Asian Art

<p> <strong>In this Section:</strong> </p> <ol> <li><strong>Brief Table of Contents</strong></li> <li><strong>Detailed Table of Contents</strong></li> </ol> <h2>I) Brief Table of Contents</h2> <h3>PART ONE: SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA</h3> <ul> <li>Chapter 1. The Rise of Cities and Birth of the Great Religions: Early Indian Art</li> <li>Chapter 2. Religious Art in the Age of Royal Patronage: The Medieval Period</li> <li>Chapter 3. India Opens to the World: The Early Modern Period</li> <li>Chapter 4. India and the International Scene: The Modern and Contemporary Periods</li> <li>Chapter 5. At the Crossroads: The Arts of Southeast Asia</li> </ul> <h3>PART TWO: CHINA</h3> <ul> <li>Chapter 6. Ritual and Elite Arts: The Neolithic Period to the First Empires</li> <li>Chapter 7. Looking Outward: The Six Dynasties and Sui and Tang Dynasties</li> <li>Chapter 8. Art, Conquest, and Identity: The Five Dynasties Period and Song and Yuan Dynasties</li> <li>Chapter 9. The City and the Market in Chinese Art: The Ming and Qing Dynasties</li> <li>Chapter 10. The Push for Modernization: 1912 to the Present</li> </ul> <h3>PART THREE: KOREA AND JAPAN</h3> <ul> <li>Chapter 11. An Unknown Land, A People Divided: Korean Art from Prehistory to Present</li> <li>Chapter 12. The Way of the Gods and the Path of the Buddha: Japanese Art from Prehistory to the Asuka Period</li> <li>Chapter 13. External Influences and Internal Explorations: The Nara and Heian Periods</li> <li>Chapter 14. Strife and Serenity: Kamakura, Muromachi, and Momoyama Periods</li> <li>Chapter 15. From Isolation to Internationalism: Edo Period to the Present</li> </ul> <p></p> <p></p> <h2>II) Detailed Table of Contents</h2> <h3>PART ONE: SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA</h3> <ul> <li>Chapter 1. The Rise of Cities and Birth of the Great Religions: Early Indian Art <ul> <li>The Harappan Civilization</li> <li>The Vedic Period And The Origins Of Hinduism</li> <li>Buddhism And Buddhist Art</li> <li>Jainism And The Depiction Of The Divine</li> <li>Other Traditions Of Sculpture</li> </ul></li> <li>Chapter 2. Religious Art in the Age of Royal Patronage: The Medieval Period <ul> <li>The Ritual And Artistic Developments Of Hinduism</li> <li>Early Hindu Temples</li> <li>The Convergence Of Jain, Buddhist, And Hindu Traditions</li> <li>Buddhism In Sri Lanka</li> <li>Later Developments In Temple Architecture</li> <li>Medieval Paintings And Manuscripts</li> <li>South Asian Textiles And The International Trade Market</li> </ul></li> <li>Chapter 3. India Opens to the World: The Early Modern Period <ul> <li>The Arrival Of Persian Court Culture And The Spread Of Islam</li> <li>The Delhi Sultanates And Their Contemporaries</li> <li>The Deccan Sultanates, Vijayanagara, And Southern India</li> <li>The Mughal Empire</li> <li>Europeans And European Art In India</li> <li>Art And Architecture Of The Rajput Courts</li> <li>Painting From The Pahari Courts</li> <li>Visual Traditions Of The Sikh Religion</li> </ul></li> <li>Chapter 4. India and the International Scene: The Modern and Contemporary Periods <ul> <li>A Mixture Of Traditions: European And Indian Art In The Eighteenth And Nineteenth Centuries</li> <li>The Architecture Of Empire</li> <li>Visions Of The Modern In The Early Twentieth Century</li> <li>Independent South Asia</li> <li>Contemporary Art: Globalization, Diaspora, Heritage</li> </ul></li> <li>Chapter 5. At the Crossroads: The Arts of Southeast Asia <ul> <li>Prehistory</li> <li>Trade</li> <li>Indigenous Art</li> <li>The Arrival Of Indic Religions</li> <li>The Great Flowering</li> <li>Rise Of Islam</li> <li>Ayutthaya</li> <li>Burma</li> <li>Modern Times</li> </ul></li> </ul> <h3>PART TWO: CHINA</h3> <ul> <li>Chapter 6. Ritual and Elite Arts: The Neolithic Period to the First Empires <ul> <li>Neolithic Artifacts</li> <li>Ancestor Worship</li> <li>Zhou Dynasty Ritual And Political Arts</li> <li>The Tomb Of The First Emperor Of The Qin Dynasty</li> <li>Han Dynasty Funerary Arts, Daoism, And Confucianism</li> </ul></li> <li>Chapter 7. Looking Outward: The Six Dynasties and Sui and Tang Dynasties <ul> <li>Six Dynasties Pictorial Arts</li> <li>Six Dynasties Buddhist Cave Sites</li> <li>Six Dynasties And Tang Calligraphy</li> <li>Sui And Tang Imperial City Planning And Tombs</li> <li>Sui And Tang Dynasty Handscroll Paintings</li> <li>Tang Buddhist Art And Architecture</li> <li>Decorative Arts For The Tang Elite</li> </ul></li> <li>Chapter 8. Art, Conquest, and Identity: The Five Dynasties Period and Song and Yuan Dynasties <ul> <li>Southern Tang Court Painting</li> <li>Southern Tang And Northern Song Landscape Painters</li> <li>Northern Song Courtly Arts</li> <li>Song Literati Painting And Calligraphy</li> <li>Southern Song Court Painting, Calligraphy, And Patronage</li> <li>Southern Song And Yuan Religious Art And Architecture</li> <li>Yuan Court Painting</li> <li>Yuan Literati Painting</li> <li>Chapter 9. The City and the Market in Chinese Art: The Ming and Qing Dynasties</li> <li>Ming And Qing Politics And Architecture</li> <li>Ming And Qing Ceramics</li> <li>Ming Professional Painters</li> <li>Ming Literati Painters</li> <li>Ming And Qing Female Painters</li> <li>Qing Court Painters</li> <li>Qing Individualist And Eccentric Painters</li> </ul></li> <li>Chapter 10. The Push for Modernization: 1912 to the Present <ul> <li>Republican-Era Pictorial Arts, 1912–1949</li> <li>Communist-Era Political Arts, 1949–1976</li> <li>Post-Cultural Revolution Painting, 1976 To The Present</li> <li>Painters Working Outside Mainland China</li> <li>Installations, Performances, And New Media, 1980s To The Present</li> </ul></li> </ul> <h3>PART THREE : KOREA AND JAPAN</h3> <ul> <li>Chapter 11. An Unknown Land, A People Divided: Korean Art from Prehistory to Present <ul> <li>Neolithic And Bronze Age</li> <li>Three Kingdoms Period</li> <li>Buddhism And Korea</li> <li>Queen Seondeok</li> <li>Unified Silla Kingdom</li> <li>Goryeo Dynasty</li> <li>Joseon Dynasty</li> <li>Colonization And War</li> <li>Art In North Korea</li> <li>Art In South Korea</li> </ul></li> <li>Chapter 12. The Way of the Gods and the Path of the Buddha: Japanese Art from Prehistory to the Asuka Period <ul> <li>Shamanism And The Development Of Shinto</li> <li>Jomon Period</li> <li>Yayoi Period</li> <li>Kofun Period</li> <li>The Sun Goddess Amaterasu And The Shinto Shrine At Ise</li> <li>Early Buddhist Art</li> </ul></li> <li>Chapter 13. External Influences and Internal Explorations: The Nara and Heian Periods <ul> <li>Nara Period</li> <li>Heian Period</li> </ul></li> <li>Chapter 14. Strife and Serenity: Kamakura, Muromachi, and Momoyama Periods <ul> <li>Kamakura Period</li> <li>Muromachi (Ashikaga) Period</li> <li>Momoyama Period</li> </ul></li> <li>Chapter 15. From Isolation to Internationalism: Edo Period to the Present <ul> <li>Closed Doors: Edo Period</li> <li>Meiji Period</li> <li>Showa Period</li> <li>From 1989 To The Present</li> </ul></li> </ul> <p></p>