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FACING EAST - Portraits from Asia - A Fine Art Perspective
by skullaria at 2:50 pm EDT, Sep 1, 2006

This is really well done - it is a nice, short stunningly visual presentation that highlights the unique perspective of the Asian artist, and also gives a small dose of geography.

To start the presentation, Click on the Orange and White Box that says FACING EAST.

ENJOY!
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""Facing East: Portraits from Asia," on view July 1 through September 4 at the Smithsonian's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, explores how portraits expressed identity in Asia and the Near East. Paintings, sculpture, and photographs of Egyptian pharaohs, Chinese empresses, Japanese actors and a host of other subjects, reveal the unique ways that the self was understood, represented, and projected in Asian art.

The exhibition includes approximately 70 masterpieces from the collections of Chinese, Japanese, South Asian, Islamic and Ancient Near Eastern art at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and the Freer Gallery of Art. A number of the works from the Sackler and Freer galleries will be on view for the first time."

FACING EAST - Portraits from Asia - A Fine Art Perspective
by ubernoir at 3:39 pm EDT, Sep 1, 2006

This is really well done - it is a nice, short stunningly visual presentation that highlights the unique perspective of the Asian artist, and also gives a small dose of geography.

To start the presentation, Click on the Orange and White Box that say FACING EAST.