Title: History of Asian art - Wikipedia
Headings: History of Asian art
History of Asian art
Contents
Central Asian art
Main article: Central Asian art
Nomadic folk art
Music and musical instrument
The revival of Central Asian art
East Asian art
Chinese art
Chinese painting and calligraphy art
Chinese painting
Chinese Calligraphy
Ancient Chinese crafts
Jade
Porcelain
Modern Chinese art
Tibetan art
Japanese art
Korean art
South Asian art
Buddhist art
Bhutanese art
Main article: Bhutanese art
Indian art
Nepalese art
See also: Culture of Kathmandu and Culture of Nepal
Southeast Asian art
Cambodian art
Main articles: Culture of Cambodia, Cambodian art, and Khmer sculpture
Visual arts of Cambodia
Indonesian art
Main article: Indonesian art
Further information: Indonesian culture and List of Indonesian painters
Balinese art
Main article: Balinese art
Laotian art
Main article: Lao art
Thai art
Main article: Thai art
Vietnamese art
Main article: Vietnamese art
Vietnamese calligraphy
Filipino art
See also: Arts in the Philippines and List of National Cultural Treasures in the Philippines
West Asian/Near Eastern art
Art of Mesopotamia
Main article: Art of Mesopotamia
Art of Israel and the Jewish diaspora
Islamic art
Iranian art
Main article: Persian art
Arab art
Gallery of art in Asia
See also
Specific topics in Asian art
General art topics
Oceania
Australia
New Zealand
The Pacific Islands
References
Further reading
External links

Content: Kunqu, the oldest extant form of Chinese opera developed during the Song Dynasty in Kunshan, near present-day Shanghai. In the Yuan dynasty, painting by the Chinese painter Zhao Mengfu (趙孟頫) greatly influenced later Chinese landscape painting, and the Yuan dynasty opera became a variant of Chinese opera which continues today as Cantonese opera . Chinese painting and calligraphy art
Chinese painting
Gongbi and Xieyi are two painting styles in Chinese painting. Gongbi means "meticulous", the rich colours and details in the picture are its main features, its content mainly depicts portraits or narratives. Xieyi means 'freehand', its form is often exaggerated and unreal, with an emphasis on the author's emotional expression and usually used in depicting landscapes. In addition to paper and silk, traditional paintings have also been done on the walls, such as the Mogao Grottoes in Gansu Province. The Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes were built in the Northern Wei Dynasty (386–534 AD). It consists of more than 700 caves, of which 492 caves have murals on the walls, totalling more than 45,000 square meters. The murals are very broad in content, include Buddha statues, paradise, angels, important historical events and even donors. The painting styles in early cave received influence from India and the West.