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| Minneapolis Institute of Arts: The Art of Asia |
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| Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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The Explore the Collection section of this content-rich site features nearly 3,500 objects from the MIA's collection of Asian art. All images have a Zoom View; most images have descriptions. A Featured Objects section highlights 20 objects from the collection in great detail (through curator interviews), and six Featured Collections showcase objects in the following categories: 1) Ancient Chinese Bronzes; 2) Architectural Models; 3) Chinese Furniture; 4) Imperial Silks; 5) Taoist Art; and 6) Ukiyo-e. Users can also browse objects by country/region or by one of 15 subject categories (architecture, paintings, ceramics, drawings, etc.) or use the keyword search. An Add to My Collection feature allows users to create an online gallery to save and to share.
Go to Museum Resource: http://archive.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/explore/index.html | |
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| Monet & Japan |
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| National Gallery of Australia
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Online archive of a 2001 exhibit with "carefully chosen works of Japanese art [that] give us the context for exploring Monet's changing perception of Japan through masterpiece after masterpiece. ... [The exhibit gives] everyone who loves Monet's paintings a chance to understand the ways in which he absorbed the lessons of Japanese art, from his first encounter in the 1860s until the final years after the First World War." Select THEMES from the gray menu at top for text discussions with related images; select COMPARE WORKS to see Monet's paintings next to Japanese prints with related composition, design, and subject elements; and select EDUCATION for information on how to teach using this website.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.nga.gov.au/monetjapan/Default.cfm | |
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| 100 Views of Mount Fuji |
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| The British Museum
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Online presentation of the 2001 exhibition 100 Views of Mount Fuji, which explored "a wide range of manifestations of the mountain in Japanese art, as portrayed in 100 works by painters and print designers from the seventeenth century to the present." Featuring 19 images, each with explanatory text. Now hosted by Google Arts & Culture.
Go to Museum Resource: https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/QQ7n-PQc | |
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| Art in Focus: The Legend of Krishna |
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| Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
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"The legend of Krishna has inspired Hindu art, poetry, music and philosophy for more than 2,000 years. This packet highlights the celebrated legend of this Hindu god as depicted in South Asian painting—from his mischievous childhood antics to his stately conduct as a prince and his awe-inspiring presence as the supreme spirit. Teaching activities feature selected excerpts from the legend of Krishna and paintings from the Asian Art Museum’s collection galleries."
Go to Museum Resource: https://education.asianart.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2019/12/ArtinFocus-Kr... | |
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| The Artist as Collector: Masterpieces of Chinese Painting from the C. C. Wang Family Collection |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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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 Arts of Kashmir |
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| Asia Society
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"The Arts of Kashmir comprises works of Buddhist, Hindu, and Islamic art, including sculpture, painting, and calligraphy loaned from collections in the U.S., Europe, and India. Many of the objects have never been seen outside of India; in some cases they have never been exhibited or published anywhere. To provide a sense of the broad artistic contributions of this famously lush and beautiful region, the exhibition includes examples of stone and bronze sculptures and manuscript paintings, in addition to the fine examples of papier-mâché, carpets, shawls, and embroidery for which Kashmir is renowned."
Go to Museum Resource: http://sites.asiasociety.org/arts/kashmir/ | |
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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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| Attitudes Towards Nature in Daoist Art |
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| Asia Society
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Lesson plan that helps students understand the difference between how many Westerners view nature versus how many Chinese (particularly Daoists and the literati) felt about the natural world around them. Uses Chinese poems and landscape paintings as primary sources.
Go to Museum Resource: http://asiasociety.org/education-learning/resources-schools/elementary-lesson-p... | |
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| Bridging East and West: The Chinese Diaspora and Lin Yutang |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Online presentation of a 2008 exhibition featuring "43 paintings and calligraphies by 19 leading Chinese artists of the mid-20th century." With images of 12 artworks.
Go to Museum Resource: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2007/lin-yutang | |
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| Brushstrokes: Styles and Techniques of Chinese Painting [PDF] |
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| Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
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"Brushpainting, which includes calligraphy, landscapes, scrolls and fans, has been a major art form throughout Chinese history. This packet explores the history, development and significance of brushpainting in Chinese art. Includes discussion of painting and calligraphy techniques, and a comparison of painting styles."
Go to Museum Resource: https://education.asianart.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2019/09/Brushstrokes.... | |
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| Chinese Arts of the Brush |
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| National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
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"Long before the Chinese invented paper in the first century B.C.E., they devised the round brush, which is used for both writing and painting." The unique versatility of the Chinese brush lies in its tapered tip, which is composed of a careful grouping of chosen animal hairs. Through this resilient tip flow the ever-changing linear qualities of the twin arts of the brush: calligraphy and painting. An historical overview of the "twin arts" of calligraphy and painting in Chinese art.
Go to Museum Resource: https://asia.si.edu/exhibition/gallery-guide-chinese-arts-of-the-brush/ | |
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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 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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| Create Your Own Illustrated Haiku |
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| Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
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Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry made of three lines (5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables) that is commonly a meditation on nature. Make an image using colorful paper and ink, and then write a haiku inspired by your creation. Downloads include visual instructions and an activity.
Go to Museum Resource: https://education.asianart.org/resources/create-your-own-illustrated-haiku/ | |
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| Creating a Japanese Screen |
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| Asia Society
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Lesson plan that introduces the idea that art is made to enhance our surroundings and also that the choices made about them reflect something about the person choosing. Uses two Japanese folding screens -- one from the Edo and the other from the Muromachi period -- as primary sources.
Go to Museum Resource: http://sites.asiasociety.org/education/AsianArt/lessons.japanese.htm | |
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| The Douglas Dillon Legacy: Chinese Painting for the Metropolitan Museum |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Online presentation of a 2004 exhibition. "Spanning more than 1,000 years of Chinese painting, from the 8th to the 18th century, the exhibition constitutes a compelling survey of all the major schools and trends of the last four dynasties." With images of 8 related artworks dating from the 8th century to 1770.
Go to Museum Resource: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2004/chinese-painting | |
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| East Asia Cultural Exchange in Tiger and Dragon Paintings |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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“Walking tigers and dragons depicted with water were popular visual compositions across East Asia, and for this reason, the specific origins of the Met’s paintings remain an enigma. The visual pairing of tigers and dragons has a long history in East Asia, appearing in the first hexagram, 乾 (qian), from The Book of Changes, thought to have been written during the Zhou dynasty (1046–256 B.C.). “
Go to Museum Resource: https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/tidra/hd_tidra.htm | |
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| East Asian Scroll Paintings |
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| Center for the Art of East Asia, University of Chicago
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Handscroll paintings, painted horizontally on pieces of silk or sheets of paper and mounted as scrolls, are a major type of traditional East Asian painting, distinctive in their format and method of viewing. Their creation is based on special principles that differ from those of painting single-framed pictures as they are continuous pictures that progress in space and time…Because of the rare and fragile nature of these paintings, however, they are rarely shown. They cannot be handled by the public or exposed to light for extended periods in exhibitions. Therefore our center created this interactive site to simulate the experience of viewing handscrolls in ways that published photographs in books and projected slides cannot and to make them more widely accessible for teaching and research.
Go to Museum Resource: https://scrolls.uchicago.edu/ | |
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| Explore a Japanese Handscroll: The Art of Hon'ami Kōetsu (Edo Period, early 1600s) |
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| Princeton University Art Museum
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An excellent interactive website for exploring an Edo period handscroll by Hon'ami Kōetsu (1558-1637). "In this handscroll Kōetsu transcribed ten verses from the poetry anthology Shinkokin wakashū on sheets of colored paper that are decorated on the front and back with woodblock-printed mica designs." After exploring the scroll the user can write his/her own poem (by selecting from a set of phrases) and then see this poem "written" on his/her own handscroll in the style of Kōetsu.
