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2020

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Art of the Non-Western World

Asia, Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Nancy L. Kelker

Art of the Non-Western World: Asia, Africa, Oceania, and the Americas gives students the tools to better understand and appreciate the arts in a global world. It offers an in-depth, contextual exploration of the art from the larger world beyond the European tradition, including painting, sculpture, pottery, graphic arts, and architecture of Asia, the Americas, Africa, Australia, and the Pacific Islands, from the Neolithic to the Contemporary. All new print and electronic versions of Art of the Non-Western World come with access to a full suite of engaging digital learning tools.

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"Art of the Non-Western World is comprehensive, interesting, and presented in a conversational tone. It intertwines biography, analysis, and technique, and Kelker's tone makes much of the text seem narrative. The in-text definitions and pronunciation guides are great. The author displays no evidence of biases toward specific cultures. I would recommend this book highly to a colleague."
--Betty J. Crouther, University of Mississippi
"The material is well organized, with appropriately detailed introductions and focused explanations of the individual art works and architecture. The writing is easy to read; its flow helps readers connect the respective pieces but is also concise enough for an audience of emerging scholars. This is a great alternative to using separate, culture-specific survey texts."
--Eva Hericks-Bares, University of North Carolina Asheville
"This text offers a thorough and comprehensive overview of world art practices. Each chapter discusses a good balance of art, from architecture and decorative objects to painting and sculpture. The pronunciation key helps students read and verbally discuss foreign-language words and names with confidence. The discussion of Hiroshima is compelling, as many world art books elide any type of mention of this event and the artistic/architectural responses that resulted from it."
--Marisa Lerer, Manhattan College
"I love the clear writing style, the chapter divisions, and the inclusion of pronunciations. I really appreciate maps that include content or historical info. but also have modern-day borders. I also like the way that painting styles are addressed and explained."
--Monica Z. Eastridge, Riverside Community College

