in Zhou ritual wares.
During the Qin dynasty (221-207 BC), the Great Wall of

3 China was constructed, including the tomb for the emperor.
The culmination of Buddhist art occurred early in the Tang dynasty(618-906

BC) when artists created many classical forms, notably figure painting. The
4 leading figure painter in this peroid was Wu Daozi and the leading
landscape painter was Wang Wei.
Zhou Bronzes
Tomb of the Emperor
Korean and Japanese
artists have created their
own native approaches
despite the strong
influence of Chinese art.
Korea and Japan share
the same artistic
influence as that of China.
Japanese and Korean
artists altered the
manufacturing processes
to achieve new aesthetic
effects.
KOREA AND
JAPAN
Distinctive features of the Korean art through the
different phases of its history:
Three Kingdoms Unified Silla period –

period – Buddhism numerous monasteries
influence and temples were built
including the famous
Sokkuram cave temple.
Bronze Age – Koryo Dynasty –
objects include bells, evident today are
mirrors, and other the ceramic skills of
ceremonial objects Koryo artists.
found in tombs.
Yi Dynasty – also known as
Cho-Son. Hand scroll of
Neolithic Phase –
Dream Visit to the Peach
mainly of “comb
Blossom Land brushed by An
pattern” pottery
Kyon for a royal sponsor is
the most important early Yi
painting. Pottery also
flourished. Punch ‘ong is the
most popular early example.
Comb Pattern Pottery
Sokkuram Cave Temple
Dream Visit to the Peach Blossom Land Punch ‘Ong

Distinctive features of the Japanese art through
Cover the different phases of its history:
01
Jomon (8000-300 BC) – ritual ceramic
pots with cord patterns and sculptural
elaboration.
Yayoi (c. 300 BC-300 AD) – Yayoi

02 bronzes, inspired by mainland traditions,
replaced ceramic as ceremonial ware.
03 Kofun (300-552) –surviving objects from

this period include haniwa, unglazed clay
cylinders topped with figures, which were set
around imperial tombs.
04 Asuka Period (538-710) to massive state-

sponsored projects in the Nara Period – Buddhism
reached Japan during this period with the cultural
achievements of China and Korea.
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Yayoi bronze Haniwa

Cover Distinctive features of the Japanese art through
the different phases of its history:
05
Horyu-ji (607; rebuilt 670) – established by
Empress Suiko and Crown Prince Shotoku – the
world’s oldest standing wooden structure and a rare
extant reflection of 6th-century Chinese architecture.
Heian Period (794-1185) – the Phoenix Hall in Uji

(1053), built as a private chapel for a regent of the
06 Fujiwara family. Prime example of Heian Buddhist
architecture. The emaki (illustrated handscroll) of the
courtly romance. The Tale of Genji a masterpiece of
secular painting.
Kamakura (1185 – 1333), Muromachi (1392-
07 1573), Momoyama (1573-1615), and Edo

(1615-1868) periods – An influx of Chan (Zen)
priests in the 14th and 15th centuries sparked the
adoption of Chinese ink painting styles.
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Horyu-ji Temple
The Phoenix Hall in Uji

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• Produced impressive palace, temple structures and

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Standard icons include the Buddhist art reflected in

In the Zhou dysnasty (1045-256 BC), Zhou bronzes gave

During the Qin dynasty (221-207 BC), the Great Wall of

The culmination of Buddhist art occurred early in the Tang dynasty(618-906

Three Kingdoms Unified Silla period –

Dream Visit to the Peach Blossom Land Punch ‘Ong

Yayoi (c. 300 BC-300 AD) – Yayoi

03 Kofun (300-552) –surviving objects from

04 Asuka Period (538-710) to massive state-

Yayoi bronze Haniwa

Heian Period (794-1185) – the Phoenix Hall in Uji

Kamakura (1185 – 1333), Muromachi (1392-

07 1573), Momoyama (1573-1615), and Edo

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