{"id":8856,"date":"2025-03-06T12:36:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T12:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/777245839468953600-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T05:20:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T22:20:41","slug":"777245839468953600-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/777245839468953600-2\/","title":{"rendered":"777245839468953600"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><\/h1>\n<h1>Estimated Representation of Asian Artists in Art History Books<\/h1>\n<h2><b>Pre-20th Century (Before 1900s)<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Western art history books: <b>Less than 2%<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Global art history books: <b>10\u201315%<\/b> (including Chinese, Japanese, Indian, and Persian art)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>20th Century (1900\u20131999)<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Western-focused books: <b>3\u20135%<\/b><\/li>\n<li>More globally aware books: <b>15\u201320%<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Asian artists became more recognized in the contemporary period, especially post-1950s.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>21st Century (2000\u2013Present)<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Traditional Western art books: <b>5\u201310%<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Contemporary\/global art books: <b>20\u201330%<\/b><\/li>\n<li>With globalization, more Asian artists are included, particularly from China, Japan, Korea, and India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Overall Estimate (From Past to Present)<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Western-centric books:<\/b> <b>~3\u20135%<\/b> Asian artists across all periods.<\/li>\n<li><b>Global\/inclusive books:<\/b> <b>~15\u201320%<\/b>, rising in recent years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Estimated Representation of Asian Artists in Art History Books Pre-20th &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12749],"tags":[1594,5537,582,3791,11483,5078,9583,655,7925,6262,9484,7605,7926,8170,3425,1295,9582,1941,8758,8760,7035,9012,2404,7927,171,92,1775,8759,4469],"class_list":["post-8856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tumblr","tag-american","tag-anatomy","tag-art","tag-art-history","tag-art-history-book","tag-art-school","tag-art-world","tag-artist","tag-artquotes","tag-asian","tag-brushstrokes","tag-contemporaryart","tag-contemporarypainting","tag-diversity","tag-draw","tag-drawing","tag-european","tag-figurative","tag-figurativeart","tag-figurativepainting","tag-figure","tag-figuredrawing","tag-modern-art","tag-modernart","tag-paint","tag-painting","tag-portrait","tag-portraitpainting","tag-western"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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