Introduction
What is non-Western art?
Acknowledgments
1. Mesoamerica
Map of Mesoamerica
Objectives
Timeline
The Early or Pre-Classic Period
The Olmec
Map of Olmec Heartland
Visual Comparison Box: La Venta Altar 4 and San Lorenzo Monument 14
The Middle or Classic Period
Map showing Teotihuacan/Maya regions
Teotihuacan
Closer Look Text Box: Talud-Tablero Construction
Closer Look Text Box: The Art of Fresco Painting
The Maya Realms
Tikal
Palenque
Maya Mural Painting: Bonampak and Calakmul
The Late or Post Classic Period
Map showing Aztec, Toltec and Yucatan sites
Post Classic Maya
The Toltecs
The Mexica or "Aztecs"
Religion and Philosophy Text Box: Aztec gods
The Colonial Period: Native Art in Mexico
The Christian-Indigenous Style
Native Artists in the Modern Era
Chapter Quick Review
Chapter Questions
Key Terms and Figures
2. South America
Map of South America and Isthmus
Objectives
Timeline
The Early Cultures
Cerro Sechín
Chavín de Huántar
Paracas
Religion and Philosophy Text Box: Andean Pantheons
The Middle Period Cultures
Nasca
Moche
Tiahuanaco and Huari
Tiahuanaco
Huari: The First Andean Empire
Closer Look Text Box: Seeing the Form in Huari Textiles
Colombia and the Isthmus
Colombia
Costa Rica
The Late Period
Map showing Inca Empire
The Inca Empire
The Colonial Period
Painting in the Colonial Andes
Tapestries and Weaving in the Colonial Andes
Contemporary Native Artists
Chapter Quick Review
Chapter Questions
Key Terms and Figures
3. North America
Map of North America
Objectives
Timeline
The Early Period
Watson Break
Poverty Point
The Middle Period Cultures
Adena Culture
The Hopewell Culture
Ancestral Puebloan
The Late Period Civilizations
Map showing late cultures and Colonial Period sites
Mississippian Cultures
Cahokia
Spiro
Etowah
Peoples of the Southwest
Mesa Verde
Hohokam, Arizona
Casa Grande, Coolidge, Arizona
The Mimbrenos-Mogollon People, Mimbres Valley
The Colonial Period
The Southwest
California
The Great Plains
Closer Look Text Box: Reading Panel Design in Chilkat Blankets
The Inuit
Eastern Woodlands
The Contemporary Period
Closer Look Text Box: The Santa Fe Indian School and Studio Style
The Santa Fe Indian School and Studio Style
Chapter Quick Review
Chapter Questions
Key Terms and Figures
4. Africa
Map of Africa
Objectives
Timeline
Paleolithic to Neolithic Art
Apollo 11 Cave
Rock Shelter Art in Africa
Egypt: The Early Nile Cultures
The Early Dynastic Period and the Old Kingdom
Visual Comparison Box: The Ka Statue
The Middle Kingdom
The New Kingdom
Akhenaten and the Amarna Revolution
The Land of Kush
The First and Second Kingdoms
Ancient Ethiopia
The Kingdom of Aksum
The Zagwe Dynasty
Southeastern Africa
Great Zimbabwe
The Niger River and the Cultures of West Africa
The Nok Culture
Igbo-Ukwu
Ancient Ilé-Ifè
The Kingdom of Benin
Text Box: Islam in Africa: A Comparison of the Mosques of Kairouan and Djenné
The Arts in Colonial Africa
Text Box: Afro-Portuguese Ivories: The First Tourist Art
The Dogon
The Yoruba
The Asante
Modern Africa
Chapter Quick Review
Chapter Questions
Key Terms and Figures
5. West Asia
Map of West Asia
Objectives
Timeline
Neolithic West Asia
Rock Art of the Jubbah Plain
Ancient Jericho (Tell es-Sultan)
Catal Hüyük
Ancient Mesopotamia
Sumer
Akkadian Empire
Neo-Sumerian Empire
Old Babylon
Ashur and the Assyrian Empires
The Neo-Babylonian Empire
Ancient Iran
Elam
Achaemenid Persia
The Sasanian Persian Empire
Text Box: Religion and Philosophy: Islam
The Islamic Caliphates
The Umayyad Dynasty
The Abbasid Caliphate
Ottoman Empire
Visual Comparison Box: Mosque Layouts
Safavid Persia
Contemporary Islamic Art
Chapter Quick Review
Chapter Questions
Key Terms and Figures
6. India
Map of India
Objectives
Timeline
The Indus Valley Civilization
Religion and Philosophy Text Box: Santana Dharma or Hinduism
The Maurya Empire
Religion and Philosophy Text Box: Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism
The Kushan Empire
The Gupta Dynasty
Closer Look Text Box: Lakshana of the Buddha
Ajanta Caves
The Hindu Temple
Southern Style Temples
Northern Style Temples
Muslim India
The Delhi Sultanate
The Mughal Empire
Visual Comparison Box: Gur Emir, Tomb of Humayun, and Taj Mahal
The British Raj
Map of British Controlled Territory in India
Indian Art after Independence
Pakistan after Independence
Chapter Quick Review
Chapter Questions
