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| Amazing Tangka Stories |
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| American Museum of Natural History
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An Interactive website presenting two sets of Tibetan tangkas: Jataka Tales (past life stories of the Buddha) and Dipankara Atisha (famous Indian Buddhist monk). The tangkas are shown with their original Tibetan inscriptions and English translation(viewers can click on sections of each painting and see the story)The paintings that depict stories (avadanas) of exemplary people as told by the Buddha who fulfill the Buddhist ideal of the Bodhisattva, a person who always gives whatever he or she can to help others. Through such generosity, over many lifetimes, they will become enlightened. The Buddha tells each story and at its end he identifies the main characters in their present life, that is, as his own contemporaries. In some cases these are past life stories (jatakas) of the Buddha.
Go to Museum Resource: https://anthro.amnh.org/tangka_stories | |
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| Ancient Vietnam: Ports of Call |
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| Asia Society
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A video showing the objects in “Arts of Ancient Viet Nam: From River Plain to Open Sea,” narrated by the curator. "This exhibition brings together more than one hundred objects from ten museums across the diverse geographic expanse that is Viet Nam to illuminate the country’s long history of cultural and economic exchange... As long as two thousand years ago, a maritime trade route extended from southern China to Roman-controlled ports in the Persian Gulf and Red Sea, via ports in what is now northern Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan and Iran. As a result of this exchange, Vietnam developed unique art objects with connections to China, India, and other cultures of Southeast Asia… The exhibition focuses on four areas and ports of call: 1) Early Cultures: Dong Son and Sa Huynh; 2) Fu Nan in the Mekong River Delta; 3) Coastal Kingdoms of Champa; 4) Trade and Exchange in Hoi An.” This was a trade in luxury goods, where merchants had to follow the monsoon winds sailing east and west. See also: Arts of Ancient Viet Nam: From River Plain to Open Sea
Go to Museum Resource: https://asiasociety.org/video/ancient-viet-nam-ports-call-complete | |
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| The Artful Fabric of Collecting |
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| Jordan Schnitzner Museum of Art, University of Oregon
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Chinese textiles from the collection of Gertrude Bass Warner (1863-1951), who… was particularly drawn to silk textiles and the people who produced them, primarily the women in private households and commercial workshops. Techniques and patterns of weaving silk for Chinese robes are demonstrated on the site. It was only in the 17th century when the production of court orders began to overwhelm the imperial workshops that commercial workshops took over some of the production. In these commercial workshops, most of them located in the Jiangnan area, the center of China’s silk production, male weavers relegated women to the groundworks of silk production: the rearing of the silkworms and reeling the silk of the cocoons. Embroidery remained the domain of women. They were the master embroiderers who developed the art to its height in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Their legacy can be admired in the textiles from the Warner collection.
Go to Museum Resource: https://glam.uoregon.edu/s/fabric-of-collecting/page/welcome | |
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| Art of the Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armor, 1156–1868 |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Online presentation of a 2009-2010 exhibition, the "first comprehensive exhibition devoted to the arts of the samurai" and "the first exhibition ever devoted to the subject of Japanese arms and armor conservation." With images of 27 objects.
Go to Museum Resource: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2009/art-of-the-samurai/photo-ga... | |
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| Art of the Silk Road |
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| University of Washington
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Online exhibit "organized as part of Silk Road Seattle, a collaborative public education project exploring cultural interaction across Eurasia from the first century BCE to the sixteenth century CE." With text and images organized into four categories: 1) Cultures (with a timeline from 400 BCE to 1600 CE); 2) Religions (Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Nestorianismism, Islam, Manichaeism); 3) Trade (text about trade routes, horses and camels, silk); 4) Intercultural Exchange.
Go to Museum Resource: http://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/exhibit/index.shtml | |
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| The Arts of Thailand |
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| Victoria and Albert Museum
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An introduction to the V&A's new Arts of Thailand exhibit, which "features the museum's finest Thai Buddhist sculptures in bronze and stone spanning the period from the 7th to the 19th centuries, together with works of decorative art in a wide variety of media associated both with the Thai court and with monasteries." Thirty-eight objects are featured online; all objects have descriptions.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/t/the-arts-of-thailand/ | |
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| Arts of the Samurai [PDF] |
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| Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
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"The term samurai is derived from the word saburau, or “one who serves.” The evolution of the samurai from mounted guards to the nobility (during the twelfth century) and their subsequent ascent to military leaders of Japan (until imperial restoration during the nineteenth century) is chronicled in distinctive warrior arts and literary tradition. This packet examines the samurai through precious art objects from the museum’s collection. These include authentic military equipment (arms and armor), paintings depicting famed conflicts, ceremonial attire, and objects created for religious and cultural pursuits strongly connected with the samurai class."
Go to Museum Resource: https://education.asianart.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2019/12/ArtsofSamurai... | |
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| The Asian Art Digital Teaching Project: Japan |
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| Columbia University, Media Center for Art History
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A module for "classroom presentation or student study" of two important scrolls from the Kamakura Period – Illustrated Legends of the Kitano Shrine (Kitano Tenjin Engi) and Illustrated Sutra of the Miracles of Kannon.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.learn.columbia.edu/nehasian/html/neh_geo_con_japan.html | |
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| Bu and Bun: The Arts of War and Peace |
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| Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
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In addition to superior strategic and military ability, most elite samurai were expected to be versed in the cultural arts. The warrior’s ideal balance of military and artistic skill is captured well in this description of the sixteenth century daimyo Hosokawa Yusai (1534–1610): “Renowned for his elegant pursuits, he is a complete man combining arts [bun] and arms [bu]. A man of nobility, a descendant of the sixth grandson of the emperor Seiwa, he was a ruler endowed with awesome dignity and inspiring decorum…He built a splendid castle, which was majestic, beautiful and high…He discussed Chinese poetic styles and recited by heart the secret teachings of Japanese poetry…" See also Archery Practice.
