1. Contrast the art styles of India,
The Art of Asia
Goal: I can compare and
Contrast the art styles of India,
China, and Japan.

2. India
The Flag

3. India
Location

4. India
India’s art is strongly influenced by religion

5. India
India’s art is strongly influenced by religion
Hinduism
Buddhism

6. India India’s art is strongly influenced by religion
Hinduism
Buddhism
Architechture, statues, and ceremonial beliefs were centered on religious principles

7. India
Stupas
Beehive-shaped domed places of worship

8. India
Siva/Shiva
Hindu god
The Destroyer

9. Mudras
Ancient symolic hand gestures that are regarded as physical expressions of different states of being
Used in meditation and artwork

10. India Henna A dye found from shrubs used on skin and hair
Used for painting designs on hands and arms for weddings

11. Work on your henna designs
Work on your henna designs. They need to be gone over with a color pencil or marker (choose between black, red, blue only)

12. Bellringer: At the top of your China/Japan review, determine which artwork is from China and which is from Japan. 1 2

13. China

14. China
Art was centered around Buddhism, stressing harmony of humans with nature
Artists used meditation to focus and PERCEIVE the beauty of nature before doing artwork.

15. China Calligraphy originated in China Definition: beautiful writing
Done with brush and ink using sweeping motions to make lines thick and thin in areas

16. China Ink and Brush Painting
Paintings that use black ink—the same as used in East Asian calligraphy
most prestigious form of Chinese art

17. China
Scrolls

18. China
Kaolin Pottery (Porcelain)

19. Japan

20. Japan
Japanese art is so similar to Chinese, because Buddhism was brought to Japan through Buddhist missionaries from China.
They learned new styles of art from surrounding Asian countries, but eventually took those characteristics and made their own unique style.

21. Japan
Pagoda
A tower several stories high with roofs curving slightly upward at the edges

22. Japan
Liurong Temple
Japan’s most famous Pagoda

23. Japan
Yamato-e
“pictures in the Japanese manner”

24. Japan Ukiyo-e “pictures of the floating world”
a Japanese art movement that flourished from
the 17th to the 19th century and produced
paintings and prints depicting the everyday life
and interests of the common people

25. Japan
Printmaking - a process in which the artist repeatedly transfers an original image from one prepared surface to another

26. Choose one of the artworks from the book (327-330)
-Is this artwork characteristic of China, Japan, or both?
-Are there certain features to show that it is from that specific country? If so, what?
-Describe this artwork (What are the characteristics? How are the elements of art portrayed in this?)