Go to Museum Resource: https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/asian-art/japan/viewers/poem-scroll-viewer/ | |
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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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| The Floating World of Ukiyo-e: Shadows, Dreams, and Substance |
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| Library of Congress
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Online presentation of a 2003 exhibition showcasing the Library's holdings of Japanese prints, books, and drawings from the 17th to the 19th century. Images organized into the following categories: 1) Early Masters (1600-1740); 2) Major Genres: Beauties, Actors, and Landscapes; 3) Images and Literary Sources; 4) Realia and Reportage; 5) Japan and the West: Artistic Cross-Fertilization; 6) Beyond Ukiyo-e: Modern and Contemporary Japanese Prints. The EXHIBITION OVERVIEW provides historical background about ukiyo-e.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/ukiyo-e/ | |
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| Golden Fantasies: Japanese Screens from New York Collections |
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| Asia Society
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Online presentation of a 2004 exhibition of Japanese folding screens. Features 14 screens with descriptive text. Several of these illustrate Japanese literary classics such as the “Chronicle of the Great Peace” (Taiheiki); the Tale of the Heike; the Tales of Ise; and the Tale of Genji.
Go to Museum Resource: http://sites.asiasociety.org/arts/japanesescreens/index.html | |
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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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| Great Waves: Chinese Themes in the Arts of Korea and Japan |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Online presentation of a 2003 exhibition that "explores how Chinese pictorial themes—Buddhist iconography, landscape imagery, flower and bird subjects, and figural narratives—were selectively adopted and reinterpreted by native artists in Korea and Japan." With images of 16 related artworks dating from the 10th to the 18th century.
Go to Museum Resource: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2003/great-waves | |
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| Gyotaku |
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| Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College
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"Gyotaku (guh-yo-tah-koo) is the Japanese art of fish painting. It was developed more than a century ago as a fisherman's method of recording the size and species of his catch, and is now accepted as an art form worldwide. Students will study the history of fish printing and make their own prints." For grades 1 & 2.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.oberlin.edu/amam/asia/gyotaku/Default.html | |
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| Haiku: Learning and Sharing the Beauty of Being Human (9-12) |
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| The Kennedy Center, ArtsEdge
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Over the course of two classes, students will reflect on their daily lives to find small moments of peace and/or happiness. Using these moments and/or observations, students will create a haiku and an accompanying photograph, which will be combined into a digital visual class anthology.
Go to Museum Resource: https://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/lessons/grade-9-12/Haiku_Learning... | |
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| Hokusai: Mad About Painting |
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| National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
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Animated examination of works by the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849). This excellent interactive website features an introduction to Hokusai's life, plus an examination of his work, organized into the following categories: COLOR (Hokusai's innovative use of color); BRUSH & BLOCK (the range of Hokusai's creativity, and comparisons of painting and printing techniques); COMPOSITION; and SUBJECT. Uses Flash.
Go to Museum Resource: https://archive.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/online/hokusai/launch.htm | |
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| Interiors Imagined: Folding Screens, Garments, and Clothing Stands Source: Interiors Imagined: Fold |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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"The original function and context of a genre of screens referred to today as 'whose sleeves?' screens, or tagasode byôbu, are less well studied and understood. As revealed by more than forty extant examples, artisans from various painting schools depicted on folding screens an array of sumptuously patterned garments casually draped over clothing stands." With images of two screens from the Momoyama period.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/fold/hd_fold.htm | |
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| In the Realm of Gods and Kings: Arts of India |
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| Asia Society
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Online presentation of a 2004-05 exhibition of Indian art. The site features mostly paintings from the 16th to the 19th century and is divided into two sections: The Realm of Kings (subtopics The Hunt; Court Life; Kings, Courtiers, and Women; Courtly Manuscripts) and The Realm of Gods (subtopics The Temple and Sacred Text; Krishna; Rama; Devi; Shiva; Saints and Sadhus). Each subsection has text and one to two images.
Go to Museum Resource: http://sites.asiasociety.org/arts/godkings/index.html | |
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| An Introduction to Chinese Brushpainting Techniques |
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| Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
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“Experience for yourself the art of brush-and-ink painting. Begin by learning how to hold the brush. Once you feel comfortable, experiment by applying varying degrees of pressure, speed, and moisture. Finally, create your own brushpainting masterpiece.” Downloads include visual instructions and a teachers packet.
Go to Museum Resource: https://education.asianart.org/resources/an-introduction-to-chinese-brushpainti... | |
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| An Introductory Course to Chinese Painting |
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| LACMA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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This free, online introduction to Chinese painting is divided into short video segments of 2-5 minutes, covering formats, styles, meanings, and more. Viewers are able to choose topics of interest to them.
Go to Museum Resource: https://lacma.teachable.com/p/chinese-painting | |
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| Japanese Incense |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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A brief look at the history of incense in Japan: "Incense wood was recorded for the first time in Japan in 595, during the reign of Empress Suiko. Not long before that date, in the mid-sixth century, Buddhism had been introduced into Japan from the continent, and along with Buddhist images and sutras, incense and its implements were also imported." With 13 related objects.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/jinc/hd_jinc.htm | |
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| Japanese Weddings in the Edo Period (1615–1868) |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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A brief overview of Edo-period wedding customs: "The social structure of the Edo period (1615–1868) developed under the strict control of the Tokugawa military regime. During this period, the families of the shogunate and provincial leaders (daimyô) arranged marriages based on political interests, and the consent of the shogunate was necessary for a daimyô wedding." With images of 4 related objects.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/jwed/hd_jwed.htm | |
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| The Kano School of Painting |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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A brief overview of the Kano school, established by Kano Masanobu (1434-1530). Prominent for more than 300 years, the Kano school is considered to be the "longest lived and most influential school of painting in Japanese history." Closely associated with their powerful patrons, the Tokugawa shogunate, the Kano school prospered throughout the Edo period. With 3 related artworks.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/kano/hd_kano.htm | |
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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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| Landscape of Memory: The Art of Mu Xin |
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| Asia Society
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Online presentation of a 2003 exhibition of art by Chinese contemporary artist Mu Xin. With an essay discussing the connections between Mu Xin's work and the tradition of Chinese landscape painting and Chinese history; his appreciation of Western humanist philosophy; his imprisonment during the Cultural Revolution; and an analysis of his technique.
Go to Museum Resource: http://sites.asiasociety.org/arts/muxin/index.html | |
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| Landscape Painting in Chinese Art |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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A brief overview of landscape painting in Chinese art from the Tang dynasty to the present. With 10 related artworks.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/clpg/hd_clpg.htm | |
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| The Legends of Hachiman |
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| Smith College Museum of Art
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"This particular pair of lavishly ornamented handscrolls illustrates the legends of the Shinto deity Hachiman. The paintings, which date to the mid-seventeenth century, are rendered in the yamato-e style favored by the members of the Tosa school to which they are attributed. Both the painting and the calligraphy exemplify the highly refined styles favored by the court at the start of the Edo period (1615-1868)." This project of Smith College now hosted here.
Go to Museum Resource: https://hachimanhandscrolls.com/ | |
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| A Look at Chinese Painting in The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Examines seven Chinese paintings and calligraphies from the Asian art collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and discusses answers to seven questions that viewers often have about Chinese paintings in general: 1) What materials did the artist use to create this painting; 2) Why is there only writing in this image; 3) Why didn't the artist use any color in this painting; 4) What is this image about; 5) Why did the artist choose this shape for this painting; 6) Why are red stamps placed all over this painting; 7) How is nature depicted in Chinese landscape paintings?
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/chin/hd_chin.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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| Nature of the Beast: Animals in Japanese Paintings and Prints |
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| Pacific Asia Museum of USC
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Paintings and prints from the Edo period to the late 20th century. The inclusion of characters such as Godjira (Godzilla), Doraemon, and the Forest Spirit from Princess Mononoke makes this an especially fun unit for students. Text essays with images on the following topics: 1) Tradition; 2) Reality; 3) Imagination. With an Edo-period timeline, glossary of related terms, lesson plans for teachers, and a "Random Monster Generator" activity for students.
Go to Museum Resource: https://pacificasiamuseum.usc.edu/exhibitions/past/online-exhibition-nature-of-... | |
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| Nepalese Painting |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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A brief overview of Nepalese religious painting, with an emphasis on technique, style, and iconography. With images of 7 related artworks.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/nepp/hd_nepp.htm | |
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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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| Painting Formats in East Asian Art |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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An introduction to the five major painting formats in East Asian art: 1) album; 2) fan; 3) handscroll; 4) hanging scroll; 5) screen. With 13 related artworks.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/pfor/hd_pfor.htm | |
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| Power and Desire: South Asian Paintings from the San Diego Museum of Art |
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| Asia Society
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Online presentation of a 2000-2001 exhibition of Mughal and Rajput court paintings from northern and western India from the 16th-19th centuries. The following topics are discussed: 1) The Royal Courts; 2) Rule and Domain; 3) Love and Longing; 4) Divine Realms. There is also a curator's essay and an essay discussing "the poetic image," as well as a guide to looking at South Asian paintings and a "Closer Look" analysis of a specific painting.
Go to Museum Resource: http://sites.asiasociety.org/arts/power_desire/index2.html | |
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| The Qing Dynasty (1644–1911): Painting |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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A discussion of painting during the Qing dynasty, with a focus on three principal groups of artists working during the Qing: the traditionalists, the individualists, and the courtiers and professional artists. With 14 related artworks.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/qing_1/hd_qing_1.htm | |
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| Recording the Grandeur of the Qing |
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| Columbia University, Asia for Educators
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This interactive teaching unit gives the viewer unprecedented access to four monumental artworks of the Qing period – four of the twenty-four southern inspection tour scrolls commissioned by the Qing emperors Kangxi (r. 1662-1722) and Qianlong (r. 1736-1795). Each of the four featured scrolls is displayed online in its entirety, with key details annotated by Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Maxwell K. Hearn. Five background essays by Dr. Hearn and Columbia history professor Madeleine Zelin serve as guides to the historical and artistic context in which the scrolls were created. Produced in cooperation with the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Go to Museum Resource: http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/qing/index.html | |
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| Rinpa Painting Style |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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A brief introduction to the Rinpa school of painting, which was "a key part of the revival in the Edo period of indigenous Japanese artistic interests described by the term yamato-e." With 5 related artworks and links to related essays about yamato-e painting and seasonal imagery in Japanese art.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/rinp/hd_rinp.htm | |
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| Rise & Fall of the Canton Trade System |
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| Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Visualizing Cultures
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"The images in this unit portray the abundant variety of commercial, art, and craft goods exchanged in the Canton region during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Three cities became the center of the trading system that linked China to the Western European powers and the United States. Macau, the oldest, stayed under Portuguese control from 1557 to 1999. Canton gathered traders from Europe, Southeast Asia, the U.S., and the rest of China. Hong Kong, acquired by the British after the Opium War, grew from a small fishing village to a major international port during the 19th century." With three in-depth essays by Peter C. Perdue, professor of history at Yale, plus an extensive image gallery and a curriculum guide.
Go to Museum Resource: http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027/rise_fall_canton_01/index.html | |
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| Scholar-Literati Scroll Project |
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| Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
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Students will become members of the “literati/scholar” class by demonstrating their understanding of Chinese history, philosophy, and poetry. They will also display high achievement in the “Three Perfections”: calligraphy, painting, and poetry. This project is designed to be a creative alternative to daily or weekly assignments which might otherwise be assembled in a notebook or binder at the end of the 7th-grade Medieval China unit. Downloads includes handouts and maps.
Go to Museum Resource: https://education.asianart.org/resources/scholar-literati-scroll-project/ | |
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| Seasonal Imagery in Japanese Art |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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A discussion of seasonal imagery in Japanese art, with an emphasis on the importance of Shinto, Zen Buddhism, and poetry. With 9 related artworks.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/seim/hd_seim.htm | |
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| Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove |
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| Asia Society
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"The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove were a group of Chinese learned men from the third century CE. During a time of political upheaval, the group distanced themselves from governmental service, choosing instead to spend time engaged in Daoist-inspired discussions, poetry, and music, sometimes while inebriated. ... Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, featuring traditional works of art from China and Japan, has been organized to accompany and provide some cultural context for Asia Society’s exhibition of Seven Intellectuals in a Bamboo Forest, the contemporary video work by Chinese artist Yang Fudong."
Go to Museum Resource: https://asiasociety.org/new-york/exhibitions/seven-sages-bamboo-grove | |
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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 Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860-1989 |
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| Guggenheim Museum
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The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860–1989 considers the dynamic impact of Asian art, literature, music, and philosophy on the development of American art. This guide for educators focuses on seminal American artists who took inspiration from Asia and reflected that engagement in their creative work. Teachers guides reflect the structure of the exhibition, which is divided into seven chronological and thematic sections, and selects a representative artist from each. Looking at and discussing these works with students can enhance their understanding of American art and how its development has been influenced by specific sources of Asian art and thought. Video and audio content available. See also: Teaching Materials.
Go to Museum Resource: https://www.guggenheim.org/exhibition/the-third-mind-american-artists-contempla... | |
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| Tibetan Medical Paintings |
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| American Museum of Natural History
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"This rare, complete set of 79 Tibetan medical tangkas was painted by the Nepalese tangka artist Romio Shrestha and his Tibetan, Nepalese, and Bhutanese students in Kathmandu during seven years in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... The medical tangkas form a unique document in the history of medicine. Firmly rooted in Buddhism, Tibetan medical practice drew on diverse earlier traditions, from India, ancient Greece, Persia, pre-Buddhist Tibet, and China, to form a synthesis visually documented in these paintings."
Go to Museum Resource: https://anthro.amnh.org/tangkas | |
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| Tibet Information Zone |
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| The Newark Museum
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Online version of the museum's Tibet Information Zone, "an interactive educational resource where individuals, families and school groups can gain valuable information on Tibetan life and culture, as well as learn about the Museum's extensive and world-renowned collection of sacred and secular Tibetan objects." With a virtual tour of the Tibet Buddhist Altar created by artist Phuntsok Dorje, along with images of a mural Dorje has created at the museum. Images from the mural ("depicting the vast snowy mountains, nomad tents, and rural villages of Tibet") illustrate a special section on Tibetan life, with overviews of nomadic life, Tibetan festivals, aristocratic life in old Lhasa, agriculture and farm life, and animals in Tibet.
Go to Museum Resource: https://www.newarkmuseum.org/tibet-information-zone | |
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| Traditional Chinese Painting in the Twentieth Century |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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A brief discussion of traditional painting in 20th-century China. With 7 related artworks.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/cptg/hd_cptg.htm | |
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| Understanding South Asian Art |
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| National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
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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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| Uses of Gold in Japanese Paintings |
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| Kyoto National Museum
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Gold has traditionally been a sacred color associated with deities and Buddhist beings. Gold also represents the bright rays of light that illuminate our world. Artists used either gold leaf or gold paint depending on the desired “light” effect, and employed many different techniques—such as kirikane (gold foil is cut into strips or other desired shapes and affixed to objects to be decorated)—for their application. Among the objects in the Kyoto National Museum’s collection are works demonstrating the fascinating and richly varied effect of gold on Japanese art. Museum content on Google Arts & Culture.
Go to Museum Resource: https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/use-of-gold-in-paintings-kyoto-nation... | |
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| A Visual Vocabulary of Brush Painting |
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| Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
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The brush painting artist can achieve a multitude of effects by varying such factors as the speed and pressure applied to a brush, the size and type of brush, the amount of moisture, the manner in which different shades of ink or colors are loaded onto the brush, the angle at which the brush is held, and the type of paper or silk used for painting. Above are examples, drawn from the museum’s collection, which represent some of the more common techniques. Includes download of visual guide and instructions.
