The ancient Near East, a region extending from the eastern shores ... making to a level of sophistication unknown elsewhere at the time. Few museums of Asian art boast a collection of Near Eastern Art ...
"Supposedly 'simple' or everyday motifs such as textiles or blankets are in fact ritualistic clothing that shamans put on in ...
The Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art includes the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. The Sackler Gallery features both permanent and temporary exhibitions from ancient ...
The Gandhara art persisted until the 7th century and had some influence on the Buddhist sculptures seen in China and other ...
The 4,500-year-old pyramids of Giza are the backdrop for "Forever Is Now," which features sculptures, installations and ...
and they made them Buddhist and Asian, and thereby introduced them into the later traditions of Chinese Buddhist art," says Peter Stewart, professor of ancient art and director of the Classical ...