ASIAN ART

 The history of Asian art or eastern Art, includes a vast arrange of influences from various cultures and religions.
Developments in Asian art historically parallel in those in Western art, in general a few centuries earlier. Chinese
art, Indian art, Korean art, Japanese art, each had significant influence on Western art and vice versa. Near eastern
art also had a significant influence on Western art. Excluding prehistoric art, the art pf Mesopotamia represents
the oldest forms of Asian art.
BUDDHIST ART

 Buddhist art originated in the Indian subcontinent in the centuries following the life of the historical Gautama
Buddha in the six to fifth century BCE before evolving through its contact with other cultures and its diffusion
through the rest of Asia and the world.
 A common visual device in Buddhist art is the Mandala which represents schematically the ideal universe.
BHUTANESE ART

 It is based upon Vajrayana Buddhism with its pantheon of divine beings. It is particularly rich in bronzes of
different kinds. Wall paintings and sculptures in these regions are formulated on the principle ageless ideals of
Buddhism art forms.
CAMBODIAN ART

 It has had a rich and varied history dating back many centuries and has been heavenly influenced by India. In
turn, Cambodia greatly influenced Thailand, Laos and vice versa. Throughout Cambodia’s long history, a major
source of inspiration was from religion. Cambodians develop a unique Khmer belief from the syncretism of
indigenous animistic beliefs and the Indian religions of Buddhism and Hinduism.
CHINESE ART

 This has varied throughout its ancient history, divided into periods by the ruling dynasties of China and changing
technology. Different forms of art have been influenced by great philosophers, teachers, religious figures and
even political leaders. Chinese art encompasses fine arts, folk arts, and performance arts. Chinese art is art,
whether modern or ancient, that originated in or is practiced in China or by Chinese artist performers.
INDIAN ART

 This reflects certain religious, political and cultural development. The earliest examples are the petroglyphs such
as those found in Bhimbetka, some of them dating to before 5,500 BC. One of the most popular art forms in India
is called Rangoli. It is a form of sandpainting decoration that uses finely ground white powder and colors and is
used commonly outside homes in India.
 The visual arts (sculpture painting and architecture) are tightly interrelated with the non-visual arts. Classical
Indian architecture, sculpture, painting, literature (kaavya), music and dancing evolved their own rules
conditioned by their respective media, but they shared with one another not only the underlying spiritual beliefs of
the Indian religion-philosophic mind , but also the procedures by which the relationships of the symbol and the
spiritual states were worked out in detail.
INDONESIAN ART

 It has been shaped by long interaction between original indigenous customs and multiple foreign influences.
Indonesia is central along ancient trading routes between the far east and the middle east resulting in many
cultural practices being strongly influenced by multitude of religions including Hinduism, Buddhism,
Confucianism and Islam all strong in the major trading cities.
 The result is a complex cultural mixture very different from the original indigenous cultures. Indonesia is not
generally known for paintings aside from the intricate and expressive Balinese paintings which often express
natural scenes and themes from the traditional dances. Calligraphy mostly based on the Quran is often used as
decoration as Islam forbids naturalistic depictions. Some foreign painters have also settled in Indonesia. Modern
Indonesian painters used a wide variety of styles and the themes.
JAPANESE ART

 This art is produced in Japan from the beginning of human habitation there, sometime in the 10th millennium BC
to the present. Japanese art covers a wide range of art styles and media including ancient pottery, sculpture in the
wood and bronze, ink painting on silk and paper, and a myriad of other types of works of art; from ancient times
until the contemporary 21st century.
 Japanese painting is one of the oldest and most highly refined of the Japanese arts and compassing a wide variety
of genre and styles. As with the history of Japanese arts in general, the history of Japanese painting is a long
history of synthesis and competition between native Japanese aesthetics and adaptation of important ideas.
KOREAN ART

 It is noted for its traditions in pottery, music, calligraphy, painting, sculpture and other genres often marked by the
use of bold color, natural forms, precise shape and scale and surface decoration.
 There are significant and historical similarities and interactions between the arts of Korea. China and Japan.
however recent scholars have begun to acknowledge Korea's own unique art, culture, and important role in not
only transmitting Chinese culture but assimilating it and creating a unique culture of its own. An art given birth to
and developed by a nation is its own art.
LAOTIAN ART

 This includes ceramics, Lao Buddhist sculpture, and Lao music. Sculptures were created in a large variety of
material including gold, silver and most often bronze. Brick and mortar also was a medium used for colossal
images. Wood is a popular for small, votive Buddhist images that are often left in caves. Wood is also very
common for large, life size standing images of the Buddha. Many beautiful Lao Buddhist sculptures are carved
right into the Pak Ou caves.
NEPALESE ART

 It represents the ancient and refined traditional culture of Kathmandu, for that matter in the whole of Nepal, is an
uninterrupted and exceptional meeting of the Hindu and Buddhist ethos practiced by its highly religious people. It
has also embraced in its fold the cultural diversity provided by the other religions such as Jainism, Islam and
Christianity.
THAI ART

 It was traditionally and primarily Buddhist and Royal art. Sculpture was almost exclusively of Buddha images
while painting was confined to illustration of books and decoration of buildings primarily palaces and temples.
Thai Budda images from different periods have a number of distinctive styles. Contemporary Thai art often
combines traditional Thai elements with modern techniques. Traditional Thai paintings showed subjects into
dimensions without perspective. The size of each element in the picture reflected its degree of importance. The
primary technique of composition is that of apportioning areas. The main elements are isolated from each other by
space transformers. This eliminated the intermediate ground which would otherwise imply perspective.
Perspective was introduced only as a result of Western influence in the mid-19th century.
TIBETAN ART

 This pertains to the art of Tibet and other present and former Himalayan kingdoms. Tibetan art is first and
foremost a form of sacred art reflecting the over-riding influence of the better decision on these cultures. The
Sand Mandala is a Tibetan Buddhist tradition which symbolizes the transitory nature of things. As part of
Buddhist canon, all material things are seen as transitory. A sand mandala is an example of this, being that once it
has been built and its accompanying ceremonies and viewing are finished, it is systematically destroyed.
VIETNAMESE ART

 is from one of the oldest of such cultures in the southeast Asia region. A rich artistic heritage that dates to
prehistoric times and includes silk painting, sculpture, pottery, ceramics, wood block prints architecture music,
dance and theater.
 Traditional Vietnamese art is art practiced in Vietnam or by Vietnamese artists which was strongly influenced by
Chinese Buddhist art among other philosophies such as the Taoism and Confucianism. The Art of Champa and
French art also played a smaller role later on.
CENTRAL ASIAN ART has gained much fame. The literary visual and performing arts all together form the central
Asian contemporary art. Undoubtedly; the superiority of the central Asian art has allowed it to become part of an
international art forums.

 The central Asian art majorly comes from Turkic population descending from Tajikistan, Kazakhstan,
Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and other regions of Central Asia. Significantly the region of Central Asia is known
for its diversified backgrounds in linguistics and cultures. This certainly makes it the land giving birth to a wide
variety of styles in contemporary arts.