Links:

The Bibliography of Asian Studies Online, published by the Association for Asian Studies, is an invaluable resource for research in Asian art and Asian studies generally. Use it to locate books and articles for your term papers. Note: you must connect to it through the HWS campus network.

H-Asia, an H-Net discussion list. The searchable discussion logs and Asian studies links may be useful in your research.

James Cahill's Hills beyond a River: Chinese Painting of the Yüan Dynasty, 1279-1368, first published in 1976 by Weatherhill, now out of print but available online at the Knowledge Bank at Ohio State University. This book is an essential resource on Yuan painting. NOTE: the link is to a very large PDF file; do not attempt to open it over anything less than an ethernet or Broadband connection.

The Digital Scrolling Paintings Project, created and maintained by the University of Chicago's Center for the Art of East Asia. This invaluable resource provides high-resolution, scrolling digital images of Chinese handscrolls, including several important examples from the period covered by our class. A bonus: the images are annotated.

A Visual Sourcebook of Chinese Civilization, prepared by Patricia Buckley Ebrey of the University of Washington. This is a must-see for students of Chinese art history! Topics include Ancient Tombs, Buddhism, Calligraphy, Military Technology, Painting, Homes, Gardens, Clothing and Graphic Arts.

China Bibliography, a terrific resource maintained by Marilyn Shea, Department of Psychology, University of Maine at Farmington. Here you can find lists of books and articles and much, much more! There are pages titled About Buddhism in China, Chinese Calligraphy, Chinese Cities and Urbanization, Silk Road, and Women in Chinese History. There are also pronunciation guides for provinces and dynasties as well as Chinese-English dictionaries.

Gender and Sexuality in Pre-Modern China: Bibliography of Materials in Western Languages, compiled by Paul R. Goldin of the University of Pennsylvania. An invaluable resource, organized alphabetically by author.

Traditions of Exemplary Women (Lienü zhuan), conceived by Anne Behnke Kinney of the University of Virginia and published as part of the Chinese Text Initiative site. Her introduction to the Lienu zhuan is especially useful, and her translation of the text is forthcoming. The Chinese text is available as well (for serious linguists only).

Shi jing (The Book of Songs), published at the Chinese Text Initiative site. Where do all those gendered metaphors begin? Right here. The text of this important collection of poems (traditionally said to be edited by Confucius!) appears in both Chinese and English.

300 Tang Poems (Tang shi sanbai shou), published at the Chinese Text Initiative site. Read more poetry! This important anthology is available in both Chinese and English translation.

The Classic of Filial Piety [for boys], from The Sacred Books of the East: The Texts of Confucianism, vol. III, part I: The Shu King, The Religious Portions of the Shih King, The Hsiao King, translated by James Legge, 2nd edition (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1899), 465-488.

Chinese Text Initiative, an excellent site for Chinese literature, created and maintained by the University of Virginia Library.

An online magazine: Chinese-art.com Traditional, published by Nixi Cura of Christie's Education. Read recent scholarship on traditional art.

Encyclopedia Mythica: Asia, a glossary of deities and places important in Asian religions. There is a special section on Chinese mythology.

BuddhaNet's Buddhist Studies, a site that provides an introduction to several aspects of Buddhism, with sections entitled Basic Buddhism Guide; Buddhist Studies for Primary and Secondary Schools; Online Study Guide; Buddhist History and Culture; and The Buddhist World.

The Silkroad Foundation. Visit this site for images from the Mogao caves at Dunhuang, news of the Silk Road, a bibliography of articles and great maps.

International Dunhuang Project, a project of the British Library. This site provides general information about Buddhism in India, Central Asia, China and Tibet, as well as a selection of images from Silk Road sites.

The Huntington Archive of Buddhist and Related Art, created and maintained by Janice M. Glowski of Ohio State University. Especially valuable for its online exhibitions (including China: 5,000 Years) and projects (including the following pages: Buddhist Art of China; and --under construction--an online searchable database of the images of the Huntington Archive).

Arts of China Consortium (formerly Chinese and Japanese Art History WWW Virtual Library) created by Nixi Cura of the Christie's Education, London. If you are considering studying East Asian art (including Japanese art) in graduate school, this site will have everything you'll need in the future. If not, you should still check out their links page--much more comprehensive than this one. It includes links to museums, libraries, bookstores and various kinds of online research sources.

The award-winning Mother of All Art and Art History Links Pages, started and maintained by my old friends (Andrew Midkiff and Patrick Young) at the University of Michigan. A very good general source for all art historians.

Virtual Library Museums Pages, maintained by Jonathan Bowen. Want to know about the collections and special exhibitions of museums all over the world? Go here first and find their websites.

And, finally, Artifact, our own Visual Resources Collection (for those on the HWS campus network only). Check here to see if HWS owns the slides necessary for the oral presentation of your research project.

Links last checked on 18 November 2010.