Asian Art: An Anthology

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Asian Art: An Anthology

Asian Art is the first comprehensive anthology of importantprimary documents and key contemporary scholarship on Asian arthistory.

Traces the rich artistic traditions in China, Japan, Korea,India, and Southeast Asia across time periods, media, culturalcontexts, and geography - from the terracotta armies of the FirstEmperor of Qin to late 20th-century installation art
Covers both imperially commissioned works and popular,vernacular art
Includes an accessible introduction which provides suggestionsof thematic connections across the vast array of visual culture andhistorical time covered
Captures the diversity and depth of Asian art through primarydocuments - from inscriptions and imperial decrees to writings byartists and travellers - and through examples of the very bestscholarship in the field
Features introductory material for each extract, aneasy-to-navigate chronological structure, and has been extensivelytested by the editors and their colleagues in classrooms.