Links of Interest
Asian Art
(All
images come from the sites they are listed next to)
Freer
Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Museum
Part
of the Smithsonian, this site features interactive exhibits of Asian art and
over 1000 images on line from their collections of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, South Asian and
Himalayan, and Southeast Asian art. Also features curriculum materials for
teachers on Hindu and Buddhist art
An excellent online exhibit at the Minneapolis
Institute of Arts with links for Chinese and Japanese art as well as the
Tibetan Mandala listed below! This site is an excellent resource.
Musee National des
Arts Asiatiques
French site
which has an English version and virtual tours of both its permanent collection
and temporary exhibits. It also has
games and puzzles and a downloadable screensaver with pictures from Angkor Wat in
The Trammell Crow Collection of Asian Art
Highlights
of the collection in
Huntington Archive of Buddhist
and Related Art
Online
exhibition from Ohio State University with in-depth scholarly explanations of
Chinese jade, paintings, clay sculpture, bronzes, as well as exhibitions of Indian and Japanese
and Tibetan art
The
Virtual Museum of Japanese Arts
With links for fine arts, crafts, performing arts, pastime
arts
(Bonsai) and martial arts. Sponsored by the Japanese Ministry
of Foreign
Affairs and Kodansha International. This
is an
excellent site for a
basic introduction to Japanese art.
Excellent
and extensive essay with great illustrations, especially the chapter on the art
of Pagan. Part of
Extensive collection of images of Himalayan art from private and public collections around the world. Created by the Himalayan Art Project, which is funded by The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation. The picture comes from their site which has interesting sounds too!
Kunisada and Kabuki: Japanese prints
at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Explore the world of Kabuki theatre through the
woodblock prints of Kunisada, one of the most
prolific printmakers in
A
good site from Stefan Landsberger, a lecturer in
contemporary Chinese history at
Sand
Mandala by the Venerable Losang Samten,
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Tibetan Buddhist master Losang
Samten made this sand mandala between July 6-16, 1999
in the Indian Temple in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. On July 16 the mandala
was swept up and the sand was poured into the
Arts of Tibet, Minneapolis Institute of Art
Another mandala site
at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. This one was created in 1991 and is
on permanent exhibition. There is good video and teacher’s guide material
Bhutan, Mountain
Fortress of the Gods
A continuation of an exhibition which ran for nearly three years in Vienna,
Zaragoza and Leiden, this extraordinary web site explores the history,
religion, culture and art of the Kingdom of Bhutan in the Himalayas. Video
clips, photographs, virtual tours and well-written texts. Choose High or low tech versions of the site which is in German or
English.
Indian Heritage from Saigan.com
A brief
introduction to Indian art, architecture, and culture with links for Hindu
Gods, Music,
.
An on-line
journal for the study and exhibition of the arts of
With
articles galleries and links
http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/buddhism.shtml
Japanese
Buddhist Images