Category: 1.2.8 Medieval Asia

Forward to 1.2.8.2 India Classical – Forward to 1.3 RenaissanceBack to 1.2.8 Asia Index QUICK LINKS:SUI DYNASTY (589-618):Pilgrim flaskStatue, Avalokitesvara BoddhisattvaStrolling about in SpringPipa Player statuetteEmperors Wen and Yang Guang of Sui TANG DYNASTY (618-1024):Ladies dancingBuddha Triad plaqueGlazed pottery horseMarble horse headMusicians on a CamelJade dragonTang palace maidsPlump Tang woman tomb figureStatue of a BodhisattvaFu Sheng […]

Forward to 1.9 Pre-Columbian AmericasBack to 1.2.8.7 Mongols – Back to 1.2.8 Asia Index QUICK LINKS:Polynesia:Head Java: Borobudur templeBodhisattvadevi Prajnaparamita Easter Island:Birdmen cave drawings /petroglyphsMo’aiHoa Hakananai’aTukuturi at Rano Raraku Australian aboriginal:Dot and cave paintingsTorres Straits art New Zealand Māori:Tattoos and kōwhaiwhai Polynesia was influenced by the Lapita culture (1600-500 BCE), which included parts of the […]

Forward to 1.2.8.8 Oceania – Forward to 1.3 RenaissanceBack to 1.2.8.6 Khmer Empire – Back to 1.2.8 Asia Index QUICK LINKS:Coronation of Ögedei KhanSack of Suzdal by Batu KhanMongols pursuing King Béla IVGüyük Khan letter to Pope Innocent IVKülüg KhanJami al-tawarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) Mongol with Horse and CamelMounted warriorsPortrait of Genghis KhanWife of Emperor […]

Forward to 1.2.8.7 Mongols – Forward to 1.3 RenaissanceBack to 1.2.8.5 Japan Heian Yamoto-e – Back to 1.2.8 Asia Index QUICK LINKS:Bas Reliefs at AngkorSambor Prei Kuk sculptureAngkor Wat/Angkor Thom…Khmer busts/Jayarvanman VIIBanteay Srei temple/figure Bayon temple/facesKhmer mural paintingBronze artefacts The Khmer Empire settled across today’s countries of Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar and Vietnam; though […]

Forward to 1.2.8.6 Khmer Empire – Forward to 1.3 RenaissanceBack to 1.2.8.4 Buddhist Art – Back to 1.2.8 Asia Index QUICK LINKS:Shaka triadKudara KannonSho KannonTakamatsuzuka Tomb muralsRyōkai mandalaAmida by JōchōSenzui byōbuStatue of Kōmokuten Fugen EnmeiGenji Monogatari EmakiIllustration Lotus SutraShigisan-engIllustrated Legends of the Kitano Tenjin ShrineDiary of Lady MurasakiThirty-six Views of Mount FujiThe Great Wave off […]

Forward to 1.2.8.5 Japan: Heian, Yamato-e – Forward to 1.3 RenaissanceBack to 1.2.8.3 Islamic Golden Age – Back to 1.2.8 Asia Index QUICK LINKS:Footprint of the BuddhaMathura school BuddhaBodhisttava PadmapaniBuddha offering protectionBuddha statue at AvukanaStone Buddha, Baekje KingdomGilt-bronze BodhisattvaAsuka-dera BuddhaBuddhist Sculptures, Longmen Caves Yakushi Nyorai, Kondo of Yakushi-ji templeFu Sheng Expounding the ClassicLeshan Giant BuddhaChinese […]

Forward to 1.2.8.4 Buddhist Art – Forward to 1.3 RenaissanceBack to 1.2.8.2 India Classical Period – Back to 1.2.8 Asia Index QUICK LINKS:Great Mosque Damascus MosaicsHagia Sophia ThesssalonikiShahnameh manuscriptWorld Atlas of al-IdrisiScholars at the House of WisdomMonzón Lion Mongols besieging Baghdad, 1258Sultan Husayn BayqaraTheorem by Jamshid al-KashiConstruction of the fort of Kharnaq The Islamic Golden […]

Forward to 1.2.8.3 Islamic Golden Age – Forward to 1.3 RenaissanceBack to 1.2.8.1 China: Sui, Tang, Song – Back to 1.2.8 Asia Index QUICK LINKS: Ajanta Caves – panoramaAjanta Caves – artAjanta Caves – rock carving /muralsYakshi Bracket figure, Sanchi Great StupaTrimurti sculpture, Elephanta cavesSeated BuddhaKrishna killing Keshi Ellora cavesShore Temple, MamallapuramDescent of the Ganges, […]

Forward to 1.2.8.1 China – Forward to 1.2.9 Americas – Toltec…Back to 1.2.7 Gothic Art (1100-1400) – Back to 1.2 Medieval 1.2.8.1 China:Sui, Tang and Song (960-1279) 1.2.8.2 India:Classical Art Period (320-1150) 1.2.8.3 Islamic Art: Golden Age – Abbasid – Timurid (786-1350) 1.2.8.4 Buddhist Art:(2nd c BCE – 15th c CE) 1.2.8.5 Japan: Asuka, Heian, […]