About the Book
The role of women artists, collectors, archaeologists, and architects
in Asian art history
Filled with exquisite color illustrations, this volume
examines an underserved aspect of Asian art history by discussing women
artists, collectors, archaeologists, and architects. The essays in
Women
across Asian Art cover a wide geographical area, from Japan to Pakistan, as
they draw attention to people whose efforts have largely been left out of scholarship.
The volume begins by looking at iconography
representing the goddess Marīcī in Chinese art as well as ancient Chinese
characters related to gender roles during the Shang dynasty. Contributors then discuss
topics including women's participation as
hangeul(Korean alphabet) calligraphers, artists in Japanese Saison culture, and early
archaeologists in China. Shedding light on individuals such as poet and painter
Luo Qilan, collector Brenda Zara Seligman, architect Lin Huiyin,
neo-miniaturist Saira Wasim, painter Tseng Yuho, and sculptor Tayeba Begum
Lipi, these essays represent a broad range of contributions from pioneers in
their respective fields to current-day activists.
Using primary sources, museum collections, and
archival material, the contributors--curators and independent scholars--investigate
their collections and fields with new strategies and present original research.
As museums are intentionally turning their attention to overlooked narratives
of women, this volume continues the important work of uncovering their stories in
Asian art history.
A volume in the David A. Cofrin Asian Art
Manuscript Series, edited by Allysa B. Peyton
