Title on Photograph: THE EMERGENCE OF ELITE ART, AD 300-600.
Material: MAP
Comments on Photo: IMAGE FROM: ONIANS, JOHN (2004), ATLAS OF WORLD ART. LAURENCE KING PUBLISHING LTD. MAP 2, PAGE 89.
Comments on Subject: WITH THE APPEARANCE OF HIGHLY STRUCTURED STATES ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA AND THE JAPANSES ARCHIPELAGO ELITE GROUPS USED ART TO DIFFERENTIATE THEMSELVES FROM THE REST OF SOCIETY. ELABORATE MONUMENTAL BURIALS WERE THE VISUAL EXPRESSION OF SOCIAL AND RITUAL POWER AS WELL AS THE RECEPTACLES FOR LARGE QUANTITIES OF PRESTIGE ITEMS. AS THESE EARLY STATES EXPANDED, THEIR ELITE RULERS BUILT PALACES, FORTRESSES AND, EVENTUALLY, BUDDHIST TEMPLES.
