Links:

Collections of Asian art:

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

 Asia Society, New York
Japan Society, New York Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Mass.
Philadelphia Museum of Art National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond
Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Mo.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art Asian Art Museum, San Francisco Seattle Asian Art Museum
Honolulu Museum of Art British Museum, London Musée Guimet, Paris
National Palace Museum, Taipei Palace Museum, Beijing Kyoto National Museum
Tokyo National Museum Nara National Museum National Museum of Korea, Seoul

 

Asian Historical Architecture, "a photographic survey of Asia's architectural heritage. Here you can view over 5700 photos of 404 sites in fifteen countries, with extensive background information and 'virtual tours.'"

BuddhaNet's Buddhist Studies. This site 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 Huntington Archive of Buddhist and Asian Art. Especially valuable for its online exhibitions (not just of Buddhist art) and projects (including the following pages: Photographic Guide to Lost and Stolen Images of Afghanistan and Nepal; Buddhist Art of China; and an online searchable database of the images of the Huntington Archive).

National Museum of Asian Art Collections: the entire collection of the Freer and Sackler Galleries (the Asian art museums of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.) is available digitally. This page includes collection area overviews for arts of the Islamic world, Chinese art, Japanese art, Korean art, South Asian and Himalayan art, and Southeast Asian art.

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.

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.

East Asian Scroll Paintings, 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 and Japanese handscrolls. A bonus: the images are annotated.

Making a Chinese Gongbi Silk Painting, a video posted by the Victoria & Albert Museum, London that demonstrates the technique of painting with ink and color on silk.

MCLC Resource Center, maintained by Kirk A. Denton, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, The Ohio State University, in conjunction with the journal Modern Chinese Literature and Culture. Two items under Bibliographies are especially useful. The first is the Image Archive, which includes links to art from 1911 to the present. The second is the Visual Arts bibliography, which includes sections on art in various periods and media, architecture and urban studies, photography, fashion, advertising and commercial culture, and electronic art, as well as links to museums, galleries, and artists' websites.

The Floating World of Ukiyo-e: Shadows, Dreams and Substance, an online exhibition at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.

The Colorful World of Ukiyo-e: Color in Japanese Woodblock Prints, an online exhibition at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.

Digital Asia, a resource of the H-ASIA network. It includes links to various websites and databases focusing on Asian history, politics, cultures, languages, and societies.

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, started 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.

The HWS Library.

Canvas, the electronic course center for HWS, with a mirror site to this one (but with an online grade book and discussion board).

 

Links last checked on 17 January 2025