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Asian Art

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Art, Science, and Diplomacy in French India

  • Danna Agmon
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A review of Mercantile Aesthetics: Art, Science, and Diplomacy in French India (1664-1761), by Liza Oliver. This dissertation unravels the…
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Paintings of Zhong Kuai and Demons in 11th to 14th Century China

  • Lee Ambrozy
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A Review of Imagining the Supernatural Grotesque: Paintings of Zhong Kui and Demons in the Late Southern Song (1127-1279) and…
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Visual Culture & Artistic Knowledge in Late Mughal Delhi

  • Holly Shaffer
  • 6 minute read
A review of Art in Between Empires: Visual Culture & Artistic Knowledge in Late Mughal Delhi, 1748-1857, by Yuthika Sharma.…
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Performing the Sacred in Newar Buddhist Art

  • Aurora Graldi
  • 8 minute read
A review of Dīpaṅkara Buddha and the Patan Samyak Mahādāna in Nepal: Performing the Sacred in Newar Buddhist Art, by…
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Representations of Commoner Performance in Early Medieval Japan

  • Matthew Shores
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A review of Performing Culture: Representations of Commoner Performance in Early Medieval Japan, by Ashton Lazarus. The clatter of binzasara…
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Experimental Photography of Ruins in China

  • Yu Zhang
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A review of Building a History of Experimental Photography of Ruins in Chinese Demolition, by Xavier Ortells-Nicolau. “A philosopher who…
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Sketching & Socialist Realist Painting in the Early People’s Republic of China

  • Sonja Kelley
  • 8 minute read
A review of Drawing from Life: Mass Sketching and the Formation of Socialist Realist Guohua in the Early People’s Republic…
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The Horse in Pre-Imperial China

  • Rheta E. Lanehart
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A review of The Horse in Pre-Imperial China, by Xiang Wan This dissertation provides a rich account of the role…
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Chinese Images in Late Chosŏn Art

  • Heena Youn
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A review of Connecting Across Boundaries: The Use of Chinese Images in Late Chosŏn Court Art from Transcultural and Interdisciplinary…
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The Architecture and Spatial Components of Mosques in China

  • Brendan Newlon
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A review of The Traditional Chinese Style Mosque, by Sadiq Javer. The first chapter, also the Introduction, describes the scope…
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