Go to Museum Resource: https://education.asianart.org/resources/bu-and-bun-the-arts-of-war-and-peace/ | |
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| Chado: The Japanese Tea Ceremony |
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| The Cleveland Museum of Art
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This lesson introduces students to the Japanese tea ceremony to consider the art and the tradition of the tea ceremony and study the serving pieces used in the ceremony by participating in a tea ceremony. Students will learn the importance of the performance of tea ceremony through the history of how it became what it is today.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.clevelandart.org/lesson-plan-packet/chado-japanese-tea-ceremony | |
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| Chinese Calligraphy |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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An overview of the development of calligraphy in China: "Calligraphy, or the art of writing, was the visual art form prized above all others in traditional China. The genres of painting and calligraphy emerged simultaneously, sharing identical tools—namely, brush and ink. Yet calligraphy was revered as a fine art long before painting; indeed, it was not until the Song dynasty, when painting became closely allied with calligraphy in aim, form, and technique, that painting shed its status as mere craft and joined the higher ranks of the fine arts. With images of 16 paintings from the Song, Ming, and Qing dynasties and two related objects.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/chcl/hd_chcl.htm | |
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| Chinese Cloisonné |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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A brief introduction to the development of cloisonné in China during the early 14th to 15th century, as well as to the cloisonné technique. With 2 related artworks.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/clos/hd_clos.htm | |
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| Chinese Handscrolls |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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An overview of the Chinese handscroll format: "A significant difference between Eastern and Western painting lies in the format. Unlike Western paintings, which are hung on walls and continuously visible to the eye, most Chinese paintings are not meant to be on constant view but are brought out to be seen only from time to time. This occasional viewing has everything to do with format." With images of 18 paintings from the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/chhs/hd_chhs.htm | |
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| Chinese Landscape Painting During the Song Dynasty |
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| Princeton University Art Museum
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“Landscape painting dominated Chinese painting beginning in the tenth century. The word for landscape painting in Chinese, shan shui hua, literally means “mountain (shan) water (shui) painting (hua).” Mountains are hard and unyielding; water is soft and fluid. These opposites are an example of the concept of yin and yang—the idea that everything in nature is composed of complementary but opposing forces that interact and change. Complementary opposites is one of several core cultural concepts of the Song dynasty that are encapsulated in many of the period’s landscape paintings.”
Go to Museum Resource: https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/asian-art/china/resources/landscape-painting/ | |
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| Chinese Painting |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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An introduction to Chinese painting: "This is the aim of the traditional Chinese painter: to capture not only the outer appearance of a subject but its inner essence as well—its energy, life force, spirit." With images of 19 paintings from the Tang, Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/chin/hd_chin.htm | |
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| Chinese Rubbings Collection of the Field Museum |
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| Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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For more than 1,500 years rubbings have been a vital medium for preserving China's art, culture, and history. These beautiful works are made by pressing thin sheets of wet paper into carvings or inscriptions cut in stone or other hard materials and carefully inking the surface to create a copy of the original. The resulting rubbing has white impressions where the paper was pressed into the carving surrounded by a typically black ink field. Because they are easily transported, rubbings quickly became the primary means to faithfully reproduce and share historical data, poetry, scholastic texts, calligraphy, and art throughout China.
Go to Museum Resource: https://www.fieldmuseum.org/node/4986 | |
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| Choson Dynasty, 1392-1910 |
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| Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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"The rulers of the Yi, or Choson, dynasty (1392-1910) adopted Confucianism as their governing ideology and withdrew official support for Buddhism." A brief one-paragraph overview, with four objects representative of the period.
Go to Museum Resource: http://archive.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/history/korea-choson-dynasty.cfm | |
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| Courtship and Calligraphy in “The Tale of Genji” |
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| The Cleveland Museum of Art
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The purpose of this lesson is to discover through an examination of The Tale of Genji and other Japanese literature, the importance of calligraphy to courtship rituals in the Japanese court culture of the late Heian period (794-1185).
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.clevelandart.org/lesson-plan-packet/courtship-and-calligraphy-tale-g... | |
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| Cultivated Landscapes: Reflections of Nature in Chinese Painting |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Online presentation of a 2002-2003 exhibition that encompasses "landscapes and garden scenes dating from the Five Dynasties period (907–960) to the late twentieth century" and explores the "manifold uses of natural imagery in Chinese painting as a reflection of human beliefs and emotions." With images of 8 related artworks. See also the exhibition publication.
Go to Museum Resource: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2002/cultivated-landscapes | |
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| The Development of Landscape Painting in China: The Song through the Ming Dynasties |
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| Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
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Invasions in the north by the Jin Tartars in the 12th century forced the Song dynasty to retreat to the south where a new court was established at Hangzhou in 1127. Under the Emperor Hui Zong the Imperial Painting Academy already was moving in the direction of closer views of nature, both in landscapes and in images of birds, flowers, and insects. The intent was to capture the vital life spirit of these subjects as well as an understanding of their true form, texture, and movement in space. See also Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) Education and Tradition.
Go to Museum Resource: https://education.asianart.org/resources/the-development-of-landscape-painting-... | |
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| Devotion in South India: Chola Bronzes |
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| Asia Society
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"The tradition of cast-bronze sculptures in the Tamil-speaking region of south India became widely prevalent under the imperial rule of the Cholas, who rose to prominence in the late 9th century at Tanjavur (Tanjore) in the delta of the Kaveri River. These sculptures, mainly created from the 9th through the 13th century, are of the highest quality. Reflecting a new approach to the subject matter, this exhibition considers cast-bronze sculptures in relation to the Hindu tradition of bhakti (devotion), which emphasizes intense and intimate devotion to a personal god. The depiction of itinerant poet-saints among Chola bronzes reflects the importance of these figures in promoting bhakti and the growth of Hindu temples."
