Global Artart of the non-western world

•religion: Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam

•media: materials not always used in the west (silk, bark, stone, animal hide)

•format: not always limited to a frame or canvas

•color: not always realistic

•perspective (space) not always ‘realistic’

• India

• China/Japan

• Islam

• SubSaharan African

• Pre Columbian

• Native American

India

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Shore Temple: order within the universe. symmetry, balance, steps to heaven

Shore Temple: order within the universe. symmetry, balance, steps to heaven

Shiva: Lord of the Dance, supreme god, transformer, destroyer

Shiva: Lord of the Dance, supreme god, transformer, destroyer

China

Japan

Islamic Art

Sub Saharan Africa

Pre-ColumbianImage

Native American