#asian arts

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Jade Bird Subduing Two Snakes.

Place of origin: China

Period: Zhou dynasty, Warring States period

Date: 475-221 B.C.

[acrosscenturiesandgenerations]

▪︎ Botanical Painting: Dianthus, Composite Flower and Geranium.

Date: ca. 1630

Place of origin: India

Medium: Opaque color on paper

[katabasis-gallery]

Takato Yamamoto More art, free and uncensored in Telegram: https://t.me/katabasis_art

[jesncin]

"Who Is Superman? A Private Interview with Lois Lane" a fancomic about hope and connection. I've had this story in mind for so long and I'm very excited to be able to share it at last. Thank you for reading, and happy Lunar New Year!

[mikeyyysol]

Here’s a quick and comprehensive video of how I made paper 📝

[thevintagevaultllc]

[wolfythewitch]

Minor redesign

[kelogsloops]

‘Of the Heavens’ — watercolor & mixed media on paper

This my first painting I created for my recent exhibition, ‘Fables’. I’ve always had a fascination for folktales around the world. These stories have always sparked wonder in my imagination as a kid, so I wanted to create my own personal interpretation of a few fabled creatures with respect to the traditions, symbology and legends where they come from. The first that came to mind was that of the Dragon, a creature prevalent throughout a lot of East Asian cultures and often symbolic of power, fortune and the divine. So, here’s my interpretation of the Dragon, blessed with auspicious jade eyes & claws 😄 #brbchasingdreams

prints | tutorials

[the-cricket-chirps]

Huang Yongyu

Rat

Ink and colour on paper

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Two Standing, Braying Camels, One Buff, One White, Their Backs Laden with Goods.

Date: A.D. 550-577

Period: Northern Qi

Place of origin: East Asia, China

[acrosscenturiesandgenerations]

▪︎ Peacock-shaped Incense Burner.

Date: late 15th- mid 16th century

Culture: Indian

Medium: Brass

[doesephs]

it’s always ‘inuit inspired’, girl just admit you can’t be bothered to open google

[merelygifted]

'Magic mirror': Hidden image revealed in reflection of centuries-old artifact at Cincinnati Art Museum - CNN Style

Amid the thousands of treasures in the Cincinnati Art Museum's East Asian art collection, a small bronze mirror dating back to the 15th or 16th century always seemed rather unremarkable.

Last exhibited in 2017, it had spent much of the preceding decades in storage, where it sat on a backroom shelf alongside other objects excluded from public display.

But the artifact had a secret hiding in plain sight.While researching so-called "magic mirrors" -- rare ancient mirrors that, in certain light, reveal images or patterns hidden on their reflective surfaces -- the museum's curator of East Asian art, Hou-mei Sung, saw something resembling the examples from Edo-period Japan. 

The item in storage in Cincinnati, Ohio, was smaller than the ones held in museums in Tokyo, Shanghai and New York City. It also featured a more complex style of Chinese script. Yet, Sung recalled there was something "very similar" about it.So, last spring, she visited the museum's storage rooms accompanied by a conservation expert.

"I asked her to shine a strong, focused light on the mirror," Sung said on a video call from Cincinnati. "So, she used her cell phone (flashlight) and it worked.

"On the wall before them was the appearance of texture in the reflected light -- not a distinct image, but enough to warrant further investigation. Following experiments using more powerful and focused lights, the mirror eventually revealed the image of a Buddha, rays of light emanating from his seated form. The inscription on the mirror's back spells out who was depicted: Amitabha, an important figure in various schools of East Asian Buddhism.  ...

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[lotusinjadewell]

Illustrations of Vietnamese food. Credit to Le Rin.

[jesncin]

A comic about Clark Kent, Lois Lane, and typos.

[lionofchaeronea]

Women Watching Stars, Ōta Chōu, 1936