Asian Art An Anthology [Hardcover]

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• 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
  
• Covers both imperially commissioned works and popular, vernacular art
  
• Includes an accessible introduction which provides suggestions of thematic connections across the vast array of visual culture and historical time covered
  
• 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
  
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  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.

Series Editor’s Preface.

Part I. Introduction.

Part II. South and Southeast Asia.

Selected Periods and Dates.

1. “Ashokan Edicts,” from Sources of Indian Tradition, Vol. 1: Ainslie T. Embree, editor.

2. Selections from Stories of the Buddha and The Jataka: Caroline A. F. Rhys Davids and W.H.D. Rouse, translators.

3. “The Country of Khotan and the Image Procession” and “The Image Procession,” from A Record of the Buddhist Countries: Fa-Hsien [Faxian].

4. Varaha, the Boal3>