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5 Asian Art Collections You Can See Online for Asian Pacific Heritage Month

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May is officially Asian Pacific Heritage Month! While going out to immerse yourself in AAPI culture may not be an option, you can still visit these virtual museum collections. 

Here is just a small sampling of the vast amount of information we can learn from history:

American Museum of Natural History: Asian Ethnographic Collection

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This museum houses a vast collection of Asian Ethnographic pieces. There are about 44,000 objects that can be filtered by culture or country.

The Art Institute of Chicago: Asian Collection

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There are over 1,000 pieces of Chinese, Japanese, South Asian, Southeast Asian, Himalayan, and Korean art.

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This figure of Shukongojin, the thunderbolt deity who protects the laws of Buddhism, would have originally stood guard at a temple. Because Shukongojin was not intended to blend into a sculptural ensemble, artists frequently used the opportunity to portray him as an occasion for eccentric and exaggerated effects. . The wooden sculpture was painted in bold colors in order to imbue the deity with an otherworldly and terrifying presence. Fiery red, a color usually reserved for demons, covers the body, while traces of gold on the loincloth signal his divine nature. The figure stands surrounded by churning waves, while a divine wind blows his garments about and fuels the flames that are his hair. . The hyperrealism of his chiseled muscles and bulging veins is a characteristic feature of Japanese sculpture of this era. These powerful colors and the figure’s dynamic pose and expression along with its symbolic gestures and attributes would have been clearly understood by Buddhist devotees, including the emerging warrior class of the Kamakura period (1185–1333). . See "Shukongojin" on view in Asian Art.

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The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology: Eastern Art Collection focuses specifically on Eastern Art and can be filtered by material, geography, period, and department.

Chester Beatty Library: East Asian and Islamic Collections Image Gallery

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There are more than 120 works with selected pieces from East Asian and Islamic Collections as well as countries including China, Japan, Tibet, Mongolia, South, Southeast, and West Asia.

USC Pacific Asia Museum: Explore the Collections

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This collection has more than 17,000 objects that are rare and representative examples of art and ethnographic objects from Asia and the Pacific Islands.

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Throwback@PAM🌀~ Reshaping Tradition: Contemporary Ceramics from East Asia September 11, 2015 through January 31, 2016 Many over the course of millennia have appreciated the diversity and depth of ceramic traditions in East Asia. The featured artists continue this exploration of clay, creating stunningly diverse works that touch upon personal, global, political, and aesthetic issues. Juxtaposed with examples from the Museum’s permanent collection representing significant ceramics traditions in East Asia, the contemporary works in this exhibition illustrate how artists today employ their traditions as springboards for countless innovations, creating works that speak to today’s audiences. Reshaping Tradition: Contemporary Ceramics from East Asia presented works by the following internationally recognized artists to consider some of the most extraordinary developments that are reshaping ceramic practice today: * Ai Weiwei (China) * Ik-joong Kang (Korea) * Liu Jianhua (China) * Ah Xian (China) * Yeesookyung (Korea) * Harumi Nakashima (Japan) * Bui Cong Khanh (Vietnam) Image Credit: Ah Xian China, China-Bust 35 1999 Porcelain in underglaze cobalt-blue with flower and bird design Courtesy and collection of the artist © Ah Xian Bui Cong KHANH Same Script, Different Cast 2011 Porcelain, hand-painted Courtesy of the artist and 10 Chancery Lane Gallery © Bui Cong Khanh #Throwback@PAM #PAM@Home #pamfromhome #museumfromhome #knowledge #community #peace #art #artmaking #culture #usc #uscpam #artmuseum #museum #pasadena #losangeles #southerncalifornia #socal #tourism #love #photooftheday #spring #beautiful #tbt #ThrowbackThursday #ceramics #asianceramics

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Virginia Museum of Fine Arts: East and South Asian Art Collections

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The collection spans 4,5000 years, represented by paintings, prints, sculptures, textiles, ceramics, metalwork, and more from China, Japan, and Korea.

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