"Autumn in the River Valley"
Indian Art
"Takiyasha the Witch and the Skeleton Spectre"
By Guo Xi
Indian Art consists of a variety of art forms, including plastic arts (pottery and terracotta), visual arts (cave paintings), and textile arts (woven silk).
Japanese Art
Han Dynasty
(Chinese)
Japanese art covers a wide range of art styles and media, including ancient pottery, sculpture in wood and bronze, ink painting on silk and paper, and a myriad of other types of works of art.
(206 b.c. – 220 a.d.)
Eastern Art Movement
(653 b.c.-1900 a.d.)
Spanning over four centuries, the Han period is considered a golden age in Chinese history. With the establishment of the silk road, invention of paper, and conversion to Buddhism, art
took a drastic and strange turn.
The history of Eastern art includes a vast range of influences from various cultures and religions. The Eastern Art Movement became the largest movement after the fall of the Roman Empire in 476 a.d.
(Indian, Japanese, Chinese, and etc.)
It consists of serene, meditative art, and Arts of the Floating World.
Important
Events
"Hakone" by Utagawa Hiroshige
Rome falls (a.d. 476)
Silk Road opens (1st century b.c.)
Birth of Buddha/Buddhism (563 b.c.)
Buddhism spreads to-
China (1st–2nd centuries a.d.)
Japan (5th century a.d.)
Chinese Art
Gupta Empire
(India)
(320 a.d. – 550 a.d.)
The Gupta Empire emerged Golden
Age of the India becoming the most prosperous time of India. The period saw the emergence of the iconic carved stone deity in Hindu art, and eventually the Buddha.
Traditional Chinese painting involves essentially the same techniques as Chinese calligraphy and is done with a brush dipped in black or colored ink. As with calligraphy, the most popular materials on which paintings are made of paper and silk.
"Vishnu"
By Unknown
Eastern Art Movement
(Indian, Chinese, & Japanese)
"Jade Burial Suits"
Ukiyo-e
(Japanese)
By Unknown
(1603 a.d. –1867 a.d.)
Ukiyo-e or ukiyo-ye is a popular genre of woodblock prints and paintings that flourished in Japan during the 17th and 19th centuries. It was made popular by the prosperous merchant class during the Edo period.