Like the name implies, visual arts are forms of expression that are visual in nature, including sculpture, painting, rock art, photography and architecture; they overlap with other arts such as performing arts, ceramics and textiles. In this website, the term ‘visual arts’ emphasises the aesthetic over the material.
To cite this page: Tan, Noel Hidalgo (2021, Updated 1 October 2022) Visual Art. Southeast Asian Archaeology. Available at: https://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/visual-art/
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News Archive
The news reports indexed below usually link to external sites that were active at the time of posting; sometimes websites may be temporarily down or may have reorganised their underlying architecture or have even closed down – in these cases the links may not be available. Most of the news articles archived are in English, although when I am made aware of stories in this and other languages I try to index them.
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