Go to Museum Resource: https://education.asianart.org/resources/a-visual-vocabulary-of-brushstrokes/ | |
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| V.S. Gaitonde: Painting as Process, Painting as Life |
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| Guggenheim Museum
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An artist of singular stature, modernist painter Vasudeo Santu Gaitonde (1924–2001) was known to fellow artists and intellectuals, as well as to later generations of students and admirers, as a man of uncompromising integrity of spirit and purpose. Born in Nagpur, India in 1924, Gaitonde was briefly affiliated with avant-garde collectives such as the Progressive Artists’ Group and the Bombay Group in the early ’50s. Nonetheless, he remained independent throughout most of his career. PDF Downloads of exhibition history and artist chronology.
Go to Museum Resource: https://www.guggenheim.org/exhibition/v-s-gaitonde-painting-as-process-painting... | |
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| Wang Hui (1632-1717) |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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An overview of the life and work of Wang Hui, "the most celebrated painter of late seventeenth-century China, (who) played a key role in reinvigorating past traditions of landscape painting and establishing the stylistic foundations for the imperially sponsored art of the Qing court." With images of five paintings by Wang.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/wang/hd_wang.htm | |
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| Wang Jianwei: Time Temple |
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| Guggenheim Museum
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The exhinit Wang Jianwei: Time Temple, is an immersive exhibition of new work by the Beijing-based artist and his first solo museum exhibition in North America. Informed by critical theory and philosophy, his work focuses on a process-based practice that expresses time and movement into the production and experience of art. Includes video resources. See also: Teaching Materials.
Go to Museum Resource: https://www.guggenheim.org/exhibition/wang-jianwei-time-temple | |
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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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| When the Manchus Ruled China: Painting under the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911) |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Online presentation of a 2002 exhibition. "The most comprehensive exhibition of Qing dynasty painting ever mounted in the West, this selection of more than 60 works will focus on painting under the brilliant reigns of the Kangxi (r. 1662–1722) and Qianlong (r. 1736–95) emperors—a period when the Manchus embraced Chinese cultural traditions and the court became a leading patron in the arts." With images of 6 related artworks.
Go to Museum Resource: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2002/qing-dynasty-painting | |
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| Work and Leisure: Eighteenth-Century Genre Painting in Korea |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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An extensive discussion of genre painting (illustrations of everyday life) in 18th-century Korea. Covers major artists and key developments in style and technique. With 4 related artworks.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/kgnr/hd_kgnr.htm | |
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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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| The World of Scholars' Rocks: Gardens, Studios, and Paintings |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Online presentation of a 2000 exhibition that "features more than 30 scholars' rocks from the noted collection of the Richard Rosenblum family, ranging in size from desktop pieces to freestanding works of several feet in height. They are accompanied by about 90 paintings dating from the 11th to 20th century, drawn primarily from the Museum's collection." With images of 9 related rocks and paintings.
Go to Museum Resource: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2000/world-of-scholars | |
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| Wutaishan: Pilgrimage to Five Peak Mountain |
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| Rubin Museum of Art
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"The sacred mountain Wutaishan (Mount Wutai), located in Shanxi Province, China, is believed to be the earthly abode of the Bodhisattva of Wisdom, Manjushri, and for a thousand years it has been a focus of transnational pilgrimage for the Chinese, Tibetans, Mongols, and Manchus alike." This online archive of a 2007 exhibition features an excellent interactive tool for viewing the "focal point of the exhibition: ... an intricately-detailed, hand-painted woodblock print map of Wutaishan, created in the 19th century by a Mongolian monk at a monastery on Wutaishan, called Cifusi. Six feet wide, this rare map offers a panoramic view of Wutaishan, which can be read as both a primary historical record of the lay of the land and as a declaration of the political primacy of Tibetan and Mongolian Buddhism, claiming Mongolian ethnic and sectarian identity over the mountain."
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.himalayanart.org/search/set.cfm?setID=1274 | |
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