Reading Asian Art and Artifacts Windows to Asia on American College Campuses

by Nietupski, Paul; O'Mara, Joan; Ames, Roger T.; Amoloza, Teodora O.; Graham, Patricia J.; Kita, Sandy; Kolenda, Helena; Kucera, Karil J.; Laing, Ellen Johnston; Mickel, Stanley L.; Milford-Lutzker, Mary-Ann; Parker, Samuel K.

• ISBN13: 9781611460711
• ISBN10: 1611460719
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-04-04
• Publisher: Lehigh University Press

Summary

This book begins with the understanding that, in addition to their aesthetic qualities, Asian art and material artifacts are expressive of cultural realities and constitute a ôvisible languageö with messages that can be read, interpreted, and analyzed. Asian art and artifacts are understood in their contexts, as ôwindowsö into cultures, and as such can be used as powerful pedagogical tools in many academic disciplines.

Author Biography

Paul K. Nietupski is professor at John Carroll University. He is the author of Labrang Monastery: A Tibetan Buddhist Community on the Inner Asian Borderlands, 1709-1958. Joan O'Mara (1946-2009) was professor of East Asian studies at Washington and Lee University and a specialist in Japanese and Chinese art history.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. ix
Foreword	p. xix
Editors' Note	p. xxi
Introduction	p. xxiii
Re-Iconizing Artifacts: Using the Curriculum to Recontextualize Asian Art	p. 1
Making Sense of Material Culture: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Collection Items	p. 19
The Arts of South Asia	p. 43
Tibetan Art	p. 77
Chinese Painting	p. 103
Craftsmanship in Japanese Arts	p. 123
Japanese Prints	p. 149
Are There Decorative Arts in Asia?	p. 163
Appendix: The ASIANework/Luce Asian Arts Consultancy Project	p. 185
Index	p. l89
About the Editors and Contributors	p. 199
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