National Museum of Asian Art, East Building
Facing East: Portraits from Asia
July 1, 2006 – September 4, 2006
Through some 70 masterpieces, this exhibition explores how portraits expressed cultural identities in Asia and the ancient Near East throughout millennia. Paintings and sculptures of Egyptian pharaohs, Chinese empresses, Japanese actors, Indian rajas, and other examples reveal how the identities, importance, and power of historical subjects were diversely constructed, understood, and represented.
