South Asian art

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art movement cultural tradition regional art tradition

South Asian art encompasses the diverse visual and material artistic traditions of countries in the Indian subcontinent, including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and surrounding regions.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Himalayan art	1
Indian art	1

Statements (97)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	art movement ⓘ cultural tradition ⓘ regional art tradition ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	elaborate ornamentation ⓘ integration of art and architecture ⓘ strong religious themes ⓘ symbolic use of color ⓘ use of rich iconography ⓘ
hasImportantSite	Ajanta Caves NERFINISHED ⓘ Anuradhapura NERFINISHED ⓘ Bhaktapur Durbar Square NERFINISHED ⓘ Bodh Gaya NERFINISHED ⓘ Ellora Caves NERFINISHED ⓘ Harappa NERFINISHED ⓘ Khajuraho Group of Monuments NERFINISHED ⓘ Konark Sun Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ Lumbini NERFINISHED ⓘ Mahabalipuram NERFINISHED ⓘ Mohenjo-daro NERFINISHED ⓘ Patan Durbar Square NERFINISHED ⓘ Sanchi NERFINISHED ⓘ Sigiriya NERFINISHED ⓘ Taxila NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasImportantTradition	Batik NERFINISHED ⓘ Block printing ⓘ Chola bronze sculpture ⓘ Dravidian temple architecture ⓘ Gandharan art ⓘ Kalamkari NERFINISHED ⓘ Kashmiri shawl weaving ⓘ Madhubani painting NERFINISHED ⓘ Miniature painting ⓘ Nagara temple architecture ⓘ Newar art NERFINISHED ⓘ Pattachitra NERFINISHED ⓘ Phulkari embroidery NERFINISHED ⓘ Tanjore painting NERFINISHED ⓘ Thangka painting NERFINISHED ⓘ Vesara temple architecture ⓘ Warli painting NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasInfluenceFrom	Central Asian art ⓘ Hellenistic art NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic art ⓘ Persian art ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	Central Asian Buddhist art ⓘ Southeast Asian art NERFINISHED ⓘ Tibetan art ⓘ
hasMajorReligion	Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ Hinduism NERFINISHED ⓘ Indigenous religions of South Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Islam ⓘ Jainism NERFINISHED ⓘ Sikhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMedium	architecture ⓘ ceramics ⓘ ivory carving ⓘ jewelry ⓘ manuscript illumination ⓘ metalwork ⓘ painting ⓘ sculpture ⓘ textiles ⓘ wood carving ⓘ
hasPeriod	Colonial period ⓘ Gupta period NERFINISHED ⓘ Indus Valley Civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ Kushan period NERFINISHED ⓘ Maurya period NERFINISHED ⓘ Medieval period ⓘ Mughal period NERFINISHED ⓘ Postcolonial period ⓘ
hasStyle	Bengal School of Art NERFINISHED ⓘ Buddhist art ⓘ Company painting NERFINISHED ⓘ Contemporary South Asian art ⓘ Deccani painting NERFINISHED ⓘ Hindu temple art ⓘ Jain art NERFINISHED ⓘ Modern Indian art ⓘ Mughal painting NERFINISHED ⓘ Pahari painting NERFINISHED ⓘ Rajput painting NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesCountry	Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Bangladesh NERFINISHED ⓘ Bhutan NERFINISHED ⓘ India NERFINISHED ⓘ Maldives NERFINISHED ⓘ Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	South Asia ⓘ
relatedField	Archaeology ⓘ Art history ⓘ South Asian studies ⓘ
timeSpan	from prehistoric period to contemporary era ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Salima Hashmi → fieldOfWork → South Asian art ⓘ

Drukpa Kagyu Buddhism → influenced → South Asian art ⓘ

this entity surface form: Himalayan art

tribhanga posture of Krishna → usedIn → South Asian art ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian art