Remember that in India this music—like all Indian art—is an offering, born in the temple ... or most of the stands of Western music originating in India, for we know that the ancient Greeks employed ...
The Jigoku-zoshi (“Handscrolls of Buddhist Hell”) is a Japanese scroll from the late 12th century that graphically depicts naked, horrified monks running away from bands of vicious, animal ...
They are extremely rare,” Jonathan Stone, deputy chairman for Christie’s Asian art department ... paintings, and ancient ceramics shattering world records. A 10-metre-long triptych entitled ...
The ancient Near East, a region extending from the eastern shores of the Mediterranean ... the people of this region developed metalworking and pottery-making to a level of sophistication unknown ...