ASIAN ARTS

(China, Japan, India)

CHINESE ART
Qin, Han, Tang, Yuan, and Ming Dynasties
QIN DYNASTY
221-206 BCE

• QIN SHI HUANG

- was the founder of the Qin
dynasty, and first emperor of a
unified China. Rather than
maintain the title of "king"
borne by the previous Shang
and Zhou rulers, he ruled as the
First Emperor of the Qin
dynasty from 221 to 210 BCE.
QIN DYNASTY
221-206 BCE
• Great Wall of China
The Great Wall of China
is a series of fortifications that
were built across the historical
northern borders of ancient
Chinese states and Imperial
China as protection against
various nomadic groups from
the Eurasian Steppe.
QIN DYNASTY
221-206 BCE
• Terracotta Soldiers
The Terracotta Army is a
collection of terracotta
sculptures depicting the armies
of Qin Shi Huang, the first
Emperor of China. It is a form
of funerary art buried with the
emperor in 210–209 BCE with
the purpose of protecting the
emperor in his afterlife.
HAN DYNASTY
206 BCE - 221 CE
• The Han Dynasty “flying horse” is a
Chinese bronze sculpture from circa
the 2nd century CE. Discovered in
1969 near the city of Wuwei, in the
province of Gansu, it is now in the
Gansu Provincial Museum.
"Perfectly balanced," says one
authority, "on the one hoof which
rests without pressure on a flying
swallow, it is a remarkable example
of three-dimensional form and of
animal portraiture with the head
vividly expressing mettlesome vigor.
TANG DYNASTY
618-907 CE
• CHINESE POTTERY
The Tang wares commonest
in Western collections are those
with either monochrome or
dappled glazes covering a highly
absorbent, buff, earthenware body.
The dappled glazes were usually
applied with a sponge, and they
include blue, dark blue, green,
yellow, orange, straw, and brown
colours.
YUAN DYNASTY
1280 - 1370
• CHINESE POTTERY
"Blue-and-white" porcelain
was used in temples and
occasionally in burials within
China, but most of the products
of the Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)
appear to have been exported.
Yuan Dynasty began to
paint the stylized Dragon and
experiment its glazes.
MING DYNASTY
1370’s until 1640’s

Ming Dynasty is famous for its

Ultra white porcelain and blue
glazing overlaid.
MING DYNASTY
1370’s until 1640’s

• Ming Dynasty Ink Drawing

“Returning Late from a
Spring outing”
MING DYNASTY
1370’s until 1640’s

• Ming Dynasty Ink Drawing

“Returning Late from a
Spring outing”
“Poet on a Clifftop, Shen
Zhou”
MING DYNASTY
1370’s until 1640’s

• Ming Dynasty Architectures

“Beijing hall of prayer for
good harvest”
MING DYNASTY
1370’s until 1640’s

• Ming Dynasty Architectures

“Beijing hall of prayer”

“multi-level pagodas”
 JAPANESE ART
Japanese Arts, Sculptures, Architectures, and Drawings
 JAPANESE ART

• Woodblock Printing
- the process of printmaking that
involves a wooden slab where
ink is placed
 JAPANESE ART

• Woodblock Printing
- the process of printmaking that
involves a wooden slab where
ink is placed
“The Great Wave”
 JAPANESE ART

• Woodblock Printing
- the process of printmaking that
involves a wooden slab where
ink is placed
“The Great Wave”
“36 Views of Mt. Fuji”
 JAPANESE ART

• Woodblock Printing
- the process of printmaking that
involves a wooden slab where
ink is placed
“The Great Wave”
“36 Views of Mt. Fuji”
“Floating World”
 JAPANESE ART

• Anime
Anime is a diverse medium
with distinctive production
methods that have adapted in
response to emergent technologies.
It combines graphic art,
characterization, cinematography,
and other forms of imaginative and
individualistic techniques.
 JAPANESE ART