Go to Museum Resource: http://sites.asiasociety.org/chola/ | |
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| Educator Resource Packet: Shukongojin |
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| The Art Institute of Chicago
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"The Art Institute’s figure of Shukongojin, with his demon-like body, flaring eyes, and mouth stretched in a scream, might have originally terrified an oncoming visitor to the temple he guarded, but might have also instilled a sense of protection and reassurance for the visitor who hoped nothing would disturb his meditations once inside. For the viewer today, Shukongojin looks down from his rock-like pedestal, imposing both a sense of awe and curiosity about the target of his aggressive presence. This teaching packet includes an essay, discussion questions, activity ideas, a glossary, and an image of the artwork."
Go to Museum Resource: https://www.artic.edu/collection/resources/educator-resources/34-educator-resou... | |
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| Exploring Chinese Painting: A Test Module for Undergraduate Teaching |
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| Columbia University, Media Center for Art History
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A workspace allowing students to view and compare a group of important Chinese hand scrolls and hanging scrolls from the 10th to the 17th centuries. Uses Flash.
Go to Museum Resource: http://projects.mcah.columbia.edu/nehasian/zoomify/scrolls/swf/start.html | |
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| Exploring the Qingming Scroll: What does an idealized image of society tell us? [PDF] |
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| The Field Museum
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In this lesson plan students will learn about the contradictions contained within the Qingming Scroll and compare it to present-day representations of idealized societies.
Go to Museum Resource: https://www.fieldmuseum.org/sites/default/files/qingming.pdf | |
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| Getting Started with Zazen (Seated Meditation) |
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| Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
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In Zen Buddhism, zazen (pronounced: zah-zen) is a sitting meditation. Zazen is not focusing on a specific object or thought. Instead, it is the liberating of one’s mind of all thought into a state of emptiness (a complete emptiness that is also complete fullness) from which the practitioner hopes to experience spontaneous awakening to the inner self (enlightenment). Download Includes a glossary.
Go to Museum Resource: https://education.asianart.org/resources/getting-started-with-zazen-seated-medi... | |
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| Gilded Splendor: Treasures of China's Liao Empire (907-1125) |
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| Asia Society
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This excellent interactive website explores the complex cultural and religious legacy of the Khitan and their reign over China during the Liao Dynasty (907-1125). Features an extensive image gallery of objects (organized into the following topics: 1) Nomadic Heritage; 2) Chinese Tomb Tradition; 3) Luxuries and Necessities; 4) Religious Life); an interactive tour of two Liao tombs; plus an interactive map of recently excavated Liao sites in Inner Mongolia (with images); two additional historic maps; and a timeline.
Go to Museum Resource: http://sites.asiasociety.org/arts/liao/ | |
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| Goryeo Celadon |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Discusses the development of celadon ceramic production during the Goryeo dynasty (918-1392). With 11 related objects. The term celadon is thought to derive from the name of the hero in a seventeenth-century French pastoral comedy. The color of the character Céladon’s robe evoked, in the minds of Europeans, the distinctive green-glazed ceramics from China, where celadon originated. Some scholars object to such an arbitrary and romanticized Western nomenclature. Yet the ambiguity of the term celadon effectively captures the myriad hues of greens and blues of this ceramic type. During the nearly five centuries of the Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), celadon constituted the main type of ceramics produced on the Korean peninsula.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/cela/hd_cela.htm | |
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| Goryeo Dynasty: Korea’s Age of Enlightenment [PDF] |
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| Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
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Few people are aware that the name Korea is derived from the name of the Goryeo (previously tranliterated as Koryo) dynasty. It was during this period (918–1392) that Korea became known to the world outside East Asia. This packet provides an overview of aspects of Goryeo society and Goryeo Buddhism as depicted in the arts of the period.
Go to Museum Resource: https://education.asianart.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2019/12/GoryeoDynasty... | |
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| A Guide to Decoding Buddhist Symbols in Tibetan Art |
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| Asia Society
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“Buddhist thangka paintings are visually captivating and impressive — but there is more to them than meets the eye. Thangkas often focus on a specific deity and scene, and their form and surrounding details are often rich with symbolism, turning them into a medium for religious storytelling. Because of this, extracting all the intricacies and meanings from the paintings requires training.” Site has visuals of symbols with annotation on their meaning.
Go to Museum Resource: https://asiasociety.org/new-york/guide-decoding-buddhist-symbolism-tibetan-art | |
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| Heiji Monogatari Emaki (Tale of the Heiji Rebellion) Scrolls with A Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace |
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| Princeton University Art Museum
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The Heiji disturbance, which occurred late in 1159, represents a brief armed skirmish in the capital. ...The Heiji scrolls date from the thirteenth century and represent a masterpiece of "Yamato" style painting. The scene appearing here, entitled "A Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace," is the property of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, provides an excellent introduction to the genre of picture scrolls. The scrolls read from right to left, and all action flows to the left. They can be documented as being treasured artifacts in the fifteenth century, when nobles mention viewing them, but they now only survive in fragmentary form.
Go to Museum Resource: http://digital.princeton.edu/heijiscroll/ | |
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| History and Traditions of the Samurai |
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| Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
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Students will use images of samurai armor and weaponry to learn related vocabulary. They will describe the functional and aesthetic aspects of armor through focused viewing and reading, and they will draw conclusions about the changing code of the samurai over the course of 800 years. Download includes a lesson plan, a number of guides, and slideshows.
