Links:

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.'"

Encyclopedia Mythica: Asia. This is a glossary of deities and places important in Asian religions, including Buddhism.

The John C. and Susan L. Huntington Photographic Archive of Buddhist and Asian Art, created and maintained by Janice M. Glowski of Ohio State University. 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--under construction--an online searchable database of the images of the Huntington Archive).

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 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.

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.

Song and Yuan Dynasty Painting and Calligraphy documents the collection of the Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution. An incredible resource, this site includes object documentation and images for 82 paintings and three independent works of calligraphy.

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 selected Chinese and Japanese handscrolls. A bonus: the images are annotated.

Scrolls of the Mongol Invasion of Japan, created by Thomas D. Conlon and Kevin Travers of Bowdoin College. View and scroll through digital images of the "original" 13th-century Japanese scrolls, two sets of later copies, and a contemporary reconstruction. The site includes guided views, which provide useful annotations to the scrolls, and a glossary.

Seattle Art Museum: Deer Scroll--a website that digitally reunites the different sections of this 17th-century masterpiece by the Japanese artists Sōtatsu and Hon'ami Kōetsu and annotates them with translations of their poetry. The site includes a discussion of the scroll's recent conservation.

Stefan Landsberger's Chinese Propaganda Poster Pages. Trace the political history of the People's Republic of China, from 1949 to the present, through the colorful posters produced during that period.

The Japanese Garden, created by Clifton Olds of Bowdoin College. Take a virtual tour of the historic gardens of Kyoto at this site. Includes pictures, histories and maps.

Viewing Japanese Prints: Illustrated Essays on the Artists, Designs, and Techniques of Traditional and Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints, designed and written by John Fiorillo of the University of California at Berkeley. Here you can find information on individual artists as well as technical information on woodblock printing. He has a good links page too.

Ukiyo-e: The Pictures of the Floating World, by Hans Olof Johansson. Here you can look for prints by artist or subject category. There is also a section on artists' signatures and, of course, more links.

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

Japanese Ceramics Terminology, by Morgan Pitelka of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A rough guide, with a link to a second page on Japanese Terms for Ceramic Drinking Vessels.

Arts of China Consortium, (formerly Chinese and Japanese Art History WWW Virtual Library), created by Nixi Cura. If you are considering studying East Asian 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 will connect you to museums, libraries, bookstores and various kinds of online research sources all devoted to Chinese and Japanese art.

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.

HWS Writes, for help writing academic papers of all kinds.

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

And, finally, our own Artifact (formerly known as the Visual Resources Collection). Those on the HWS campus network can access the link above; from off-campus, go to the home page of our Library, jump to the Artifact database, and enter your network username and password at the prompt.

Links last checked on 12 July 2011.