Prebles’ Artforms
Twelfth Edition
Chapter 18
Traditional Arts of Asia
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Learning Objectives
18.1 Demonstrate how key aspects of Buddhism and Hinduism are reflected in their art.
18.2 Explain how Southeast Asian art both absorbed and expanded upon influences from India.
18.3 Describe how Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism influenced Chinese and Korean art.
18.4 Discuss how Japanese art reflected both indigenous and external influences.
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Historical Map of Asia. [Fig. 18-1]
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India (1 of 13)
18.1 Demonstrate how key aspects of Buddhism and Hinduism are reflected in their art.
Ancient Indus Valley
Between 3,000 and 5,000 years ago
Carved male torso compared with classical Greek Spear Bearer
Underlying bone structure difficult to see
Few works survive
Migration of Aryan tribes
Concept of reincarnation
Beliefs written in Vedas and Upanishads
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Male Torso. Harappa, Indus Valley. c.2400–2000 BCE. Limestone. Height 3-1⁄2”. National Museum of India, New Delhi. Photograph: akg-images/Jean-Louis Nou. [Fig. 18-2]
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India (2 of 13)
18.1 Demonstrate how key aspects of Buddhism and Hinduism are reflected in their art.
Spiritual leaders of sixth century BCE
Siddhartha Gautama (Buddhism)
Mahavira (Jainism)
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India (3 of 13)
18.1 Demonstrate how key aspects of Buddhism and Hinduism are reflected in their art.
Buddhist Art
Belief that to eliminate desire (cause of suffering), one must follow the moral code of Eightfold Path
Did not initially allow production of images
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India (4 of 13)
18.1 Demonstrate how key aspects of Buddhism and Hinduism are reflected in their art.
Buddhist Art
Needed icons to support contemplation
Artistic and architectural styles influenced by regional cultures
India
Stupa
Domelike structure evolved from earlier burial mounds
Four gates aimed in cardinal directions
Devout walked around its ritual path
Great Stupa at Sanchi
Built over a period of about 200 years
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The Great Stupa. Sanchi, India. 10 BCE–15 CE. Exterior. Photograph: veice/Shutterstock. [Fig. 18.3a]
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India (5 of 13)
18.1 Demonstrate how key aspects of Buddhism and Hinduism are reflected in their art.
Buddhist Art
Great Stupa
Gateways include layers of sculpture in relief
Tell story of Buddha’s life
Do not depict him directly
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The Great Stupa. Sanchi, India. 10 BCE–15 CE. A view of the Buddhist sculpture in Sanchi temple. © Andrzej Rostek/Shutterstock. [Fig. 18.3b]
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India (6 of 13)
18.1 Demonstrate how key aspects of Buddhism and Hinduism are reflected in their art.
Buddhist Art
Evolution of architecture
Buddhist pagodas merged Indian stupa and Chinese watchtower
Resulting stepped tower adopted and changed by Japanese
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Evolution of Buddhist Architecture.
Early Indian stupa. 3rd century to early 1st century BCE. [Fig. 18-4a]
Later Indian stupa. 2nd century CE. [Fig. 18-4b]
Chinese pagoda. 5th to 7th centuries CE. [Fig. 18-4c]
Japanese pagoda. 7th century CE. [Fig. 18-4d]
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India (7 of 13)
18.1 Demonstrate how key aspects of Buddhism and Hinduism are reflected in their art.
Buddhist Art
Gandhara (now Afghanistan/Pakistan)
Distinctive style gained after Alexander the Great’s conquest
Combination of East and West
Bodhisattva, a person who delays enlightenment to help others achieve it
Sculptor shows knowledge of Roman, Greek traditions
Depicted with rich garments and jewels
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Bodhisattva. 2nd–3rd centuries.