Go to Museum Resource: https://education.asianart.org/resources/history-and-traditions-of-the-samurai/ | |
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| Illuminated Manuscripts: The Sacred Art of Narration |
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| Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
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Students will: 1.) Identify the format and elements of a sutra. 2.) Examine why sutras (the teachings of the Buddha) are important historical and religious documents. 3.) Analyze why the writing of sutras is considered an important religious act. 4.) Construct and illustrate an accordion book manuscript based on the sutra format used during the Goryeo dynasty. Downloads include Visual Guides, a Lesson Plan, and Teachers Packet.
Go to Museum Resource: https://education.asianart.org/resources/illuminated-manuscripts-the-sacred-art... | |
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| Imperial Elegance: Chinese Ceramics from the Asia Society's Rockefeller Collection |
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| Asia Society
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"This exhibition reveals the broad range of aesthetics that appealed to Chinese imperial patrons of Chinese ceramics during a period that spans more than six hundred years, from the Song (960–1279) through the Qing dynasty (1644–1911). Selected works have been grouped to show how color and form in imperial ceramics can provide clues to their function. A final section explores some of the meanings represented by the decorative motifs found on imperial ceramics."
Go to Museum Resource: http://sites.asiasociety.org/arts/imperialelegance/index.html | |
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| In Pursuit of White: Porcelain in the Chosôn Dynasty, 1392–1910 |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Discusses the ascendance of paekcha, or white ware, during the Chosôn period, including its adoption as imperial ware in the 15th century. With 10 related objects.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/chpo/hd_chpo.htm | |
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| International Dunhuang Project: Silk Road Exhibition |
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| The British Library
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An extensive image archive featuring manuscripts, paintings, textiles, sculptures, murals, coins, and other artifacts from six Silk Road excavation sites: 1) Samarkand; 2) Khotan; 3) Kroraina; 4) Miran; 5) Dunhang; 6) Gaochang. Excellent descriptive text with most objects. Also includes maps, site diagrams, and some photographs.
Go to Museum Resource: http://idp.bl.uk/education/silk_road/index.a4d | |
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| The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online |
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| The British Library
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The International Dunhuang Project is "a ground-breaking international collaboration to make information and images of all manuscripts, paintings, textiles and artefacts from Dunhuang and archaeological sites of the Eastern Silk Road freely available on the Internet and to encourage their use through educational and research programs." A truly comprehensive resource for teaching about the Silk Road; see especially the education section for pages on various topics, including Buddhism on the Silk Road, medicine on the Silk Road, and cultural dialogue on the Silk Road.
Go to Museum Resource: http://idp.bl.uk/idp.a4d | |
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| An Introduction to Japanese Buddhism |
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| Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
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Buddhism was officially transmitted to Japan in 525, when the monarch of the Korean kingdom of Baekje sent a mission to Japan with gifts, including an image of the Buddha, several ritual objects, and sacred texts. Buddhism’s journey from India to China, Korea, and Japan had taken about a thousand years. See also An Introduction to Japanese Buddhism video with Professor Robert Sharf, University of California, Berkeley, discusses Japanese Buddhism at the Medieval Japan Teacher Institute at the Asian Art Museum.
Go to Museum Resource: https://education.asianart.org/resources/an-introduction-to-buddhism-in-japan/ | |
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| The Invention of Woodblock Printing in the Tang (618–906) and Song (960–1279) Dynasties |
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| Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
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Among the most globally significant innovations of the Tang and Song dynasties were the inventions of woodblock printing and moveable type, enabling widespread publishing of a variety of texts, and the dissemination of knowledge and literacy.
Go to Museum Resource: https://education.asianart.org/resources/the-invention-of-woodblock-printing-in... | |
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| Iraq and China: Ceramics, Trade, and Innovation |
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| National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
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"Influenced by sea trade with China, Iraqi pottery was transformed in the 9th century. These innovations, in turn, inspired ceramic arts across the region." With two topics related to technique ("Blue & White" and "Luster") and one related to trade ("Spread of Innovation"); the latter discusses the dissemination of techniques to Iran, Turkey, Egypt, Italy, and England. Uses Flash.
Go to Museum Resource: https://archive.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/online/iraqChina/default.htm | |
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| Islamic Art of the Deccan |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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"The "Deccan" (derived from Dakshina) is a geographical term that refers to the plateau in south central India still ruled by Hindu kings when the first Muslim sultanates of India were established in Delhi." This essay discusses the cultural and political developments in the Deccan region during the rule of the Bahmanids (1347-1528). With 11 images of related artwork and architecture.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/decc/hd_decc.htm | |
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| Joseon Buncheong Ware: Between Celadon and Porcelain |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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A discussion of buncheong ware, "the striking ceramic type produced during the first 200 years of the Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)." With six related artworks.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/pnch/hd_pnch.htm | |
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| Kamakura and Nanbokucho Periods (1185–1392) |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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A brief introduction to the Kamakura and Nanbokucho periods, with a focus on political developments and the shift that occurred in the Japanese aesthetic during this time. With 5 related artworks.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/kana/hd_kana.htm | |
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| Kamakura Period, 1185-1333 |
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| Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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"In 1185, Minamoto no Yorimoto proclaimed himself the Shogun (military dictator) of the country and moved the seat of government to Kamakura, a small village in Eastern Japan that gives its name to this historical period." A brief one-paragraph overview, with two objects representative of the period.
Go to Museum Resource: http://archive.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/history/japan-kamakura-period.cfm | |
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| The Kitano Tenjin Engi Emaki |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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A multimedia learning website about a 13th-century Japanese handscroll that illustrates the legends of the Kitano Shrine (Kitano Tenjin Engi). Included are a short introduction to the Kitano Tenjin Engi Emaki and audio introduction to the pieces.
