Teaching Asian Art:
Sheng Kuan Chung, Editor
Teaching Asian Art: Content, Context, and Pedagogy
Table of Contents Introduction Sheng Kuan Chung. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Contextual Explorations
Aesthetic Forms and Meanings
Chapter 1
Art and the Life of the East Asians: Some Thoughts on Teaching East Asian Aesthetics Richard Bullen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Chapter 9
Chapter 2
Reflecting the Moon: Teaching East Asian Arts and Aesthetics Mara Miller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Chapter 3
The Style of Japan: An Introduction to Japanese Aesthetics Andrew Jay Svedlow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Chapter 4
Literati Painting: Theory and Practice in East Asian Art Susan Lee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Chapter 5
Ink Painting Yukio Lippit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Chapter 6
Teaching Chinese Painting—A Problem of Words Frank Vigneron. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Chapter 14 A Window to the Culture of Vietnam: Wooden Sculpture and Woodblock Prints Trian Nguyen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Chapter 7
Teaching Indigenous Art: From Mythology to Anthropology Yuh-Yao Wan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Chapter 15 Curriculum Design and Practice: Art of Laos and Southeast Asia Lynette K. Henderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Chapter 8
Wood Carving: A Philippine Artistic Tradition Brenda V. Fajardo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Chapter 16 A Way With Words: Exploring Asian Art through Calligraphy Lisa Abia-Smith, Sharon Kaplan, and Charles Lachman. . . . . . . . 104
Teaching Japanese Aesthetics through Ikebana Erin Tapley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Chapter 10 Korean Sotdae: Nature, Art, and Guardian of Community Jaehan Bae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Chapter 11 Fire and Earth: Exploring the Tibetan Black Pottery Tradition Lynn M. Jermal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Chapter 12 A New Look at Old Ceramic Techniques: A Yixing Connection Susan Raymond. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Chapter 13 Teaching Traditional Korean Art, Dan Chung Jiyeon Lee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Chapter 17 Aesthetics of Minhwa, Korean Folk Painting Ryan Shin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Chapter 18 Wayang Kulit: Shadow Puppet Play of Malaysia Janet Pillai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Chapter 19 Tradition and Transition: Taiwanese Puppet Making and Puppet Play Crystal Hui-Shu Yang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Spiritual and Religious Practices
Crossing Boundaries
Chapter 20 Spirituality in Asian Aesthetics Sheng Kuan Chung. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Chapter 29 Understanding the Dynamics of Cultural and Artistic Change: Buddhism and Chinese Cliff Sculpture in Sichuan Guey-Meei Yang and Tom Suchan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Chapter 21 Art of Simplicity: Teaching Japanese Spiritual Arts Koji Matsunobu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Chapter 22 From Shodo to Shosho: A Peaceful and Powerful Revolution in Post World War II Japan Susan Nakao. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Chapter 23 Tibetan Mandalas and the Art of the Sacred Mark A. Graham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Chapter 24 Ancient Mandala: Still a Potent Practice for 21st-Century Students Margaret Lindsey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Chapter 25 Traditional and Contemporary Bhutanese Thanka Paintings by Phurba Namgay Kathleen Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Chapter 26 Chinese Mingqi: Burial Objects for the Living and the Dead Anissa Siu-Han Fung . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Chapter 27 Teaching Thai Buddhist Art: The Buddha as Teacher Melody Rod-ari . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Chapter 28 Lai Thai: A Closer Look at Intriguing Thai Ornaments Ampai Tiranasar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Chapter 30 Manga: Japanese Comics Carrie Markello and Tim Markello . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Chapter 31 Making Connections with Chinese Culture through Cai Guo-Qiang’s Symbolic Art Yuehchen Wang. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Chapter 32 Korean Contemporary Art as an Educational Resource for the American Secondary Art Classroom Borim Song. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Chapter 33 When Bu-Dai-Xi Meets Wayang Kulit: A Cross-Asian Cultural Study in Puppetry Shei-Chau Wang and Jui-Ching Wang. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 Chapter 34 Aesthetic Education in Taiwanese Elementary Schooling: An Introduction to the Underlying Folk Pedagogy Yu-Ting Chen and Daniel J.Walsh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 Chapter 35
What Contemporary Asian American Artists Teach Us about the Complicated Nature of 21st-Century Americans’ Multilayered, Transcultural, and Hybridized Identities and Art Practices: Implications for an Intercultural and Social Justice-Oriented Approach to Teaching Art Elizabeth M. Delacruz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
