DD1004 Introduction to the Histories of Art II: Books

A Short Guide to Writing About Art guides students through every aspect of writing about art. Readers are shown how to analyze pictures (drawings, paintings, photographs), sculptures and architecture, and are prepared with the tools they need to present their ideas through effective writing. Coverage of essential writing assignments includes formal analysis, comparison, research paper, review of an exhibition, and essay examination.

This handbook is designed to accompany the major textbooks used in the art history survey, presenting various methods for analysis of art as well as extensive tips on writing about art. It also discusses basic art historical practices, such as visual and contextual analysis, and provides guidelines for writing papers and taking examinations in art history. It provides a short history of the discipline and provides links to related academic disciplines to provide students with a sense of intellectual context for their work.

This guide contains highlights of the collection of the Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore, from some 5,000 years of history in Asia. Categories include fine art, ethnography, archaeology, and living traditions such as the performing arts.

This book is among the few rare titles that talks about the tribal arts of Southeast Asia. Contains sections on Central Vietnam, Sumatra, Sulawesi, etc. accompanied with concise yet informative description.

Stretching from India to the Far East, the region of South-East Asia encompasses Indo-China, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. This volume presents a detailed survey of the region's art, which blends a variety of cultural and artistic traditions.

Asian Art is a comprehensive anthology of important primary documents and key contemporary scholarship on Asian art history. It traces the rich artistic traditions in China, Japan, Korea, India, and Southeast Asia across time periods, media, cultural contexts, and geography - from the terracotta armies of the First Emperor of Qin to late 20th-century installation art.