Go to Museum Resource: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/45428 | |
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| Korean Celadons of the Goryeo Dynasty |
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| Smart History
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Celadons are ceramics with a distinctive green-blue glaze. The color, coupled with intricate inlaid ornamentation, are part of what has made Goryeo celadons desirable and recognizable objects for centuries. Korean potters adapted and refined celadon technology from China to create distinctively Korean ceramics revered by elites in Korea, China, and Japan alike.
Go to Museum Resource: https://smarthistory.org/korean-celadons-goryeo/ | |
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| Koryo Dynasty, 918-1392 |
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| Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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"The last Silla king abdicated the throne in the early 10th century and married the daughter of the upstart General Wang Kon, who founded the Koryo dynasty (918-1392)." A brief one-paragraph overview, with two objects representative of the period.
Go to Museum Resource: http://archive.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/history/korea-koryo-dynasty.cfm | |
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| The Legacy of Genghis Khan |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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An introduction to the legacy of Genghis Khan (ca. 1162–1227) and the Mongol Empire, which was "the largest empire ever to exist, spanning the entire Asian continent from the Pacific Ocean to modern-day Hungary in Europe." Related essays on the Mongol empire include: A New Visual Language Transmitted Across Asia; The Mongolian Tent; Takht-i Sulayman and Tile Work; Courtly Art; The Religious Arts; The Art of the Book; Folios from the Jami' al-tavarikh; and Folios from the Great Mongol Shahnama.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/khan1/hd_khan1.htm | |
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| The Life of a Chinese Scholar |
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| The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Students will learn about Confucianism and Chinese scholar poets through exploring art and literature. Students will read the works of Confucius and see the effect that Confucian teachings had on Chinese government and culture.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.clevelandart.org/lesson-plan-packet/life-a-chinese-scholar | |
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| Ming, 1368-1644 |
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| Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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"The last of the outstanding dynasties, the Ming was vibrant during its first half but racked with internal discord during its second." A brief, one-paragraph overview, along with a map, a video clip featuring an MIA curator, and 129 objects from the period.
Go to Museum Resource: http://archive.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/history/dynasty-ming.cfm | |
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| The Mon-Dvaravati Tradition of Early North-Central Thailand |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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An overview of artistic traditions in north-central Thailand from the 7th to the 12th century, with an emphasis on the region's relative isolation during this time and the development of a distinct and highly sophisticated artistic style. With images of 5 related artworks.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/mond/hd_mond.htm | |
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| Mountain and Water: Korean Landscape Painting, 1400–1800 |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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An extensive discussion of landscape painting during the Chosôn dynasty (1392-1910), which "coincides with a period of great maturation of landscape painting, in style and theoretical paradigms." Covers major artists and key developments in style and technique. With 6 related artworks.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/mowa/hd_mowa.htm | |
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| Muromachi Period (1392–1573) |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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A brief overview of cultural and artistic developments during the Muromachi period, when members of the Ashikaga family occupied the position of shogun. The Muromachi era was characterized by social and political upheaval, but it was also a time of economic and artistic innovation. With 6 related artworks.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/muro/hd_muro.htm | |
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| Museum Collections of Silk Road Art |
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| University of Washington, Simpson Center for the Humanities
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"[A]nnotated descriptions of and links to the websites of major art museums exhibiting objects of interest for the study of the Silk Road" from the University of Washington's Silk Road Seattle, "an ongoing public education project using the 'Silk Road' theme to explore cultural interaction across Eurasia from the beginning of the Common Era (A. D.) to the Seventeenth Century."
Go to Museum Resource: http://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/museums/srmuseums.html | |
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| The Outsiders Inside: What does it mean to belong to a community? [PDF] |
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| The Field Museum
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In this lesson plan students will analyze the concept of “outsiders,” or ethnic minorities, in Chinese history through artifacts in the museum. They will connect the concept to present experiences.
Go to Museum Resource: https://www.fieldmuseum.org/sites/default/files/outsiders.pdf | |
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| Painting (during the Song and Yuan dynasties) |
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| University of Washington, Visual Sourcebook of Chinese Civilization
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"This unit covers not only developments in painting as a fine art, such as the development of landscape painting, but also looks at paintings for evidence of social life, both the commercial life of cities and private life at home." A Visual Sourcebook of Chinese Civilization was prepared by University of Washington history professor Patricia Buckley Ebrey. With questions for discussion, timelines, maps, and suggested readings. Select HOME to find link to teachers' guides for all topics featured on the website.
Go to Museum Resource: http://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/painting/4ptgintr.htm | |
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| Playing with Shadows: An Introduction to Shadow Puppetry |
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| The Kennedy Center, ArtsEdge
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"Discover the secrets behind the art of shadow puppetry in this multimedia exploration, designed for grades 5-8, which explores this age-old art form through animations, videos, interactive activities, and more." With questions for discussion and two related lesson plans (see left-hand column): "Puppets on the Move: China and the Silk Road" and "Shadows & Light, Science & Puppetry." Uses Flash.
Go to Museum Resource: https://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/multimedia/series/AEMicrosites/playing-with... | |
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| Puppets on the Move: China and the Silk Road |
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| The Kennedy Center, ArtsEdge
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This lesson is part of the unit: 'Teaching Shadow Puppetry.' Through map-making, research, and class discussions, students will gain an understanding of the dynamics of trade in China along the Silk Road and the role of trade in urbanization throughout the Han, Tang, and Song dynasties. The lesson will culminate in student-produced and student-created shadow puppet performances that demonstrate students’ understanding of Chinese culture during the days of the Silk Road and of the connection between trade and urbanization.
