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VISUAL REFERENCE / 19 items

Regional & Cultural Visual Traditions

Choose visual expressions, craft conventions, and artistic traditions transmitted within regions and cultural communities.

Japanese Visual Traditions Chinese & East Asian Ink Traditions Korean Visual Traditions South Asian Visual Traditions Islamic & Persian Visual Traditions African Visual Traditions Indigenous American Visual Traditions Oceanic & European Folk Traditions Culture & Society

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Japanese Visual Traditions

The primary entry for visual traditions rooted in Japan, including ukiyo-e and nihonga.

Chinese & East Asian Ink Traditions

The primary entry for Chinese and East Asian visual traditions centered on ink painting.

Korean Visual Traditions

The primary entry for visual and craft traditions rooted in Korea.

South Asian Visual Traditions

The primary entry for visual traditions originating in South Asian regions and communities.

Islamic & Persian Visual Traditions

The primary entry for Islamic and Persian traditions of visual art, ornament, and miniature painting.

African Visual Traditions

The primary entry for diverse visual traditions rooted in African regions and communities.

Indigenous American Visual Traditions

The primary entry for visual and craft traditions originating in Indigenous American communities.

Oceanic & European Folk Traditions

The primary entry for Oceanic traditions and European folk visual traditions.

Culture & Society

A separate route for cultural and social context, such as customs and community, rather than the visual tradition itself.

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Mughal miniature painting · Cat

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Mughal miniature painting

A historical courtly tradition of finely detailed painting.

Ndebele art · Cat

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Ndebele art

A historically situated visual-art tradition associated with Ndebele communities.

Nihonga · Cat

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Nihonga

A modern Japanese painting form.

Persian miniature painting · Cat

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Persian miniature painting

A historical miniature-painting form developed in Persianate contexts.

Rinpa · Cat

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Rinpa

A Japanese lineage of decorative painting.

Warli painting · Cat

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Warli painting

A historically situated painting practice associated with Warli communities.

Zen painting · Cat

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Zen painting

A historical East Asian painting form associated with Zen.

Aboriginal Australian art · Cat

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Aboriginal Australian art

A broad art-historical context associated with diverse Aboriginal Australian communities.

African Folk Art · Cat

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African Folk Art

A broad discovery expression spanning diverse African regions and communities.

Indigenous American Art · Cat

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Indigenous American Art

A broad discovery expression for diverse Indigenous communities in the Americas.

Islamic Art · Cat

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Islamic Art

A broad art-historical context across differing regions, periods, materials, and uses.

Korean Traditional Painting · Cat

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Korean Traditional Painting

A broad painting-historical context across periods and making conditions on the Korean peninsula.

Māori Art · Cat

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Māori Art

A broad context for diverse making practices associated with Māori people in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Mexican folk art · Cat

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Mexican folk art

A broad expression for folk arts connected with different communities and making practices across Mexico.

Scandinavian Folk Art · Cat

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Scandinavian Folk Art

A broad expression that can refer to folk arts across several countries and regions.

Tibetan thangka · Cat

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Tibetan thangka

The making and use of scroll paintings associated with Tibetan Buddhism.

Wixárika visual traditions · Cat

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Wixárika visual traditions

Wixárika visual expression connected to community and contexts of making and use.

Ukiyo-e · Cat

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Ukiyo-e

A historical visual tradition characterized by clear contours, planar color, asymmetric framing, and Edo-period floating-world subjects.

Ukiyo-e print · Valley with a river and mountain ranges

Valley with a river and mountain ranges

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Ukiyo-e print

Combines the medium, material, process, and appearance that make an image read as ukiyo-e print.