What is Chinoiserie, more than fashion and fantasy?
The fanciful design style Chinoiserie was the ultimate outcome and expression of a peculiar preference for pagodas, porcelains and priceless possessions ...
Carolyn McDowall
China: West Meets East at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City is home to the finest collection of Chinese masterpieces of any museum outside of China. Produced for Public ...
Great Museums
Freer’s Asian Ceramics Reconsidered
Charles Lang Freer acquired his first cache of Asian ceramics in 1892. That initial haul—a hodgepodge of nineteenth-century Japanese wares—contained few ...
Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art
The David Vases
The David Vases, 1351 (Yuan dynasty), porcelain, cobalt and clear glaze, 63.6 x 20.7 cm each, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China (British Museum) Speakers: ...
Smarthistory
Ceramic Art History - Lecture 8: Ceramics of Europe and Asia 1400-1700 CE
Teaching Artist Elizabeth Coleman presents the eight of a 10 part series on Ceramic Art History. This is an overview of 10000+ years of ceramic art which was ...
Northern Clay Center
The Olmec Civilization
1600 - 400 BCE - Just what was the Olmec fascination with rubber balls all about? Did the Olmecs copy the Egyptians by constructing the first Mesoamerican ...
Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages
Tea and Conversation: The Peacock Room
This conversation was recorded on Wednesday, July 8, 2020. Tour the most iconic installation in the Freer Gallery of Art from home in this special virtual ...
Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art
The Vikings! - Crash Course World History 224
In which John Green teaches you about Vikings! That's right, one of our most requested subjects, the Vikings, right here on Crash Course. So what's the deal ...
CrashCourse
What Archaeology, Lidar, and Chemical Residues Can Teach Us About the Year 1000
Beyond the Historian's Traditional Toolbox: What Archaeology, Lidar, and Chemical Residues Can Teach Us About the Year 1000, presented by Valerie Hansen ...
YaleUniversity
2021 School of Art & Design Faculty Biennial Virtual Reception
For this year's Biennial, each faculty member contributed work that connects with WCU's 2020-2021 campus theme of "Water". Often, water is not only part of the ...
Western Carolina University