Artist biography and overview

  A 6-10 page research paper. This page count does not include images, a cover page, or your works cited.   Contemporary Asian Art Movements Artist biography and overview Art and culture along the Silk Road Art and Kingship (politics and power; this would include propaganda) Select one work of art and write a historiography Cultural interplay and exchange (portable objects, diplomatic gifts, or trade items) The role of art in religious devotion and ritual Art as a tool for cultural normalization and standardization Current challenges in Asian Art as a tool for communication Art The evolution of an image/motif or iconography within a specific culture (e.g. Buddha in Thailand) Destruction of historical artifacts and iconoclastic or political movements