Asian art

Asian art includes a vast range of arts from various cultures, regions, and religions across the continent of Asia.

King Mu of Zhou & Queen Mother of the West

Painting on tile of guardian spirits in Han Chinese clothing

Han Dynasty (202 BC – 220 AD) painted ceramic figurines of a female servant and male advisor in Chinese silk robes

East Asian art includes works from China, Japan, and Korea, while Southeast Asian art includes the arts of Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma), the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. South Asian art encompasses the arts of the Indian subcontinent, while Central Asian art primarily consists of works by the Turkic peoples of the Eurasian Steppe. West Asian art encompasses the arts of the Near East, including the ancient art of Mesopotamia, and more recently becoming dominated by Islamic art.

History

Main article: History of Asian art

In many ways, the history of Eastern art parallels the development of Western art.^[1][2] The art histories of Asia and Europe are greatly intertwined, with Asian art greatly influencing European art, and vice versa; the cultures mixed through methods such as the Silk Road transmission of art, the cultural exchange of the Age of Discovery and colonization, and through the internet and modern globalization.^[3][4][5]

Excluding prehistoric art, the art of Mesopotamia represents the oldest forms of art in Asia.

By country

• Afghan art
• Azerbaijanian art
• Balinese art
• Bhutanese art
• Buddhist art
• Burmese contemporary art
• Chinese art
• Eastern art
• Indian art
• Indonesian art
• Persian art
• Israeli art
• Islamic art
• Jewish art
• Japanese art
• Korean art
• Laotian art
• Persian-Sassanid art patterns
• Philippine Arts
• Sri Lankan art
• Thai art
• Thai contemporary art
• Tibetan art
• Turkish art
• Vietnamese art
• Visual arts of Cambodia

Gallery

Japanese art, Hakuin Ekaku, Scroll calligraphy of Bodhidharma “Zen points directly to the human heart, see into your nature and become Buddha”, (1686 to 1769)

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  Indian art, The Sun Temple in Konark.
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  Chinese art, painting Xiao and Xiang rivers by Dong Yuan (c. 934–962).
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  Cambodian art, Stone bas-relief at Bayon temple depicting the Khmer army at war with the Cham, carved c. 1200 CE
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  Korean art, Joseon dynasty palace architecture.
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  Tibetan art, Dharmapala, Field Museum, Chicago.
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  Tibetan Art, Mandala
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  Thai art, The bow of Royal Barge Suphannahongse of Thailand

See also

• Eastern art history