Asian+Art

Asia is not one place, it is a continent that has been home to countless nations and cultures, and some of the artwork featured here predates written history. If you choose to study Asian Art for your research topic, you should plan to narrow your area of focus to a specific culture and time period. This page should serve as a starting point for exploration of an art style or movement that originated in Asia.

//**Summer Mountains**//, Northern Song Dynasty, 11th century Attributed to Qu Ding (Chinese, 1023-1056) ||  ||
 * Early artwork of China Korea, and Japan include hand painted scrolls that illustrate stories and poems that are written in beautiful calligraphy. Each culture and era had its own distinct look, this example from 11th century China gives you an idea of the complexity and detail of this art form.
 * This woodblock print, also known as //**The Great Wave**//, is one of the most recognized works of Japanese art in the world.

This printing technique actually originated in China, and was first used to illustrate Buddhist texts, and later for the illustration of poems and literature. Under the Great Wave off Kanagawa, 1830, Katsushika Hokusai ||   || Horse, Chinese, Tang Dynasty, Early 8th Century ||  ||
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=LINKS: Here are a few links that will give you more= =informationon specific topics in Asian Art...=

Chinese Handscrolls at the Met Chinese Gardens/Nature in Art Nature in Chinese Culture

Life of the Buddha Japanese Edo period and Ukio-e Style [|The Samurai] Zen Buddhism

Korean Landscape Painting/Scrolls