Go to Museum Resource: https://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/lessons/grade-6-8/Puppets_on_the_... | |
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| Rank and Style: Power Dressing in Imperial China |
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| Pacific Asia Museum of USC
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"Rank and Style: Power Dressing in Imperial China is an educational and interactive exploration of how the Chinese elite in the Ming and Qing dynasties expressed status through insignia of rank and the robes and accessories that went with them. It draws on the extensive collections of the Pacific Asia Museum as well as several private collections." Includes a glossary of textile terms and symbols, a chronology, discussion questions, and a reading list. Teaching Unit at the link below. See also Introduction.
Go to Museum Resource: https://pacificasiamuseum.usc.edu/exhibitions/past/exhibitions-at-usc-pam-prior... | |
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| Sacred Texts: The Videvdad |
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| The British Library
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This 14th-century copy of the Zoroastrian Videvdad, "a lawbook containing the rules for dealing with pollution and crime," is "one of the oldest existing Zoroastrian manuscripts, copied in 1323 in Nawsari, Gujarat, by the scribe Mihraban Kaykhusraw." Featuring excellent high-resolution images of the manuscript, along with background information on Zoroastrianism and the significance of this particular manuscript.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/sacredtexts/videvdad.html | |
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| Samurai Warrior Codes: Comparing Perspectives from the Kamakura, Muromachi, and Edo Periods |
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| Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
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The term, bushido, is often used to describe the samurai warrior code during medieval and modern times. The definition refers to a late 19th century description and was actually quite different than codes from earlier times. Compare warrior codes from different times with the modern definition of bushido. Then, choose which code you think matches the samurai in the screen painting, the Battles at Ichi-no-tani and Yashima, from The Tale of the Heike. Downloads include a Lesson Plan, slide show, and Student Handout.
Go to Museum Resource: https://education.asianart.org/resources/samurai-warrior-codes-comparing-perspe... | |
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| Samurai War Tales: Battle of Awazugahara, from The Tale of the Heike |
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| Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
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Based on real events from the 900s to 1600s and then embellished over time to create powerful narratives full of good storytelling, sympathetic characters, and poignant and stirring events, War Tales provide information and insights into the lives of Japans warriors. The Tale of the Heike is among Japan’s most celebrated war tales. It traces the rise, brief glory, and fall of the Taira clan (also known as the Heike clan). “This scene illustrates an episode from the chapter 'The End of the Life of Kiso Yoshinaka' in The Tale of the Heike, a thirteenth-century recounting of the wars between two powerful clans, the Heike and the Genji (also called the Taira and the Minamoto).” Also see the video “The Samurai and the Storyteller” and Battles at Ichi-no-tani and Yashima.
Go to Museum Resource: https://education.asianart.org/resources/battle-of-awazugahara-from-the-tale-of... | |
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| Scrolls of the Mongol Invasions Annotated |
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| Princeton University Art Museum
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This site allows you to view individual scenes depicting the Mongol Invasions of Japan. Takezaki Suenaga, a warrior who fought against the Mongols in both 1274 and 1281, commissioned scrolls recounting his actions. This unique record of the invasions, and important eyewitness account, was heavily damaged in the ensuing centuries – according to lore they were even once dropped into the ocean! By the time of their rediscovery in the eighteenth century, the scenes and text of the scrolls were scattered into separate sheets. See also the partner site: Mongol Invasions of Japan - 1274 and 1281.
Go to Museum Resource: http://digital.princeton.edu/annotatedscrolls/ | |
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| The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola Bronzes from South India |
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| National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
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Online presentation of a 2003 exhibition of South Indian bronzes produced under the reign of the Chola dynasty (ca. 860-1279). The website features four sections: 1) a guide to the various Hindu saints depicted in the sculptures (Vishnu, Shiva, Ganesha, Uma, and others); 2) a step-by-step guide to how bronze sculptures of this type were produced; 3) a guide to how the sculptures would be used in religious practice; 4) a brief introduction to the Chola dynasty.
Go to Museum Resource: https://archive.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/online/chola/chola.htm | |
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| Shoguns and Art |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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A discussion of shoguns and their role in the artistic and cultural history of Japan from the late 12th century until the end of the Edo period (1868). With 9 related artworks.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/shga/hd_shga.htm | |
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| Song and Yuan Dynasty Painting and Calligraphy |
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| National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
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"Presented here in text and image are eighty-five works of Song and Yuan dynasty painting and calligraphy in the collection of the Freer Gallery of Art. The works are arranged in five thematic groups: secular figure painting (17 examples); landscape painting (29 examples); religious figure painting (25 examples); natural subjects (11 examples); calligraphy and rubbings (3 examples). Each group is further subdivided into topical categories arranged in rough chronological order. Some groups contain contemporary paintings created in border regions beyond the control of Song and Yuan authorities as well as a small number of Ming dynasty works that continue Yuan styles. Every work is fully documented through images and related text. Labels, frontispieces, inscriptions, colophons, and seals have been transcribed, and texts of art historical relevance are accompanied by annotated English translations."
Go to Museum Resource: https://asia.si.edu/publications/songyuan/ | |
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| The Song Dynasty: China in 1000 CE, The Most Advanced Society in the World |
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| Columbia University, Asia for Educators
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In 1000, 1100, 1200, and 1300, China was the most advanced place in the world. Marco Polo (1254-1324) recognized this when he got to China in the late 13th century after traveling through much of Asia. In what is now Europe, this was the period now referred to as the “high” Middle Ages, which fostered the Crusades and witnessed the rise of Venice, the mercantile center that was Marco Polo’s home.A magnificent picture scroll painted by a Chinese artist in the 12th century provides us with a look at society and urban life in China during this time. **This scroll, which appears throughout this teaching module, is often referred to as the “Beijing Qingming scroll” because it is in the collection of the Palace Museum in Beijing. Painted during the Song dynasty by the artist Zhang Zeduan, this scroll is believed to be the earliest extant version of the famous Qingming shanghe tu 清明上河圖 (see 'Translations of the Qingming shanghe tu' for more about the translation of this title), of which there are many versions. Widely considered to be China’s best-known painting (it has even been called “China’s Mona Lisa”), this rarely displayed 12th-century scroll was briefly on view in Hong Kong in July 2007.