• Anime

• Japanese Kimono
 JAPANESE ART

• Japanese Carp Kite

Japanese ''koinobori'' (carp
kites) are special kites in the
shape of a fish called a koi. The
koi is revered in Japan as a
symbol of strength. These flags
are often flown during the time
of a major Japanese holiday
called Children's Day.
 JAPANESE SCULPTURES

• Buddha Amida
This Amida Buddha is made
from numerous pieces of wood
joined together. The head and body
were formed by joining hollowed-
out, vertical pieces of cypress
wood. The halo around the
Buddha's head and the pedestal
were carved separately and then
joined to the figure.
 JAPANESE SCULPTURES

• Chusonji Temple
The significance of Chuson-
ji's treasures is that they form an
integrated collection of many
different crafts, including lacquer
work, woodwork, metalwork,
dyeing and calligraphy all of
which represent the pinnacle of
Heian period Buddhist art in
eastern Japan.
 JAPANESE ARCHITECTURES

• Himeji Castle
Also known as White Heron
Castle (Shirasagijo) due to its
elegant, white appearance, is widely
considered as Japan's most
spectacular castle for its imposing
size and beauty and its well
preserved, complex castle grounds.
The castle is both a national
treasure and a world heritage site.
 JAPANESE ARCHITECTURES

• Japanese Temple
Shrines and temples are
built in different architectural
styles which can often be
distinguished by the form of the
roof. These styles are generally
called 'zukuri,' deriving from the
Japanese word 'tsukuru,' to build
or to make.
 JAPANESE DRAWINGS

Ink drawing is mostly in

landscapes.
 JAPANESE DRAWINGS

Ink drawing is mostly in

landscapes.

• Landscape in wind by Sesson

Shukei
 JAPANESE DRAWINGS

Ink drawing is mostly in

landscapes.

• Landscape in wind by Sesson

Shukei

• Winter’s Landscape by Sesshu

Toyo
 INDIAN ART

Indian Arts, Sculptures, Architectures, and Drawings

 INDIAN ART

• Indian arts is very religious

and traditional.
 INDIAN ART

• Indian arts is very religious

and traditional.

“Shiva Nataraja”
 INDIAN SCULPTURES

• Tribhanga Pose
Tribhaṅga or Tribunga is a
standing body position or stance
used in traditional Indian art and
Indian classical dance forms like
the Odissi, where the body bends in
one direction at the knees, the other
direction at the hips and then the
other again at the shoulders and
neck.
 INDIAN SCULPTURES

• Sitting Bodhisattvas
The statue, made of gilt
wood, was originally one of the
two attendant Bodhisattva
figures that flanked a central
Shakyamuni or Amitabha
Buddha statue.
 INDIAN ARCHITECTURES

• Dashavatara Vishnu Temple

The Dashavatara Temple is an
early 6th century Vishnu Hindu
temple located at Deogarh, Uttar
Pradesh which is 125 kilometers
from Jhansi, in the Betwa River
valley in northern-central India. It
has a simple, one cell square plan
and is one of the earliest Hindu
stone temples still surviving today.
 INDIAN ARCHITECTURES

• Taj Mahal
The Taj Mahal, is an ivory-
white marble mausoleum on the
right bank of the river Yamuna in
the Indian city of Agra. It was
commissioned in 1632 by the
Mughal emperor Shah Jahan to
house the tomb of his favourite
wife, Mumtaz Mahal; it also houses
the tomb of Shah Jahan himself.
 INDIAN PAINTING/DRAWING

• Ajanta Caves
The Ajanta Caves are
approximately 30 rock-cut
Buddhist cave monuments
dating from the 2nd century
BCE to about 480 CE in the
Aurangabad district of
Maharashtra state in India.
 INDIAN PAINTING/DRAWING

• Kailasanatha Temple
The Kailasanathar temple,
also referred to as the
Kailasanatha temple, is a
Pallava-era historic Hindu
temple in Kanchipuram, Tamil
Nadu, India. Dedicated to Shiva,
it is one of the oldest surviving
monuments in Kanchipuram.