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Timeline / Asian Art

Asian Art

South Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia

  1. 2600 BCE – 200 BCE

    Bronze Age Asia
    1. Indus & Early South Asia 2600 BCE – 500 BCE
    2. Shang–Zhou Bronze 1600 BCE – 200 BCE
  2. 200 BCE – 600.

    Classical & Early Buddhist Asia
    1. Gandharan Buddhist Sculpture 200 BCE – 600.
    2. Ajanta Traditions 100 BCE – 600.
    3. Gupta Art 320. – 550.
  3. 600. – 1279.

    Cosmopolitan Medieval Asia
    1. Tang Art 600. – 907.
    2. Song Art 960. – 1279.
    3. Heian & Kamakura Japan 794. – 1279.
    4. Goryeo Korea & Khmer 600. – 1279.
  4. 1279. – 1600.

    Late Medieval & Early Modern Asia
    1. Yuan Art 1279. – 1368.
    2. Ming Art 1368. – 1600.
    3. Muromachi Japan 1336. – 1573.
    4. Mughal Painting (see Islamic track) 1526. – 1600.
  5. 1600. – 1868.

    Edo & Parallel Courts
    1. Edo Art 1603. – 1868.
    2. Joseon Art 1600. – 1868.
    3. Late Ming–Qing Transition Arts 1600. – 1868.
  6. 1868. – Present

    Modern Asian Art
    1. Meiji & Early Modernisms 1868. – 1945.
    2. Contemporary Asian Art 1945. – Present