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The history of Asian art includes a vast range of arts from various cultures, regions, and religions across the continent of Asia. The major regions of Asia include Central, East, South, Southeast, and West Asia.

Central Asian art primarily consists of works by the Turkic peoples of the Eurasian Steppe, while East Asian art includes works from China, Japan, and Korea. South Asian art encompasses the arts of the Indian subcontinent, while Southeast Asian art includes the arts of Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma), the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. West Asian art encompasses the arts of the Near East, including the ancient art of Mesopotamia, and more recently becoming dominated by Islamic art.

In many ways, the history of art in Asia parallels the development of Western art.^[1]^[2] The art histories of Asia and Europe are greatly intertwined, with Asian art greatly influencing European art, and vice versa; the cultures mixed through methods such as the Silk Road transmission of art, the cultural exchange of the Age of Discovery and colonization, and through the internet and modern globalization.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Excluding prehistoric art, the art of Mesopotamia represents the oldest forms of art in Asia.

^ Sullivan, Michael (1997). The Meeting of Eastern and Western Art (Paperback) (Revised and expanded ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-21236-3.
^ Wichmann, Siegfried (1999). Japonisme: The Japanese Influence on Western Art Since 1858 (Paperback). New York, NY: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-28163-7.
^ Sullivan, Michael (1989). The Meeting of Eastern and Western Art (Hardcover) (Revised and expanded ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-05902-6.
^ Cotter, Holland (July 10, 1994). "Art View; Eastern Art Through Western Eyes". The New York Times. Retrieved October 27, 2007.
^ "Ancient Near Eastern Art". Metropolitan Museum of Art.

[Sullivan-1] Sullivan, Michael (1997). The Meeting of Eastern and Western Art (Paperback) (Revised and expanded ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-21236-3.

[2] Wichmann, Siegfried (1999). Japonisme: The Japanese Influence on Western Art Since 1858 (Paperback). New York, NY: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-28163-7.

[3] Sullivan, Michael (1989). The Meeting of Eastern and Western Art (Hardcover) (Revised and expanded ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-05902-6.

[4] Cotter, Holland (July 10, 1994). "Art View; Eastern Art Through Western Eyes". The New York Times. Retrieved October 27, 2007.

[5] "Ancient Near Eastern Art". Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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