N.W. Pakistan, Gandhara region. Photograph: akg-images/Jean-Louis Nou. [Fig. 18-5]
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India (8 of 13)
18.1 Demonstrate how key aspects of Buddhism and Hinduism are reflected in their art.
Buddhist Art
Gupta dynasty (c.320–540)
Noted for developments in politics, law, math, and the arts
Carved stone Standing Buddha
Simplified mass of the figure
Wears conventional monk garment
Long earlobes refer to earlier aristocracy
Topknot symbolizes enlightenment
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Standing Buddha. 5th century. Red sandstone. Height 5’3”. Photograph: akg-images/De Agostini Picture Lib./G. Nimatallah. [Fig. 18-6]
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India (9 of 13)
18.1 Demonstrate how key aspects of Buddhism and Hinduism are reflected in their art.
Buddhist Art
“Beautiful Bodhisattva” Padmapani
Fine linear definition and elegance
Full, rounded shapes
This style spread with Buddhism to China, Southeast Asia
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"Beautiful Bodhisattva" Padmapani (detail). c.600–650. Fresco from Cave 1. Ajanta, India. Photograph: Duane Preble. [Fig. 18-7]
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India (10 of 14)
18.1 Demonstrate how key aspects of Buddhism and Hinduism are reflected in their art.
Hindu Art
Principal gods of Brahmna, Vishnu, and Shiva
Hindu temples
Two parts
Porch for purification of worshipper
Garba griha, sacred Womb Chamber where an image of the god is kept
Kandarya Mahadeva Temple
Garba griha marked by tall tower
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Kandarya Mahadeva Temple. Khajuraho, India. 10th–11th centuries. Exterior. © Zzvet/Shutterstock. [Fig. 18-8a]
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India (11 of 13)
18.1 Demonstrate how key aspects of Buddhism and Hinduism are reflected in their art.
Hindu Art
Hindu temples
Kandarya Mahadeva Temple
Erotic scenes symbolize divine love in human form
Allegory of ultimate spiritual unity
Natural beauty and fullness of human figure
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Scene from Kandarya Mahadeva Temple, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India. Erotic reliefs. 1025–50, Chandella dynasty. © hecke/123RF. [Fig. 18-8b]
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India (12 of 13)
18.1 Demonstrate how key aspects of Buddhism and Hinduism are reflected in their art.
Hindu Art
Shiva
Encompasses creation, preservation, dissolution, and re-creation
Roles shown in sculptures rich in iconography
Shiva as Lord of the Dance
Performs within orb of the sun
Tramples monster of ignorance
Purifying fire of destruction and creation
Implication of movement
Multiple arms and gestures
Impassive, composed face indicates nothing to fear
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Shiva as Lord of the Dance. India (Tamil Nadu) Late 12th–early 13th centuries. Copper alloy. Height 24-3/4” The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Rogers Fund/Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1964 (64.251). [Fig. 18-9]
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India (13 of 13)
18.1 Demonstrate how key aspects of Buddhism and Hinduism are reflected in their art.
Hindu Art
Muslim techniques to render Hindu subjects
Conquer by Islamic Mughal rulers in sixteenth century
Basohli style
The Approach of Krishna
Erotic desire symbolizing spiritual longing for union with the divine
Bright colors reflect emotional state
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The Approach of Krishna. Pahari region, India. c.1660–70. Basohli style. Color, silver, and beetle wings on paper. 6-7⁄8” × 10-1⁄4”. The Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA/The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund/Bridgeman Images. [Fig. 18-10]
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Southeast Asia (1 of 2)
18.2 Explain how Southeast Asian art both absorbed and expanded upon influences from India.
In what is now Vietnam
Under Chinese rule
Cultural influence from India
Buddhism and Hinduism
Borobudur
Elaborate version of a stupa
More than 10 miles of relief sculpture along corridors
Pilgrims walk, contemplate landscape
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Borobudur. c.800. Java, Indonesia. Aerial view. Robert Harding/Alamy Stock Photo. [Fig. 18-11a]
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Borobudur Buddhist temple. Stonework reliefs in lower galleries.
Richard Wareham Fotografie. [Fig. 18-11b]
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Southeast Asia (2 of 2)
18.2 Explain how Southeast Asian art both absorbed and expanded upon influences from India.
Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Influenced by Borobudur
Faces due west
Buddhas, bodhisattvas, and Hindu gods appearing to be portraits of real rulers
Originally surrounded by a moat
Emphasis on fertility
Ruler thought himself descendant of Vishnu
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Angkor Wat. Cambodia. c.1120–50. West entrance. Vladimir Korostyshevskiy/Shutterstock. [Fig. 18-12]
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China and Korea (1 of 14)
18.3 Describe how Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism influenced Chinese and Korean art.
Interaction of traditions of Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism prior to the modern period
Art of Ancient China
Bronze objects
Ritual vessel
Intricate composite animal forms
Taotie mask
Honoring ancestors
Beliefs evolving into Confucianism
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Ritual Vessel. China. 12th century BCE. Cast bronze. Height 7-1⁄8”. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer, F1968.29. [Fig. 18-13]
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China and Korea (2 of 14)
18.3 Describe how Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism influenced Chinese and Korean art.
Art of Ancient China
Emperor Qin Shihuangdi
Unified China before death in 210 BCE
Intent upon guarding his afterlife
About 6,000 Terra Cotta Warriors to protect him
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Terra Cotta Warriors. Pit No. 1, Museum of the First Emperor of Qin. Shaanxi Province, China.
Qin dynasty, c.210 BCE. Jarno Gonzalez/Getty Images. [Fig. 18-14]
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China and Korea (3 of 14)
18.3 Describe how Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism influenced Chinese and Korean art.
Art of Ancient China
Han dynasty (206 BCE–221 CE)
Wu Family Shrine
Elaborate relief sculpture
Captured in stone tomb relief
Full of energy, inner life force of qi
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Stone Tomb Relief. Wu Family Shrine, Shandong Province, China. 2nd century CE. Rubbing; ink on paper. 28-1/4” × 81-3/4”. Far Eastern Seminar Collection, 2002-307.19. © 2018. Princeton University Art Museum/Art Resource NY/Scala, Florence. [Fig. 18-15]
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China and Korea (4 of 14)
18.3 Describe how Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism influenced Chinese and Korean art.
Han dynasty (206 BCE–221 CE)
Daoism
Achieving harmony with life force that animates all beings
Mirror with Xiwangmu
Queen Mother of the West in harmony of the Dao
Opposite Lord Duke of the East
Meeting yearly on 7th day of 7th month
Inscription with fortune for the owner
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Mirror with Xiwangmu. China. Six Dynasties period, 317–581. Bronze. Diameter 7-1⁄4”. Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA/The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 1983.213/Bridgeman Images. [Fig. 18-16]
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China and Korea (5 of 14)
18.3 Describe how Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism influenced Chinese and Korean art.
The Chinese Painting Tradition
Combines calligraphy and landscape
Painting and writing closely related
Same brushes and ink used for both
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China and Korea (6 of 14)
18.3 Describe how Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism influenced Chinese and Korean art.
The Chinese Painting Tradition
Fan Kuan, Travelers Among Mountains and Streams
Kuan regarded as greatest landscape painter of Song dynasty (960–1279)
Imaginative creation intended to capture the energy of nature, not a real place
Massive cliffs in vertical composition
Textured details from specific brushwork
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Fan Kuan. Travelers Among Mountains and Streams. Song dynasty. Early 11th century. Hanging scroll. Ink on silk. Height 81-1⁄4”. National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China. VCG Wilson/Corbis via Getty Images. [Fig. 18-17]
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China and Korea (7 of 14)
18.3 Describe how Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism influenced Chinese and Korean art.
The Chinese Painting Tradition
Song dynasty displaced in 1125
New painting style
Southern Hangzhou
Emphasized smaller, intimate landscape
Ma Yuan, Watching the Deer by a Pine-Shaded Stream
Meticulous brushwork fades into mist
Off-balance composition
Literati painting
Amateurs devoted to art and poetry
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Ma Yuan. Watching the Deer by a Pine-Shaded Stream. Southern Song dynasty. Album leaf. Ink on silk. 9-1⁄2” × 10”. © Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA/Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1997.88/Bridgeman Images. [Fig. 18-18]
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China and Korea (8 of 14)
18.3 Describe how Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism influenced Chinese and Korean art.
The Chinese Painting Tradition
Yuan dynasty, 1279–1368
Most innovative artists lived outside official sponsorship
Literati painting
Huang Gongwang, Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains
Handscroll
Meant to be viewed by scrolling from right hand to left hand
Respect for the past
Painters must comprehend tradition before expressing individuality
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Huang Gongwang. Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains (detail). Yuan dynasty. Handscroll. Ink on paper. 13” × 252”. Press Association/Zuma. [Fig. 18-19]
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China and Korea (9 of 14)
18.3 Describe how Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism influenced Chinese and Korean art.
The Chinese Painting Tradition
Respect for the past
Qiu Ying’s Fisherman’s Flute in comparison to Fan Kuan’s Travelers
Looming, massive forms offset with fine details
Motif of scholar finding refreshment in nature
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Qiu Ying. Fisherman’s Flute Heard Over the Lake. c.1547. Hanging scroll. Ink and color on paper. 62-7⁄8” × 33-1⁄8”. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri. Gift of John M. Crawford Jr., in honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. F82-34. [Fig. 18-20]
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China and Korea (10 of 14)
