A Journey Through Asian Art

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A Journey Through Asian Art

Independence

Season 1 | Episode 6 | ABC ME | November 13, 2014

Visual arts

History

Intercultural Understanding

Asia and Australia

Classification: General

Join Alison Carroll as she looks beyond the immediate, the new and the different. East Asian art, which the West finds so exciting, has emerged from a variety of traditions, some Asian, some European, some American.

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Join Alison Carroll as she looks beyond the immediate, the new and the different. East Asian art, which the West finds so exciting, has emerged from a variety of traditions, some Asian, some European, some American.

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