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4.2.1: Supporting Images for Asia Cultures and Brief History

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    Introduction to Fine Arts - Visual

     

    Supporting Images for Asia Cultures and Brief History

    In this section, students are invited to explore the featured artwork from Asia Cultures and Brief History. It aims to enhance understanding through guiding questions that promote deeper reflection and critique of the piece's significance and meaning.

    The highlighted artwork from the text is paired with a supplemental image that offers an alternative perspective, showing how similar elements can be applied differently to create distinct moods or interpretations. By comparing the two works, students can see how choices in color temperature, compositional balance, or use of contrast alter the emotional impact and narrative of the piece, reinforcing the idea that artistic decisions are deliberate tools for communication rather than mere decoration.

    Each highlighted artwork is listed below with a supplemental image for comparison. Clicking on the image title will take you to the appendix to learn more about the piece and explore additional details. You can also navigate directly from the table of contents.

    Standing Bodhisattva Maitreya

    Standing Bodhisattva Maitreya
    Figure \(\PageIndex{1}\): Standing Bodhisattva Maitreya (Buddha of the Future), c. 3rd century, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara), schist, 80.7 cm high (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) via SmartHistory

    Handheld Prayer Wheel

    Handheld Prayer Wheel
    Figure \(\PageIndex{1}\): Handheld Prayer Wheel, early 20th century (central Tibet), silver, wood, semi-precious stones, 19.6 x 5 x 4.5 inches (Rubin Museum of Art, New York). via SmartHistory

    Mosaic, Great Mosque of Damascus

    Mosaic, Great Mosque of Damascus
    Figure \(\PageIndex{1}\): Mosaic, Great Mosque of Damascus (photo adapted from: American Rugbier, CC BY-SA 2.0) via SmartHistory

    Torah case

    Torah case
    Figure \(\PageIndex{1}\): Torah case, 1886, Guangzhou, China, oxidized silver, silver, and silver-gilt, 92.6 x 30 cm (Center for Jewish Art) via SmartHistory

    Six Gentlemen 六君子图

    Six Gentlemen 六君子图
    Figure \(\PageIndex{1}\): Ni Zan, Six Gentlemen 六君子图, 14th century, ink on paper (Shanghai Museum) via SmartHistory

    Buncheong Jar with Cloud and Dragon Design

    Buncheong Jar with cloud and dragon design
    Figure \(\PageIndex{1}\): Buncheong Jar with Cloud and Dragon Design, 15th century, Joseon, 48.5 cm high, National Treasure 259 (National Museum of Korea), CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) via SmartHistory

    Wang Meng, Ge Zhichuan Moving to the Mountains 葛稚川移居圖

    Wang Meng, Ge Zhichuan Moving to the Mountains 葛稚川移居圖
    Figure \(\PageIndex{1}\): Wang Meng, Ge Zhichuan Moving to the Mountains 葛稚川移居圖, 14th century, ink on paper (Palace Museum, Beijing) via SmartHistory

    Heavenly Horse from the West

    Heavenly Horse from the West
    Figure \(\PageIndex{1}\): Heavenly Horse from the West, 25–220 C.E., China (Gansu Provincial Museum; photo: G41rn8, CC BY-SA 4.0) via SmartHistory

    Angkor Wat

    Aerial view, Angkor Wat
    Figure \(\PageIndex{1}\): Aerial view, Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia, 1116-1150 (photo: Peter Garnhum, CC BY-NC 2.0) via SmartHistory

    Mahabodhi Temple 

    Mahabodhi Temple
    Figure \(\PageIndex{1}\): Mahabodhi Temple today, Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India (photo: manbartlett, CC BY 2.0) via SmartHistory

    Scenes In and Around the Capital

    Scenes in and around the capital
    Figure \(\PageIndex{1}\): “Scenes in and around the capital” (rakuchū rakugai zu 洛中洛外図), Edo period, 17th century, six-panel folding screens, ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper, 170 x 366.2 cm each (Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015, Metropolitan Museum of Art) via SmartHistory

    Kathakali Dance

    Kathakali dance
    Figure \(\PageIndex{1}\): Kathakali dance, 2014 (photo: Dumphasizer, CC BY-SA 2.0) via SmartHistory

    Participation of Women in Work

    Unknown artist, “Participation of women in work
    Figure \(\PageIndex{1}\): Unknown artist, “Participation of women in work (…)”, Turkic text (Arabic script), book factory of the Central Publishing House of USSR Nations , 920s, print run: 2000 copies, 108.4×70 cm. (image: “Уголок Ленина,” Russian Perspectives on Islam) via SmartHistory

    Timur’s entry into Samarkand

    Timur’s entry into Samarkand
    Figure \(\PageIndex{1}\): Timur’s entry into Samarkand, page from a copy of the Zafarnama by Yazdi, c. 1436, opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper, 25.9 x 13.2 cm, Iran (Shiraz) (Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.) via SmartHistory

    Abanindranath Tagore

    Abanindranath Tagore
    Figure \(\PageIndex{1}\): Abanindranath Tagore (1871–1951), founder of the Bengal School of painting, The Journey’s End, c. 1913, tempera on paper (National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, accession no. 1832) via SmartHistory

    Khem Karan, View of the Siege of Baghdad in 1258

    Khem Karan, view of the Siege of Baghdad in 1258
    Figure \(\PageIndex{1}\): Khem Karan, view of the Siege of Baghdad in 1258, folio from an illuminated manuscript of the History of Genghis Khan, 1596, ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, Lahore, Punjab province, Pakistan, Asia, 34.9 x 22.5 cm (Saint Louis Art Museum) via SmartHistory

    Han Jar Overpainted with Coca-Cola Logo

    Han Jar Overpainted with Coca-Cola Logo
    Figure \(\PageIndex{1}\): Ai Weiwei, Han Jar Overpainted with Coca-Cola Logo, 1995, earthenware, paint, 25.1 × 27.9 × 27. 9 cm, © Ai Weiwei (image: Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) via SmartHistory

    Knotted Carpet with Human Figures and Brahmi/Khotanese Inscriptions

    Knotted Carpet with human figures and Brahmi/Khotanese inscriptions
    Figure \(\PageIndex{1}\): Knotted Carpet with human figures and Brahmi/Khotanese inscriptions, 5th–6th century C.E., Shanpula Township, Khotan District, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China (photo: Qi Xiaoshan) via SmartHistory

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