18.3 Describe how Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism influenced Chinese and Korean art.
The Chinese Painting Tradition
Development of Chinese painting in Ming and later dynasties
Academic versus literati styles
Cicada on a Banana Leaf
Free execution with subtle political comments
Cicada a symbol of rebirth
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Bada Shanren. Cicada on a Banana Leaf. Qing dynasty. 1688–1689. Leaf “f “ from an album Flowers and Birds. Ink on paper. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Charles Lang Freer. F1955.21e. [Fig. 18-21]
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China and Korea (11 of 14)
18.3 Describe how Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism influenced Chinese and Korean art.
Chinese Ceramics
Held in high regard
Porcelain
Turns white when fired
Initially, only blue color could withstand high temperatures
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Porcelain Plate. Mid-14th century. China, Late Yuan dynasty. Painted in underglaze blue. Diameter 18”. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Purchase, Mrs. Richard E. Linburn Gift, 1987. Acc.n.: 1987.10.
[Fig. 18-22]
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China and Korea (12 of 14)
18.3 Describe how Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism influenced Chinese and Korean art.
Korean Art
Variations on Chinese ceramic styles
Blue-green celadon glaze
New style of decoration
As seen in Wine Pitcher
Etched shapes filled with white and black slip before a second firing
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Gourd-shaped Ewer with Inlaid Willow and Bird Design. Korea. Goryeo dynasty (918–1392).
13th–14th centuries. Wheel-thrown stoneware with incised and slip-filled decoration and green glaze. 12-3/8” × 8-1/4” × 5-7/8”. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Anonymous gift (55.13.2). [Fig. 18-23]
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China and Korea (13 of 14)
18.3 Describe how Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism influenced Chinese and Korean art.
Korean Art
Lotus Sutra
Meant for Buddhist teachings
Fine strands of silver and gold
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Lotus Sutra. Illustrated manuscript. Korea, Goryeo Dynasty. c.1340. Gold and silver on indigo-dyed mulberry paper. 9” × 4-1/2”. Metropolitan Museum. Section 1, Acc. No. 1994.207. [Fig. 18-24]
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China and Korea (14 of 14)
18.3 Describe how Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism influenced Chinese and Korean art.
Korean Art
Shinto
Religion of nature and ancestor worship
Ise Shrine
Rebuilt every 20 years
Sacred site within a forest
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Japan (1 of 12)
18.4 Discuss how Japanese art reflected both indigenous and external influences.
Architecture
Shinto
Religion of nature and ancestor worship
Gods dwell in forests, fields, waterfalls, huge stones
Ise Shrine
Rebuilt every 20 years
Sacred site within a forest
Combines simplicity with subtlety
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Main Shrine. Ise, Japan. c.685 Rebuilt every 20 years. Photograph: Kyoto News. [Fig. 18-25]
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Japan (2 of 12)
18.4 Discuss how Japanese art reflected both indigenous and external influences.
Architecture
First cultural borrowing
Chinese Buddhism
Shinto gods became sacred beings
Chinese script
Confucian teachings
Temple complex of Horyuji
Buddhist monastery
Kondo, Golden Hall where Buddha statues are kept
Elaborate bracketing system
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Horyuji Temple. Nara, Japan. c.690. Aerial view. Photograph: Kazuyoshi Miyoshi/Pacific Press Service. [Fig. 18.26a]
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Kondo. Structural diagram. From The Art and Architecture of Japan, Robert Treat Paine and Alexander Coburn Soper. Reproduced courtesy of Yale University Press, London. [Fig. 18.26b]
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Japan (3 of 12)
18.4 Discuss how Japanese art reflected both indigenous and external influences.
Architecture
Katsura Detached Palace
Blend of human-made and natural elements
Sliding screens allow indoor-outdoor flow
No grand entrance
Tea house
Constructed of common natural materials
Embodies attitudes of simplicity, naturalness, and humility
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Katsura Detached Palace. Kyoto, Japan. 17th century. Gardens and tea house. John S Lander/LightRocket via Getty Images. [Fig. 18.27a]
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Katsura Detached Palace. Kyoto, Japan. 17th century. Imperial villa and gardens. Photograph: akg/Bildarchiv Steffens. [Fig. 18.27b]
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Japan (4 of 12)