Discover why crowns are important in South and Southeast Asian art and how the crown on a statue of the Hindu deity Vishnu was restored by Asian Art Museum conservators.
Asian Art Museum Storyteller Leta Bushyhead tells a scene from from the Rama epic (Ramayana) with the use of artworks in the museum's collection. Discover more fresh takes on this ageless tale in the exhibition, The Rama Epic: Hero, Heroine, Ally, Foe.
Asian Art Museum Associate Curator of South Asian Art, Natasha Reichle, gives the Asian Art Museum docents a tour of the latest rotation of objects in the museum's Southeast Asia galleries. The galleries feature works of art in the museum's collection from Bali, which complement the exhibition, Bali: Art, Ritual, Performance, on view at the Asian Art Museum from February 25-September 11, 2011.
Over the centuries, two main branches of Buddhism emerged: a transmission that traveled to Southeast Asia, and a transmission that evolved in East Asia. A further offshoot of the northern transmission also developed. All three branches began in India, and developed further as they moved across Asia.
Hear Christian Cabuay, artist and author of An Introduction to Baybayin and Julie Seltzer, artist and Torah scribe-in-residence at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, share their perspectives. A multimedia collaboration between the Asian Art Museum and the Contemporary Jewish Museum.
“Asia” is a term invented by the Greeks and Romans, and developed by Western geographers to indicate the land mass east of the Ural Mountains and Ural River, together with offshore islands such as Japan and Java.
The guava, called bayabas in the Philippines, is full of vitamins and has been used to heal cuts and other ailments. Find out why this fruit is so important in the Philippines and how it got its name.
Woman's shawl (manton de Manila), approx. 1920. China. Silk. Gift of Consuelo H. McHugh in memory of Juanita S. Hall, F2008.36. Photograph © Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
Woman’s blouse (camisa), approx. 1850-1950. Philippines, Luzon Island. Pina and cotton (?). Museum Purchase, 2014.43. Photograph © Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
