PREFACE
NOTE ON NAMES AND PRONUNCIATION
ILLUSTRATED TIMELINE
Introduction
You Are Invited
Seeing Reason, Reasons to See
Boundaries (Fictive and Real) and What to Do about Them
Asian Art as Global Art
LOOKING MORE CLOSELY: Visual Analysis
1 Asian Art before History
37,000 bce–300 ce
Time Travel, or Picturing the Distant Past
East Asia: Early Ceramics, c. 18,000–2050 bce
East Asia: Art from Neolithic Cultures, c. 4000–400 bce
Early South Asian Art: The Neolithic and Bronze Ages, c. 7000–250 bce
LOOKING MORE CLOSELY: The Proto-Shiva Seal
Early Southeast Asian Art: The Neolithic, Bronze, and Iron Ages, c. 3000 bce–300 ce
2 Art in Early East Asia through the Han Dynasty
1200 bce–200 ce
Art from Three Early Bronze Age Cultures, c. 1200–c. 1050 bce
MAKING IT REAL: Piece-Mold Bronze Casting Dissemination and Transformations of Bronze, c. 1050–256 bce
Conquest and the Terra-cotta Army of the First Emperor of Qin
GOING TO THE SOURCE: The Tomb of the First Emperor according to the Grand Historian
Diverse Worldviews during the Han Dynasty, 206 bce–220 ce
SEEING CONNECTIONS 1: Matters of Cloth
3 Early Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu art in South Asia
250 bce–500 ce
The Emergence of Buddhist Art in South Asia
The Kushan Period and Images of the Buddha
Art of the Gupta Era, c. 320–550 ce
LOOKING MORE CLOSELY: Hindu Narrative Art
SEEING CONNECTIONS 2: Gold Crowns across Asia
4 Changing Centers of Power and Art in Early East Asia
400 bce–600 ce
Art of the Yayoi and Kofun Periods in Japan, c. 400 bce–538 ce
Art from the Three Kingdoms Period in Korea, c. 200 ce–668 ce
Period of Division in China: Elite Culture in the South, 220–581 ce
LOOKING MORE CLOSELY: Writing as Art
Period of Division in China: Buddhist Art in the North, 220–581 ce
5 The Dissemination of Buddhist and Hindu Art in South Asia and Southeast Asia
500–1100
Rock-cut Art in South Asia, 500–800
GOING TO THE SOURCE: A Tang Dynasty Account of Bamiyan
Early Buddhist and Hindu Art in Southeast Asia, 600–800
Buddhist Art in Sri Lanka, 700–1100
Buddhist Art in Northeastern India and the Himalayas, 500–1100
SEEING CONNECTIONS 3: Art of the Silk Road
6 The Dissemination of Buddhism and East Asian Art
600–1200
Early Buddhist Art in Korea and Japan
The Tang Dynasty (618–906) and Buddhist Art in China
ART HISTORICAL THINKING: Influence, Appropriation, or Adaptation?
