Asian Art is the first comprehensive anthology of importantprimary documents and key contemporary scholarship on Asian arthistory.
- Traces the rich artistic traditions in China, Japan, Korea,India, and Southeast Asia across time periods, media, culturalcontexts, and geography - from the terracotta armies of the FirstEmperor of Qin to late 20th-century installation art
- Covers both imperially commissioned works and popular,vernacular art
- Includes an accessible introduction which provides suggestionsof thematic connections across the vast array of visual culture andhistorical time covered
- Captures the diversity and depth of Asian art through primarydocuments - from inscriptions and imperial decrees to writings byartists and travellers - and through examples of the very bestscholarship in the field
Features introductory material for each extract, aneasy-to-navigate chronological structure, and has been extensivelytested by the editors and their colleagues in classrooms.