Key Terms and Figures
7. Southeast Asia
Map of Southeast Asia
Objectives
Timeline
Neolithic Southeast Asia
Ban Chiang Culture
Sa Huynh Culture
Dong Son Culture
Indianization and Sinification in Medieval Southeast Asia
The Khmer Empire
Visual Comparison Box: Angkor Temples
Kingdom of Sukhothai
Kingdom of Ayutthaya
Maritime Southeast Asia
Islam in Southeast Asia
Sinification in Vietnam
Colonialism, Nationalism, and Modern Art in Southeast Asia
Independent Thailand: The Rattanakosin Kingdom
Academies in Colonial Southeast Asia
Colonial Architecture
Contemporary Art in Southeast Asia
Chapter Quick Review
Chapter Questions
Key Terms and Figures
8. China
Map of China
Objectives
Timeline
Neolithic China
Yangshao Culture
Closer Look Text Box: Chinese Jade Kong and Bi
The Three Dynasties Period
The Xia Dynasty
The Shang Dynasty
Text Box: Piece-mold Casting
The Zhou
Religion and Philosophy Text Box: Confucianism and later Neo-Confucianism
The Qin Empire
The Han Dynasty
The Period of Disunity
Visual Comparison Box: Buddha Images
The Northern Wei
The Six Dynasties
The Tang Dynasty
Buddhist Art in the Tang Dynasty
The Sung Dynasty
Northern Sung
Closer Look Text Box: Painting Formats in East Asi
Southern Sung
Buddhist Art during the Southern Sung
The Yuan (Mongolian) Dynasty
The Ming or "Radiant" Dynasty
The Qing Dynasty
The People's Republic of China
Art after Mao (1976--)
Chapter Quick Review
Chapter Questions
Key Terms and Figures
9. Korea and Japan
Map of Korea and Japan
Objectives
Timeline
Neolithic Korea
Three Kingdoms Period
Kingdom of Goguryeo
Baekje
Silla and Unified Silla Kingdoms
The Unified Silla
The Later Three Kingdoms and the Goryeo Dynasty
Great Joseon Dynasty
Silhak Movement
Korean Art in the Modern Era
Neolithic Japan
The Yayoi Period
The Kofun Period
The Asuka Period
Religion and Art Text Box: Shinto, the Way of the Gods
Buddhism in Japan
Visual Comparison Box: Korean influence on Tori Busshi's Shakya Triad
The Nara Period
Heian Period
Closer Look Text Box: Single Block and Joined-Block Carving
The Kamakura Period
The Muromachi Period
Zen Buddhism
Text Box: Sen no Rikyu's Taian Tea House
Azuchi-Momoyama Period
The Edo Period
The Meiji Period
Post War Japan
Chapter Quick Review
Chapter Questions
Key Terms and Figures
Quick Pronunciation Guide
10. Oceania
Map of Australia and the Pacific Islands
Objectives
Timeline
Australia
The Nawarla Gabarnmang and Rock Art Paintings
Aboriginal Rock Engravings in the Burrup Peninsula
Aboriginal Bark Paintings
The Hermannsburg Painters
The Western Desert Art Movement
Utopia Settlement and Women Painters
Melanesia
New Guinea
The Asmat
Closer Look Text Box: Anatomy of an Asmat Bis Pole
The Massim Area
The Sepik River Cultures
Iatmul
The Abelam
New Ireland and the Tabar Islands
The Malangan
Contemporary Art in Melanesia
Micronesia
Map of Micronesia
Palauan Bai
Nan Madol, Pohnpei
Polynesia
Samoa and the Art of Barkcloth
Hawaii and the Art of Featherwork
Rapa Nui and the Moai
Aotearoa (New Zealand) and the Art of the Maori Marae
Maori Modernism
Chapter Quick Review
Chapter Questions
Key Terms and Figures
Quick Pronunciation Guide
Bibliography
Photo Credits
Index

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Nancy L. Kelker is Professor of Art History at Middle Tennessee State University. A former Associate Curator at of New World/Latin American Art at the San Antonio Museum of Art, she is the author of Mel Casas: Artist as Cultural Adjuster (2014) and the coauthor, with Karen O. Bruhns, of Faking Ancient Mesoamerica (2019) and Faking the Ancient Andes (2009).

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Special Features

Reflects the rich diversity of the art world beyond the West, covering a wide range of related artworks that demonstrate the development in each region from the Neolithic to Contemporary periods.
Focuses on the influences and connections between works of non-Western art across regions and through time.
Provides essential context by including biographies of artists and patrons; maps and timelines; and text boxes that offer in-depth coverage of such topics as non-Western religious beliefs, which inform the artworks but may be unfamiliar to students.
Incorporates helpful pedagogy for study and review, including Objectives, Quick Reviews, Questions, and Key Terms and Figures.