Cluster · continuous
Beyond the West
Traditions that shaped global visual culture from outside the Euro-American lineage.
Essays in this Cluster§ 01
28Mingei (Japanese Folk Craft)1920s – presentBeauty belongs to the anonymous craftsman, the everyday object, the irregular hand.29Ukiyo-e (Japanese Woodblock)1670s – 1900sA flat, graphic, decisive image-language that taught Europe how to be modern.30Islamic Geometric Design8th century – presentApproaching the infinite through proportion. Geometry as theology.31Adinkra & West African Textile Traditions17th century – presentVisual language as proverb. Every symbol is a sentence.32Indian Miniature Painting11th century – 19th centuryCompressed, jewel-like image-narrative across a millennium of South Asian visual tradition.