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| Taking Shape: Ceramics in Southeast Asia [PDF] |
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"Taking Shape presents the two basic types of ceramics produced in Southeast Asia -- soft, porous earthenware and high–fired stoneware. ... Taking Shape also illuminates the dimensions of international trade that brought southern Chinese ceramics into mainland Southeast Asia." See right-hand column for a short video (showing potters making earthenware and stoneware in northeast Thailand) and eGallery of all ceramics featured in this exhibition (with descriptive text).
Go to Museum Resource: https://asia.si.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Connections0108.pdf | |
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| Teaching China with the Smithsonian |
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This teaching resource developed in 2020 supports educators everywhere in engaging and inspiring students through the exploration of Chinese art, history, and culture. Focusing on artworks that can highlight key curricular themes, the materials are searchable by object, dynasty, and theme. With supporting lesson plans, videos and interactive maps and charts. The individual lesson plans are included throughout OMuERAA, but teachers can find a work of art that enhances their history lessons by using the “dynasty” search function on this site.
Go to Museum Resource: https://asia.si.edu/learn/for-educators/teaching-china-with-the-smithsonian/ | |
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| Understanding South Asian Art |
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The Indian subcontinent, known today as South Asia, extends as an inverted triangle from the snowbound Himalayan ranges toward the equator and includes the countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bhutan. Extending some eighteen hundred miles from north to south, and almost the same distance from east to west, the area is home to an ancient and varied group of cultures. India, the largest single nation within South Asia, displays a cultural diversity comparable to that seen among the nations of Europe. An illustrated online guide to South Asian sculpture and painting (especially the illustrated manuscript), with brief discussions of the importance of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Islam.
Go to Museum Resource: https://asia.si.edu/exhibition/gallery-guide-understanding-south-asian-art/ | |
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| Word Play: Contemporary Art by Xu Bing |
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Interactive website designed to complement a 2001 exhibition of works by contemporary artist Xu Bing, who is known for his "bold, teasingly thought-provoking works of art (that) challenge preconceptions about written communication." Includes audio interviews with the artist and interactive explorations of three works from the exhibition. Uses Flash.
Go to Museum Resource: https://archive.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/online/xubing/default.html | |
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