Buddhist Art and Themes in Japan’s Nara (710–94) and Heian (794–1185) Periods
SEEING CONNECTIONS 4: Writing as Art
7 Monumental Art in South Asia and Southeast Asia
800–1300
Monumental Java: Borobudur and Prambanan
Art of the Chola Empire, 848–1279
North Indian Temples
Khmer Art of Angkor, 802–1434
ART HISTORICAL THINKING: Situating Monuments within Their Wider Visual Contexts
SEEING CONNECTIONS 5: Art and Ritual
8 Art during the Song and Yuan Dynasties in China
960–1368
Art of the Southern Tang Kingdom, 937–975
Art during the Northern Song Dynasty, 960–1127
GOING TO THE SOURCE: Guo Xi’s Writing on Landscape
Art at the Southern Song Court, 1127–1279
Art during the Yuan Dynasty, 1271–1368
Buddhist Art during the Song and Yuan Dynasties, 960–1368
SEEING CONNECTIONS 6: Pax Mongolica
9 Transformative Eras and Art in Korea and Japan
1200–1600
Buddhism and Art of Goryeo Korea, 918–1392
Confucianism and Art of Joseon Korea in the Fifteenth Century
GOING TO THE SOURCE: Sin Sukju’s Record on Painting
Civil War and Art of Kamakura Japan, 1185–1333
Art in Japan’s Nanboku-chō (1333–1392) and Muromachi (1392–1573) Periods
Hideyoshi, Warlord and Patron in Momoyama Period Japan, 1573–1615
LOOKING MORE CLOSELY: Namban Byōbu
10 Art, Trade, and Religious Developments in South Asia and Southeast Asia
1100–1550
Early Islamic Architecture in South Asia and Southeast Asia, c. 1100–1500
Portable Objects and Trade, c. 1300–1500
GOING TO THE SOURCE: The Book of Delights
Artistic Developments in South India from the 1330s onward
SEEING CONNECTIONS 7: Mosque Architecture around the World
11 Art of Early Modern South Asia
1550–1800
Art of the Mughal Empire, 1526–1857
MAKING IT REAL: Manuscript Painting
ART HISTORICAL THINKING: The Many Meanings of an Icon
Art of the Cosmopolitan Deccan
Art from Rajasthan and the Punjab Hills
SEEING CONNECTIONS 8: Blue-and-White Porcelain around the World
12 Art in Late Imperial China
1368–1795
Art for Court Officials and Retired Recluses
Luxury Objects
ART HISTORICAL THINKING: Dong Qichang and Distinction
The Ming–Qing Transition
Late Imperial Cities: Suzhou and Beijing
The Power of Tibetan Buddhist Art
The Qianlong Emperor and Art
SEEING CONNECTIONS 9: Images of Orientalism
13 Art in Early Modern Korea and Japan
1600–1900
Painted Views in Late Joseon Korea, 1592–1910
Yangban Interests in Late Joseon Korea, 1592–1910
Elite Art in Edo Japan, 1615–1868
“The Floating World”: Popular Themes and Art in Edo Japan, 1615–1868
MAKING IT REAL: Polychrome Woodblock Printing
SEEING CONNECTIONS 10: Stolen Things: Looting and Repatriation
14 Art of Early Modern and Modern Southeast Asia
1550–1980
Signs of Royalty in Early Modern Southeast Asian Art
ART HISTORICAL THINKING: Intangible Living Heritage and Wayang Kulit
Sacredness and Cosmopolitanism in Early Modern Southeast Asian Art
Modernism and Identity in Southeast Asian Art
ART HISTORICAL THINKING: The Idea of the West, Westernization, and Modernization
SEEING CONNECTIONS 11: The Spread of Photography
15 Art of Colonial and Independent South Asia
1800–1980
South Asian Art during the Colonial Era, c. 1775–1947
GOING TO THE SOURCE: Amrita Sher-Gil on Modern Indian Art
Art in Independent South Asia, 1947–1980
SEEING CONNECTIONS 12: Empire Building
16 Modernity and Identity in East Asian Art
1850–1980
Confronting New Challenges
ART HISTORICAL THINKING: Okakura Kakuzō and Entangled Art Histories
Art in Wartime East Asia
GOING TO THE SOURCE: Mao Zedong on Literature and Art
Art and the Atomic Bomb
Postwar Artistic Practices
“Art for the People”
17 Contemporary Asian Art
1980s to the Present
Artistic Quotation and Repurposing
LOOKING MORE CLOSELY: Diaspora
Unexpected Juxtapositions: Mining Popular Culture
Provoking Audiences: Shock and Ambiguity
Revisiting Monumentality and Ephemerality
Putting It Together
18 Epilogue: Asian Art in Planetary Perspective
Seeing the Problems of the Anthropocene
ART HISTORICAL THINKING: Preserving Artistic Heritage
Art Answers
GLOSSARY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
SOURCES OF QUOTATIONS
SOURCES OF ILLUSTRATIONS
INDEX