Module 6 - History of Eastern Art PDF

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EASTERN ART OVERVIEW The history of Eastern art includes a vast range of influences from various cultures and religions. From ancient times, China has been the dominant and referential culture in East Asia. However, neighboring archipelago and peninsula suggests an exchange between East Asian cultures and the early introduction of Chinese influence.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES At the end of this lesson, the students are expected to: 1. Identify the underlying history and philosophy of the Eastern art movement. 2. classify the various art movements by citing their important aspect such as places, Art pieces, historical background, factors, influential person, prevalent artists, and art forms. 3. Relate these historical art forms to contemporary piece of art. 4. Understand the history and the relationship between Arts of eastern culture.

COURSE MATERIALS 1. Handbook of Oriental Studies, Handbuch der Orientalistik. Early Buddhist art of China and Central Asia. _ Volume 1, Later Han, Three Kingdoms, and Western Chin in China and Bactria to Shan-Shan, Rhie, Marylin M., Leiden, Boston (2007). 2. Art of India, Vincent Arthur Smith - (Temporis collection) Parkstone International (2012) 3. Visions from the Past: The Archaeology of Australian Aboriginal Art, M.J. Morwood, Douglas Hobbs, D.R. Hobbs - (2002) (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1qe65NrVf_dR14qX0GBAedkJX_l-6uaxa) Discussion a. b. c. Japanese Art d. East Asian Buddhist Art e. Aboriginal Art

Ancient Chinese Art From the Bronze Age to the Cultural Revolution, Chinese art shows a stylistic unity unparalleled in any other culture. From about the 1st century AD Buddhism inspired much sculpture and painting. The Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220) produced outstanding metalwork, ceramics, and sculpture. The Song dynasty (960-1278) established standards of idyllic landscape and nature painting in a delicate calligraphic style.

Japanese Art Early Japanese art was heavily i a. Like other Far Eastern countries, Japanese art represented nature from a more spiritual perspective rather than pursuing ic realism; nature was seen as a part of a whole to be projected through the life and experience of the individual artist, a view that became more clearly expressed with the arrival of Buddhism in the 6th century.

The elements and tendencies common to the Chinese, Korean, and Japanese cultures are vast, but two kinds of visual expression are especially important: a strong affinity for the clayformed vessel and calligraphic expression through the ink-charged brush.

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ZEN BUDDHISM AND MINIMALISM- The less is beautiful, in a Japanese sense of beauty.

ZEN Paintings The cause of suffering in life is attachment to material things. The lesser the possessions, the lesser the suffering. So the secret to happiness is living a simple life.

Southeast Asian Art and Architecture Includes works from the geographical area including the modern countries of Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar (formerly Burma), Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. The area is also known as Indochina. The art of this region draws from three major sources: indigenous traditions, China, and India.

1. Buddhist Archaeology The geography of early Buddhist archaeological sites is in general associated with rivers, ancient coastlines, and trade routes by land and water.

Buddhist Art Art and design of the Buddhist world, since the foundation of Buddhism, a philosophy that seeks enlightenment, by the Buddha Sakyamuni in the 5th century BC. The earliest Buddhist art developed in India to accommodate the new religion, including pillars and stupa, domed reliquary shrines that became the focus for pilgrims

Indian Art and Architecture Works of art and architecture produced on the Indian subcontinent, which is now divided among India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. In the Western world, notable collections of Indian art can be seen in the British Museum, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, and in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Hindu Art The main features of Hindu culture origiated in India. Its earliest sacred texts, the Vedas, date from c. 1500-900 bc, but the true flowering of Hindu art did not occur until the Gupta period ( ad c. 320-c. 540), when Buddhism began to wane.

Gautama Buddha sitting under a pipal tree in the Dharmachakra Parvartana Mudra and the crowned Maitreya seated under the asoka tree, 5th-6th century C.E., late Gupta period. Detail of a fresco above the doorway. Ajanta caves (Cave XVII), near Aurangabad, Maharashtra.

Lingaraj Temple with one hundred and fifty smaller shrines, 11th century C.E., Keshari dynasty/Somavamsi dynasty. Red sandstone. Bhubaneswar, Orissa.

Khajuraho Group of Monuments (detail of the Vishvanath Temple with amatory sculptures), 1020, Chandella Dynasty. Sandstone. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh.

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Early Period

Western Gateway (torana) of the Great Stupa. The pillar capitals depict four yaksha-like figures standing back-to-back with upraised hands supporting the architraves, 70 B.C.E., Satavahana dynasty. Sandstone, gateway height: 10.36 m, pillar height: 4.27 m. Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh.

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Aboriginal Art

Art of the Australian Aborigines. Traditionally almost entirely religious and ceremonial, it was directed towards portraying stories of the Dreamtime, a creation mythology reflecting the Aboriginal hunter-gatherer lifestyle. Perishable materials were used, as in bark painting and carved trees and logs, and few early works of this type survive.

Australian Aboriginal Rock Art...