East Asian Art & Architecture: Background Information
Background Information
- Oxford Art OnlineProvides a single portal for searching across several major art encyclopedias and dictionaries, including Grove Art Online, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms. Entries include bibliographies for further research, images, and often examples of artists' signatures.
- Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History - East AsiaProduced by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- Dictionary of Chinese and Japanese ArtIncludes biographical entries.
Iconography, Mythology, & Symbolism
Chinese Art by Chinese Art is a guide to the meanings behind the hundreds of common motifs and symbols found in all forms of Chinese art.
Chinese Symbolism and Art Motifs by The book explains essential cultural symbols and also contains many articles on Chinese beliefs, customs, arts and crafts, food, agriculture, and medicine.
Symbols and Rebuses in Chinese Art by This work catalogues hundreds of symbols in Chinese artistry, and describes each of their meanings.
Bronze Ritual Bell
Bronze Ritual Bell, 1200s, Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392), cast bronze with incised inscription, Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
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