A Confucian Scholar's House
Grade Level:
Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12), College and Beyond
Resource Type:
Video
Duration:
0:04:19
Description:
An introduction to Korean Confucianism and related architecture.
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A Kaleidoscope of Flowers (lesson)
Grade Level:
Elementary School (4-5), Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12)
Resource Type:
Lesson or Activity
Duration:
60 minutes
Description:
Students will: 1.) examine the Hindu tradition of pookolam—a three-dimensional threshold art using flowers; 2.) research the harvest festival of Onam celebrated in the southwestern state of Kerala, India; 3.) create an auspicious flower decoration in celebration of Onam
A Lunar New Year Story: Nian the Beast
Grade Level:
Elementary School (K-3), Elementary School (4-5)
Resource Type:
Video
Duration:
0:10:26
Description:
Asian Art Museum Storyteller, Leta Bushyhead, tells a lunar new year story with works of art from the museum's collection.
A Unit Overview: Investigating the Legacies of China's Terracotta Army (lessons)
Grade Level:
Middle School (6-8)
Resource Type:
Lesson or Activity
Duration:
Approx. 50 minutes per lesson (8 lessons total)
Description:
In this project-based unit, students examine the questions, legends, and facts surrounding the Terracotta Army of China’s First Emperor (Qin Shihuang). The goal of this unit is to guide students through the process of inquiry using art objects to explore history, science, and art.
A Visual Vocabulary of Brushstrokes
Grade Level:
Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12), College and Beyond
Resource Type:
Background Information
Description:
In Chinese brushpainting, the artist can achieve a multitude of effects by varying such factors as the speed and pressure applied to a brush, the size and type of brush, the amount of moisture, the manner in which different shades of ink or colors are loaded onto the brush, the angle at which the brush is held, and the type of paper or silk used for painting.These examples, drawn from the museum’s permanent collection, represent some of the more common techniques.
A Walk Through the Chinese Galleries
Grade Level:
Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12), College and Beyond
Resource Type:
Video
Duration:
0:29:39
Description:
A video tour of the Asian Art Museum’s collection galleries highlighting ceramics, jades, bronzes, paintings, and Buddhist arts representing some six thousand years of Chinese culture and tradition. Filmed in former museum location (prior to 2003) in Golden Gate Park. Presented by Brian Hogarth.
A woman disguised as a man holding a parrot, 618–906
Grade Level:
Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12), College and Beyond
Resource Type:
Artwork
Description:
A woman disguised as a man holding a parrot, 618–906. China; Shaanxi province. Glazed low-fired ceramic. The Avery Brundage Collection, B65P52.
Adrian Wong on Phantoms and Geomantic Intervention, I, II
Grade Level:
High School (9-12), College and Beyond
Resource Type:
Video
Duration:
0:05:21
Description:
Described as "an archaeologist of visual apocrypha," US and Hong Kong-based artist Adrian Wong plays with signifiers of culture and identity, lending objects new life through adjusted interpretations. With his unique background—including an MA in developmental psychology and an MFA in sculpture—Wong makes esotericism accessible and tangible.
Afghanistan
Grade Level:
High School (9-12), College and Beyond
Resource Type:
Video
Duration:
40 min. to 1 hour per lecture
Description:
Watch lectures by curator Fredrik Hiebert and author Rory Stewart on Afghanistan. Their lectures were in conjunction with the exhibition, Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul (on view at the Asian Art Museum from October 24, 2008–January 25, 2009).
Afghanistan and the Silk Road Map Project (lesson)
Grade Level:
Middle School (6-8)
Resource Type:
Lesson or Activity
Duration:
30 minutes
Description:
Students will use map resources to label a map of Afghanistan with its current bordering countries, current key cities, and ancient sites/cities: Students will learn the geographical placement of Afghanistan in Asia and its neighboring countries. This knowledge will bring a heightened awareness of the influence and exchange among nearby countries with Afghanistan—culturally, politically, and militarily. They will also become familiar with the names of ancient sites and their location in present-day Afghanistan.