Table of Contents
1: Introduction: Art beyond the West
ART HISTORY AND ART BEYOND THE WEST
ART AND CULTURAL VALUES
HISTORY AND THE SACRED
Terminology and the Glossary
2: Western and Central Asia
THE SASANIAN PERSIANS AND EARLY ISLAM
BYZANTIUM AND THE UMAYYAD CALIPHATE
THE ABBASID CALIPHATE (750–1258)
IRAN AND CENTRAL ASIA
ANATOLIA AND THE OTTOMAN TURKS (1453–1574)
3: India and Southeast Asia
THE INDUS VALLEY
BUDDHIST ART
HINDU ART
JAIN ART AND ARCHITECTURE
ISLAMIC INDIA
COLONIAL INDIA
4: China
TIME CHART
THE NEOLITHIC PERIOD (C. 7–2250 BCE)
HE XIA DYNASTY (C. 2205–1700 BCE) AND
THE PERIOD OF WARRING STATES (480–221 BCE)
AND THE QIN DYNASTY (221–206 BCE)
THE HAN DYNASTY (206 BCE–220 CE)
THE PERIOD OF DISUNITY: SIX DYNASTIES (220–589 CE)
THE SUI DYNASTY (589–618 CE) AND
THE TANG DYNASTY (618–907 CE)
THE FIVE DYNASTIES (907–960) AND THE
THE YUAN Painting
THE MING DYNASTY (1368–1644)
THE QING DYNASTY (1644–1911)
MODERN CHINA (FROM 1911)
5: Japan and Korea
THE JOMON PERIOD (C. 12,/10,500–300 BCE)
AND YAYOI PERIOD (300 BCE–300 CE)
THE KOFUN PERIOD (300–710 CE)
KOREA: THE THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD
(57 BCE–688 CE)
THE ASUKA PERIOD (552–645 CE) AND
THE HEIAN PERIOD (794–1185)
KORYO KOREA (918–1392) AND KAMAKURA
PERIOD (1185–1333)
THE MUROMACHI (ASHIKAGA) PERIOD (1392–1573)
THE MOMOYAMA PERIOD (1573–1615)
THE TOKUGAWA (EDO) PERIOD (1615–1868
THE MEIJI RESTORATION (1868–1912)
THE MODERN PERIOD (FROM 1912)
6: The Pacific
AUSTRALIA
MELANESIA
MICRONESIA
POLYNESIA
7: Africa
AFRICAN PREHISTORY
SOUTHERN AFRICA
EAST AFRICA
CENTRAL AFRICA
WEST AFRICA
THE AFRICAN DIASPORA AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN
FOLKLORE ART
8: The Americas
SOUTH AMERICA: THE CENTRAL ANDES
TIME CHART SOUTH AMERICA
MESOAMERICA
TIME CHART MESOAMERICA
Preclassic Art: The Olmecs
Classic Art
Postclassic Art
NORTH AMERICA
TIME CHART NORTH AMERICA
NATIVE AMERICAN ART IN THE
TWENTIETH CENTURY
9: Art without Boundaries
THE NEW GEOGRAPHY
THE NEW INTERNATIONALISM
EXPRESSING NEW GEOGRAPHIES AND IDEOLOGIES
IDEOLOGY AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
“RETURNEE” ARTISTS
ARTISTS AND THE STATE
EAST AND WEST