South, East, & Southeast Asia
AP Art History South, East, & Southeast Asia Asia Resources
Overview
- Video Map of Images (Cheryl Hughes)
- Neave, Dorinda, Lara C. W. Blanchard, and Marika Sardar. Asian Art. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson, 201
- Koch, Ebba. “The Taj Mahal: Architecture, Symbolism, and Urban Significance.” Muqarnas: An Annual on the Visual Culture of the Islamic World, XXII, 2005, pp. 128-149. archnet.org
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Dehejia, Vidya, “Reading Love Imagery on the Indian Temple,” Asian Art: Blackwell Anthologies in Art History. Malden, MA, Oxford, and Victoria: Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2006, pp. 71-82
- Davis, Richard, “What Do Indian Images Really Want?: A Biographical Approach,” Sacred Objects in Secular Spaces: Exhibiting Asian Religions in Museums, London and New York: Bloomsbury Publishing Pic, 2015, pp. 9-25
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Masteller, Kimberly, “Cultures of Confiscation: The Collection, Appropriation, and Destruction of South Asian Art,” A History of Visual Culture:Western Civilization from the 18th to the 21st Century. Bakewell, Susan and Kromm, Jane, editors. Oxford: Berg Publishers, 2010, pp. 267-280
Overview
[Madhya Pradesh, India. Buddhist; Maurya, late Sunga Dynasty. c. 300 BCE-100CE. Stone masonry, sandstone on dome.]
Recommended reading(s)
Dehejia, Vidya. Unseen Presence: The Buddha and Sanchi. Mumbai: Marg Publications, 1996. Worldcat
Neave, Dorinda, Lara C. W. Blanchard, and Marika Sardar. Asian Art. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson, 2014, 9-14.
[Qin Dynasty. c. 221-209 B.C.E. Painted terra cotta.]
Recommended reading(s)
Neave, Dorinda, Lara C. W. Blanchard, and Marika Sardar. Asian Art. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson, 2014, 138-139.
Portal, Jane, ed. The First Emperor: China’s Terracotta Army. London: British Museum Press, 2007. Worldcat
Ledderose, Lothar. Ten Thousand Things: Module and Mass Production in Chinese Art. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2000. Worldcat
[Han Dynasty, China. c. 189 B.C.E. Painted silk.]
Recommended reading(s)
Neave, Dorinda, Lara C. W. Blanchard, and Marika Sardar. Asian Art. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson, 2014, 140-142.
Wu, Hung. “Art in a Ritual Context: Rethinking Mawangdui.” Early China, 17 (1992), 111-144. Article
[Luoyang, China. Tang Dynasty. 493-1127 CE. Limestone.]
Recommended reading(s)
Neave, Dorinda, Lara C. W. Blanchard, and Marika Sardar. Asian Art. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson, 2014, 152-153, 164-165.
McNair, Amy. Donors of Longmen: Faith, Politics, and Patronage in Medieval Chinese Buddhist Sculpture. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 2007. Worldcat
[Three Kingdoms Period, Silla Kingdom, Korea. 5th-6th century. Metalwork.]
Recommended reading(s)
Neave, Dorinda, Lara C. W. Blanchard, and Marika Sardar. Asian Art. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson, 2014, 247-248.
Lee, Soyoung and Denise Patry Leidy. Silla: Korea’s Golden Kingdom. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2013. Worldcat
Additional online resources associated with the Silla: Korea's Golden Kingdom exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
[Various artists, including sculptors Unkei and Keikei, as well as the Kei School. 743; rebuilt c. 1700. Bronze and wood (sculpture; wood and ceramic-tile roofing (architecture).]
Recommended reading(s)
Neave, Dorinda, Lara C. W. Blanchard, and Marika Sardar. Asian Art. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson, 2014, 301-304, 327-329.
Mason, Penelope. History of Japanese Art. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson, 2014.
Elisséef, Serge. “The Bommōkyō and the Great Buddha of Tōdaiji.” Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, 1:1 (April 1936), 84-95. Article.
Goodwin, Janet R. “The Buddhist Monarch: Go-Shirakawa and the Rebuilding of Tōdaiji.” Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, 17: 2/3, The Emperor System and Religion in Japan (June-September 1990), 219-242. Article.
[Central Java, Indonesia. Sailendra Dynasty. c. 750-842. Volcanic-stone masonry.]
Recommended reading(s)
Neave, Dorinda, Lara C. W. Blanchard, and Marika Sardar. Asian Art. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson, 2014, 112-113.
Errington, Shelly. “Making Progress on Borobudur: An Old Monument in New Order.” Visual Anthropology Review, 9: 2 (Fall 1993), 32-59. Article.
[Hindu, Angkor Dynasty. c. 800-1400. Stone masonry, sandstone.]
Recommended reading(s)
Neave, Dorinda, Lara C. W. Blanchard, and Marika Sardar. Asian Art. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson, 2014, 114-118.
Kim, Jinah. “Unfinished Business: Buddhist Reuse of Angkor Wat and its Historical and Political Significance.” ArtibusAsiae, 70: 1 (2010), 77-122. Worldcat.
[Khajuraho, India, Chandella Dynasty. c. 930-950. Sandstone.]
Recommended reading(s)
Neave, Dorinda, Lara C. W. Blanchard, and Marika Sardar. Asian Art. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson, 2014, 40-43.
