Introducing Oriental Art
Introducing Oriental Art
Hamlyn | 1973 | ISBN: 0600348490 | English | 104 pages | PDF | 19 MB
Unlike Italian or French art, Oriental art has always been really 'foreign' to Western eyes. We can appreciate the craftsmanship of the potter or jade-carver, the amazing assurance of the Chinese landscape painter and the patient detail of the Indian templearchitect and sculptor. But what lies behind their skill and energy, what is the basis of the art behind the craft? Philip Rawson, Curator of the Gulbenkian Museum of Oriental Art, Durham, shows the newcomer the intention of the Oriental artist and the cultural and religious threads that run through the art of the East-China, Japan, India and South-east Asia.