Go to Museum Resource: http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/songdynasty-module/index.html | |
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| Sung (Song), 960-1279 |
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| Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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"Considered the third Chinese golden age, this complex dynasty was divided almost evenly into Northern (960 - 1126) and Southern (1127 - 1279) halves." A brief, one-paragraph overview, along with two maps (of Northern and Southern Song), a video clip featuring an MIA curator, and 72 objects representative of the period.
Go to Museum Resource: http://archive.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/history/dynasty-sung.cfm | |
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| Technology and Tea Culture (Song) |
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| National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
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Students will be able to identify, explain, and analyze the technique behind producing the tea bowl with “oil spot” glaze and relate this work to the cultural and historical context of tea culture in the Song dynasty as well as the Song’s Commercial Revolution.
Go to Museum Resource: https://asia.si.edu/learn/for-educators/teaching-china-with-the-smithsonian/les... | |
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| Temple, Palace, Scholar’s House: Three Settings of Traditional Korean Culture [PDF] |
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| Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
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This packet introduces teachers and other readers to several traditional settings of Korean culture: Buddhist temples, palaces, and scholar’s houses, as well as Confucian academies where scholars were trained. These settings provide a framework or backdrop for many of the historical art objects on display at the museum.
Go to Museum Resource: https://education.asianart.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2019/09/Temple-Palace... | |
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| Timeline of Art History: China, 1000–1400 A.D. |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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"Reunited once again under the Northern Song dynasty, China maintains complicated relationships with the Liao in the northeast and the Xixia in the northwest." With a period overview, list of key events, and 9 related artworks. Also has links to additional information about the Northern Song (960-1127), Southern Song (1127-1279), Yuan (1279-1368) and Ming (1368-1644) dynasties, an abridged list of Chinese emperors, and timelines of Japan and Korea during this time.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/?period=07®ion=eac | |
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| Timeline of Art History: China, 1400–1600 A.D. |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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"The establishment of the Ming dynasty in 1368 marks the return of native rule over all of China for the first time in centuries." With a period overview, list of key events, and 10 related artworks. Also has links to additional information about the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), an abridged list of Chinese emperors, and timelines of Japan and Korea during this time.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/?period=08®ion=eac | |
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| Timeline of Art History: Himalayan Region, 1000–1400 A.D. |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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"Buddhism becomes the dominant cultural force in Tibet, superceding the indigenous Bon religion." With a period overview, list of key events, and 9 related artworks. Also has links to additional information about Hindu art, Buddhist art, Nepalese painting and sculpture, and Tibetan Buddhist art, plus timelines of South Asia during this time.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/?period=07®ion=ssh | |
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| Timeline of Art History: Himalayan Region, 1400–1600 A.D. |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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"Centralized states gradually form in the Himalayan region. In the fifteenth century, Tibet, the Gelukpa sect of Buddhism consolidates its religious and temporal power in central Tibet with the help of Chinese patronage." With a period overview, list of key events, and 10 related artworks. Also has links to additional information about Buddhist art, Nepalese painting and sculpture, and Tibetan Buddhist art, plus timelines of South Asia during this time.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/?period=08®ion=ssh | |
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| Timeline of Art History: Japan, 1000–1400 A.D. |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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"While enjoying a lifestyle of material wealth and cultural elegance in the capital Heian-kyo, the imperial court's political authority enters a period of decline." With a period overview, list of key events, and 10 related artworks. Also has links to additional information about the Heian (794-1185), Kamakura (1185-1333), Nambokucho (1336-1392), and Muromachi (1392-1573) periods, an abridged list of rulers in Japan, and timelines of China and Korea during this time.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/?period=07®ion=eaj | |
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| Timeline of Art History: Japan, 1400–1600 A.D. |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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"The fifteenth and sixteenth centuries are the most turbulent period in Japanese history, as military warlords clash violently and frequently in attempts to increase their own power and territory." With a period overview, list of key events, and 9 related artworks. Also has links to additional information about the Muromachi (1392-1573) and Momoyama (1573-1615) periods, an abridged list of rulers in Japan, and timelines of China and Korea during this time.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/?period=08®ion=eaj | |
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| Timeline of Art History: Korea, 1000–1400 A.D. |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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"Some of the most outstanding achievements in Korean art and culture date to the Koryô dynasty (918–1392), which rules the peninsula for nearly 500 years." With a period overview, list of key events, and 10 related artworks. Also has links to additional information about celadon production during the Koryô and ceramic production during the Chosôn (1392-1910), an abridged list of rulers in Korea, and timelines of China and Japan during this time.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/?period=07®ion=eak | |
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| Timeline of Art History: Korea, 1400-1600 A.D. |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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"In an attempt to distance themselves from the former Koryô court and rejuvenate the country, the rulers of the new Chosôn dynasty (1392–1910) severely curtail the practice of Buddhism and embrace Neo-Confucianism as the official state ideology." With a period overview, list of key events, and 10 related artworks. Also has links to additional information about ceramic production during the Chosôn, an abridged list of rulers in Korea, and timelines of China and Japan during this time.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/?period=08®ion=eak | |
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| Timeline of Art History: South Asia, 1400–1600 A.D. |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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"A period of great change for the South Asian subcontinent. In the north, the declining Delhi Sultanate gives way to the Mughals, who establish the largest empire ever seen on the subcontinent." With a period overview, list of key events, and 10 related artworks. Also has links to an abridged list of Islamic rulers and timelines of the Himalayan Region and Southeast Asia during this time, plus additional information about the art of the Mughal dynasty and the Islamic art of the Deccan.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/?period=08®ion=ssa | |
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| Timeline of Art History: South Asia (North), 1000–1400 A.D. |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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"Buddhism fades as a powerful force in most parts of the north, while Islam finds its place within the South Asian cultural and religious landscape." With a period overview, list of key events, and 6 related artworks. Also has links to timelines of the Himalayan Region, South Asia (South), and Southeast Asia during this time.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/?period=07®ion=ssn | |
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| Timeline of Art History: South Asia (South), 1000–1400 A.D. |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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"Central India remains contested by various major powers—each developing a distinctive but related artistic style—until the ascendancy of Turkish–Central Asian dynasties at the end of the period." With a period overview, list of key events, and 7 related artworks. Also has links to timelines of the Himalayan Region, South Asia (North), and Southeast Asia during this time.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/?period=07®ion=sss | |
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| Timeline of Art History: Southeast Asia, 1000–1400 A.D. |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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"The Khmer capital at Angkor is the center of a powerful, opulent empire that includes most of continental Southeast Asia. The Angkor period is noted for the vast number of breathtaking monuments constructed from the late ninth to the thirteenth century." With a period overview, list of key events, and 9 related artworks. Also has links to timelines of Oceania and South Asia during this time.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/?period=07®ion=sse | |
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| Timeline of Art History: Southeast Asia, 1400–1600 A.D. |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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"The Thai kingdom, centered on the capital city of Ayudhya, is a dominant polity in mainland Southeast Asia after the defeat of the Cambodian Khmer empire in 1431. Sculptures of Buddhas, walking and sitting, made of bronze and brass, are widely produced." With a period overview, list of key events, and 10 related artworks. Also has links to timelines of Oceania, South Asia, and the Himalayan Region during this time.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/?period=08®ion=sse | |
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| “Tree of Heaven” Hanging Oil Lamp (Java, Indonesia) |
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| Princeton University Art Museum
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14th-15th c. Bronze. “… The climbing figure may be related to figures climbing floral scrolls toward a man and woman riding a bovine found on other oil lamps of this period. This may represent an episode from a legend that has yet to be identified. The design of the present lamp could also represent a figure climbing the "tree of heaven" and reaching for the elixir of immortality.”
Go to Museum Resource: https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/asian-art/southeastasia/models/tree-lamp-model | |
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| Ways of Seeing – Poetry and Painting (Ming) |
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| National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
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Students will analyze and interpret works of art according to events, places, cultures, and historical periods. They will evaluate how social, cultural, and historical context contribute meaning in works of art and examine narratives in artwork and poetry.
Go to Museum Resource: https://asia.si.edu/learn/for-educators/teaching-china-with-the-smithsonian/les... | |
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| Wine Jar, with Fish and Aquatic Plants: China, early 14th c. Yuan Dynasty |
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| The Brooklyn Museum
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This jar is a masterpiece of fourteenth-century porcelain and an example of a naturalistic style of surface decoration that was gaining popularity in China at the time. The rich blue color is produced by cobalt-oxide pigment imported from western Asia via the Silk Road. The vessel was created not long after the Chinese had perfected the process of making blue-and-white ceramics. It was produced in the imperial kilns of Jingdezhen and was probably a gift for a government official. The fish is an auspicious animal in Chinese culture, and the carp in particular was considered lucky during the Yuan Dynasty, when this jar was created. Fish were kept in ponds for enjoyment and for food, and there are many Chinese myths and stories that include them as characters. The Chinese names of the four types of fish depicted on the jar—qing yu (black carp), bai yu (silver carp), li yu (carp), gui yu (perch)—sound like the Chinese words for “honest and incorruptible.” The lotus, a large, beautiful aquatic flower that often grows from mud, is a Buddhist symbol representing a human’s ability to overcome suffering. See also exhibition publication [PDF].
Go to Museum Resource: https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/66256 | |
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| The World of Khubilai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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“This exhibition covers the period from 1215, the year of Khubilai's birth, to 1368, the year of the fall of the Yuan dynasty in China founded by Khubilai Khan, and features every art form, including paintings, sculpture, gold and silver, textiles, ceramics, lacquer, and other decorative arts, religious and secular. The exhibition highlights new art forms and styles generated in China as a result of the unification of China under the Yuan dynasty and the massive influx of craftsmen from all over the vast Mongol Empire—with reverberations in Italian art of the fourteenth century.” Includes the video “The World of Khubilai Khan: A Revolution in Painting,” with Maxwell K. Hearn. See also exhibition publication.
Go to Museum Resource: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2010/khubilai-khan | |
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| Yangban: The Cultural Life of the Joseon Literati |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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An extensive discussion of the yangban, the scholar-official class of Joseon Korea. The Joseon yangban were Confucians, and they considered themselves to be "custodians of proper Confucian mores" in Korean society. With 7 related art objects.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/yang/hd_yang.htm | |
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| Yuan, 1280-1365 |
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| Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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"Mongol invader Genghis Khan and his hordes conquered much of Asia, including China; his grandson Kublai Khan established this dynasty, during which the Mongols reopened and expanded overland trade routes linking China, Central Asia, and the Mediterranean." A brief, one-paragraph overview, along with three maps (of the Mongol Empire, the Silk Road, and the Yuan Dynasty), a video clip featuring an MIA curator, and 20 objects representative of the period.
Go to Museum Resource: http://archive.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/history/dynasty-yuan.cfm | |
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