Asian Art

<i>Asian Art</i> is the first comprehensive anthology of important primary documents and key contemporary scholarship on Asian art history. <br /> <ul> <li style=”list-style: none”><br /> </li> <li>Traces the rich artistic traditions in China, Japan, Korea, India, and Southeast Asia across time periods, media, cultural contexts, and geography – from the terracotta armies of the First Emperor of Qin to late 20th-century installation art<br /> </li> <li>Covers both imperially commissioned works and popular, vernacular art<br /> </li> <li>Includes an accessible introduction which provides suggestions of thematic connections across the vast array of visual culture and historical time covered<br /> </li> <li>Captures the diversity and depth of Asian art through primary documents – from inscriptions and imperial decrees to writings by artists and travellers – and through examples of the very best scholarship in the field<br /> </li> <li><br /> <p>Features introductory material for each extract, an easy-to-navigate chronological structure, and has been extensively tested by the editors and their colleagues in classrooms.</p> </li> </ul>