About the Contributors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Teaching Asian Art: Content, Context, and Pedagogy
Table of Contents Introduction Sheng Kuan Chung. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Contextual Explorations
Aesthetic Forms and Meanings
Chapter 1
Art and the Life of the East Asians: Some Thoughts on Teaching East Asian Aesthetics Richard Bullen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Chapter 9
Chapter 2
Reflecting the Moon: Teaching East Asian Arts and Aesthetics Mara Miller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Chapter 3
The Style of Japan: An Introduction to Japanese Aesthetics Andrew Jay Svedlow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Chapter 4
Literati Painting: Theory and Practice in East Asian Art Susan Lee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Chapter 5
Ink Painting Yukio Lippit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Chapter 6
Teaching Chinese Painting—A Problem of Words Frank Vigneron. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Chapter 14 A Window to the Culture of Vietnam: Wooden Sculpture and Woodblock Prints Trian Nguyen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Chapter 7
Teaching Indigenous Art: From Mythology to Anthropology Yuh-Yao Wan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Chapter 15 Curriculum Design and Practice: Art of Laos and Southeast Asia Lynette K. Henderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Chapter 8
Wood Carving: A Philippine Artistic Tradition Brenda V. Fajardo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Chapter 16 A Way With Words: Exploring Asian Art through Calligraphy Lisa Abia-Smith, Sharon Kaplan, and Charles Lachman. . . . . . . . 104
Teaching Japanese Aesthetics through Ikebana Erin Tapley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Chapter 10 Korean Sotdae: Nature, Art, and Guardian of Community Jaehan Bae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Chapter 11 Fire and Earth: Exploring the Tibetan Black Pottery Tradition Lynn M. Jermal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Chapter 12 A New Look at Old Ceramic Techniques: A Yixing Connection Susan Raymond. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Chapter 13 Teaching Traditional Korean Art, Dan Chung Jiyeon Lee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Chapter 17 Aesthetics of Minhwa, Korean Folk Painting Ryan Shin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Chapter 18 Wayang Kulit: Shadow Puppet Play of Malaysia Janet Pillai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Chapter 19 Tradition and Transition: Taiwanese Puppet Making and Puppet Play Crystal Hui-Shu Yang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Spiritual and Religious Practices
Crossing Boundaries
Chapter 20 Spirituality in Asian Aesthetics Sheng Kuan Chung. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Chapter 29 Understanding the Dynamics of Cultural and Artistic Change: Buddhism and Chinese Cliff Sculpture in Sichuan Guey-Meei Yang and Tom Suchan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Chapter 21 Art of Simplicity: Teaching Japanese Spiritual Arts Koji Matsunobu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Chapter 22 From Shodo to Shosho: A Peaceful and Powerful Revolution in Post World War II Japan Susan Nakao. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Chapter 23 Tibetan Mandalas and the Art of the Sacred Mark A. Graham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Chapter 24 Ancient Mandala: Still a Potent Practice for 21st-Century Students Margaret Lindsey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Chapter 25 Traditional and Contemporary Bhutanese Thanka Paintings by Phurba Namgay Kathleen Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Chapter 26 Chinese Mingqi: Burial Objects for the Living and the Dead Anissa Siu-Han Fung . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Chapter 27 Teaching Thai Buddhist Art: The Buddha as Teacher Melody Rod-ari . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Chapter 28 Lai Thai: A Closer Look at Intriguing Thai Ornaments Ampai Tiranasar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Chapter 30 Manga: Japanese Comics Carrie Markello and Tim Markello . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Chapter 31 Making Connections with Chinese Culture through Cai Guo-Qiang’s Symbolic Art Yuehchen Wang. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Chapter 32 Korean Contemporary Art as an Educational Resource for the American Secondary Art Classroom Borim Song. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Chapter 33 When Bu-Dai-Xi Meets Wayang Kulit: A Cross-Asian Cultural Study in Puppetry Shei-Chau Wang and Jui-Ching Wang. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 Chapter 34 Aesthetic Education in Taiwanese Elementary Schooling: An Introduction to the Underlying Folk Pedagogy Yu-Ting Chen and Daniel J.Walsh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 Chapter 35
What Contemporary Asian American Artists Teach Us about the Complicated Nature of 21st-Century Americans’ Multilayered, Transcultural, and Hybridized Identities and Art Practices: Implications for an Intercultural and Social Justice-Oriented Approach to Teaching Art Elizabeth M. Delacruz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
About the Contributors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