Woodward, Hiram W. “The Laksmana Temple, Khajuraho, and its Meaning.” ArsOrientalis, 19 (1989), 27-48. Article.
[Fan Kuan. c. 1000. Ink and colors on silk.]
Recommended reading(s)
Neave, Dorinda, Lara C. W. Blanchard, and Marika Sardar. Asian Art. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson, 2014, 173-177, 192.
Sullivan, Michael. The Arts of China. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009, 175-183.
Barnhart, Richard. Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997.
Worldcat, 92-102.
Fong, Wen. Possessing the Past: Treasures from the National Palace Museum, Taipei. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996, 121-137. Worldcat.
[Hindul; India (Tamil Nadu), Chola Dynasty. c. 11th century. Cast bronze.]
Recommended reading(s)
Neave, Dorinda, Lara C. W. Blanchard, and Marika Sardar. Asian Art. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson, 2014, 42-44.
Kaimal, Padma. “Shiva Nataraja: Shifting Meanings of an Icon.” The Art Bulletin, 81: 3 (September 1999), 390-419. Article.
[Fan Kuan. c. 1000. Ink and colors on silk.]
Recommended reading(s)
Neave, Dorinda, Lara C. W. Blanchard, and Marika Sardar. Asian Art. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson, 2014, 325-326.
Mason, Penelope. History of Japanese Art. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson, 2014, 182-184. Worldcat.
Tomita, Kojiro. “The Burning of the Sanjō Palace (Heiji Monogatari): A Japanese Scroll Painting of the Thirteenth Century.” Museum of Fine Arts Bulletin, 23: 139 (October 1925), 49-55. Article.
Recommended reading(s)
Interactive guide that allows the user to zoom into details, move across the length of the horizontal scroll, and provides a translation by Reischauer regarding “The Burning of the Sanjô Palace.” Guide.
[Yuan Dynasty, China. 135. White porcelain with cobalt-blue-underglaze.]
Recommended reading(s)
Scott, Rosemary. Imperial Taste: Chinese Ceramics from the Percival David Foundation. London: Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, 1989, 55. Worldcat.
Sullivan, Michael. The Arts of China. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009, 222-225.
Additional Resources
Khan Academy introduction to the vases
[Imperial Bureau of Painting. c. 15th century. Hanging scroll (ink and color on silk).]
Recommended reading(s)
Neave, Dorinda, Lara C. W. Blanchard, and Marika Sardar. Asian Art. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson, 2014, 196-198.
Cho, Sun-Mie. Great Korean Portraits: Immortal Images of the Noble and the Brave. Seoul: Dolbegae Publishers, 2010, 15-44, 257-259. Worldcat.
[Beijing, China. Ming Dynasty. 15th century and later. Stone masonry, marble, brick, wood and ceramic tile.]
Recommended reading(s)
Neave, Dorinda, Lara C. W. Blanchard, and Marika Sardar. Asian Art. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson, 2014, 196-198.
Weng, Wang-Go, and Boda Yang. Palace Museum, Peking: Treasures of the Forbidden City. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1982. Worldcat.
Naquin, Susan. “The Forbidden City Goes Abroad: Qing History and the Foreign Exhibitions of the Palace Museum, 1974-2004.” T’oungPao, Second Series, 90: 4 (2004), 341-397. Article.
[Kyoto, Japan. Muromachi Period. c. 1480; current design most likely dates to the 18th century. Rock garden.]
Recommended reading(s)
Neave, Dorinda, Lara C. W. Blanchard, and Marika Sardar. Asian Art. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson, 2014, 337-339.
Berthier, François. “Reading Zen in the Rocks: The Japanese Dry Landscape Garden.” Translated by Graham Parkes. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2000, 30-58. Worldcat.
[Bichitr. c. 1620 C.E. Watercolor, gold, and ink on paper.]
Recommended reading(s)
“Excerpts from The Jahanginama: Memiors of Jahangir, Emperor of India,” Asian Art: Blackwell Anthologies in Art History. Malden, MA, Oxford, and Victoria: Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2006, pp. 97-100
[Ogata Korin. c. 1710-1716. Ink, watercolor, and gold leaf on paper.]
Recommended reading(s)
Neave, Dorinda, Lara C. W. Blanchard, and Marika Sardar. Asian Art. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson, 2014, 358-361.
Mason, Penelope. History of Japanese Art. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson, 2014, 312-316.
[Also known as the Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji. Katsushika Hokusai. 1830-1833. Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper.]
Recommended reading(s)
Neave, Dorinda, Lara C. W. Blanchard, and Marika Sardar. Asian Art. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson, 2014, 364-369.
Guth, Christine. “Hokusai’s Great Waves in Nineteenth-Century Japanese Visual Culture.” The Art Bulletin, 93: 4 (December 2011), 468-485. Article.
[Artist unknown; based on an oil painting by Liu Chunhua. c. 1969. Color lithograph.]
Recommended reading(s)
Neave, Dorinda, Lara C. W. Blanchard, and Marika Sardar. Asian Art. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson, 2014, 230.
Andrews, Julia and Shen Kuiyi. The Art of Modern China. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2012, 186.190.
Zheng, Shengtian and Melissa Chiu. “Chairman Mao Goes to Anyuan: A Conversation with the Artist Liu Chunhua.” Art and China’s Revolution, Melissa Chiu and Zheng Shengtian, eds, 119-131. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008, 119-132. Worldcat.
