Reading Asian Art and Artifacts - Windows to Asia on American College Campuses

List of contents

1 Dedication to Joan O'Mara & Stanley L. Mickel 2 Table of Contents 3 List of Illustrations 4 Foreword 5 Editors' Note 6 Introduction Chapter 7 1. Re-Iconizing Artifacts: Using the Curriculum to Recontextualize Asian Art Chapter 8 2. Making Sense of Material Culture: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Collection Items Chapter 9 3. The Arts of South Asia Chapter 10 4. Tibetan Art Chapter 11 5. Chinese Painting Chapter 12 6. Craftsmanship in Japanese Arts Chapter 13 7. Japanese Prints Chapter 14 8. Are There Decorative Arts in Asia? 15 Appendix A: The ASIANetwork/Luce Asian Arts Consultancy Project 16 Appendix B: Contributors to This Volume 17 Index

About the author

Paul K. Nietupski is professor of religious studies at John Carroll University. Joan O'Mara (1946-2009) was professor of East Asian studies at Washington and Lee University.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Nietupski, Joan O'Mara
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.04.2011
• EAN: 9781611460704
• ISBN: 978-1-61146-070-4
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 184 mm x 265 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 701 g
• Series: Lehigh University Press
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity