Introduction to Asian Art
An introductory course in the history of Asian art can provide much pleasure and insight. It opens up a world full of distinctive and meaningful works of art and architecture in India, China, Japan, and other parts of Asia, and leads you to explore the rich material and cultural legacies of the great civilizations in Asia’s past.
Art of China
Through the exciting exploration of various forms of art and architecture—jade, pottery, bronzes, stone carvings, paintings, cities and palaces, temples and pagodas, gardens and landscapes, etc.—we will be exposed to the richness of Chinese material culture and the intellectual tradition that lies behind it.
Art of China 14b. Chinese Avant-Garde
Xu Bing: A Book from the Sky
Ai Weiwei: Dropping a Han-dynasty Urn; Zodiac Heads
Asian Art 14a. Ukiyo-e
Courtesan Motoura
Geisha and Attendant on a Rainy Night
Shunga
Great Wave
Art of China 13b. Export Porcelain & Chinoiserie
Kraak ware
Blanc-de-Chine
Delftware
Meissen
English Delftware
Art of China 13a. Qing Imperial Architecture
Forbidden City
Gate of Heavenly Peace
Hall of Supreme Harmony
Art of China 12a. Qing Court Art
Qianlong Emperor Receiving Tribute Horses from the Kazaks
Yuanmingyuan (Old Summer Palace)
Asian Art 13a. Chinese Painting II
Travelers among Mountains and Streams
A Solitary Temple amid Clearing Peaks
Early Spring
Asian Art 12a. Chinese Painting I
Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court Ladies (Admonitions scroll)
Project Wellspring 