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| Ancient Trade Routes between Europe and Asia |
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A brief discussion of ancient trade routes between Europe and Asia, including the Silk and Spice Routes and the Incense Route. "New inventions, religious beliefs, artistic styles, languages, and social customs, as well as goods and raw materials, were transmitted by people moving from one place to another to conduct business."
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/trade/hd_trade.htm | |
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| The Artist as Collector: Masterpieces of Chinese Painting from the C. C. Wang Family Collection |
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Online presentation of a 1999-2000 exhibition that "illuminates the entire tradition of scholar painting from its birth and early development in the Song and Yuan dynasties (10th to 14th century) to its later transformation and elaboration during the Ming and Qing dynasties (14th to 20th century)." With images of 14 related artworks dating from the 10th century to 1711.
Go to Museum Resource: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/1999/chinese-painting | |
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| The Art of South and Southeast Asia |
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An illustrated 156-page teacher's guide that can be downloaded in .pdf format, either in its entirety or by chapter. Includes historical introductions to South and Southeast Asia, as well as chapters on artists and materials, religious context, and Muslim and Hindu art. Also includes a timeline, map, glossary, list of resources, activities and a lesson plan, and specific artworks with descriptions.
Go to Museum Resource: https://www.metmuseum.org/learn/educators/curriculum-resources/the-art-of-south... | |
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| Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus |
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Website designed to complement the 2003 exhibition Art of the First Cities, which "survey[ed] the flourishing of the world’s earliest civilizations in Mesopotamia and surrounding regions—stretching from the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean across Iran and Central Asia to the Indus Valley—during one of the most seminal and creative periods in history." Topics include: Cities; The Ruler; The Divine World; Death and Burial; Writing; Seals and Sealing; and Clothing and Personal Adornment.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/trdm/hd_trdm.htm | |
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| The Art of the Mughals before 1600 |
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A brief discussion of artistic production in the Mughal era, particularly during the reign of Akbar (1542-1605), the grandson of Babur (1483-1530), who founded the dynasty in 1526. With 8 related artworks.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/mugh/hd_mugh.htm | |
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| Art of the Pleasure Quarters and the Ukiyo-e Style |
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A lengthy discussion of the social developments in the Edo period that gave rise to literary and visual arts such as kabuki theater and ukiyo-e paintings and woodblock prints. With 5 related artworks.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/plea/hd_plea.htm | |
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