Distinct Cultures

 

China

Chinese art encompasses fine arts, folk arts and performance arts.

Chinese art is divided into periods by the ruling dynasties of China like the Shang dynasty, Song Dynasty, Ming dynasty, Yuan dynasty and Qing dynasty to name a few.

Chinese painting is one of the oldest continuous artistic traditions in the world. The earliest paintings were not representational but ornamental; they consisted of patterns or designs rather than pictures. Stone Age pottery was painted with spirals, zigzags, dots, or animals.

 

India

Indian art intertwines with the cultural history, religions and philosophies.

Indian art can be classified into;

Ancient art period (3500 BCE-12ooCE)
Islamic ascendancy (712-1757 CE)
The Colonial period (1757-1947)
Independence and Carissaism the postcolonial period (Post-1947)
Modernism
Postmodernism

 

Japan

Japanese art covers a wide range of art styles and media, including ancient pottery, sculpture in wood and bronze, ink painting on silk and paper and more recently manga, cartoon, along with a myriad of other types of works of art.

Japanese art is divided  into Jōmon art, Yayoi art, Kofun art, Asuka and Nara art, Heian art, Kamakura art, Muromachi art and Azuchi-Momoyama art.

 

Native America

Native American art refers to the artistic traditions of indigenous peoples of the Americas encompassing the time period from ancient times to the present.

 

Africa

African art constitutes one of the most diverse legacies. African art emphasises on human figure, visual abstraction, sculpture and performance art.

It is one of the most diverse legacies on the earth.