Self-navigate the Arts of Asia and the Arts of Ancient Americas departments in the Denver Art Museum

Self-navigate the Arts of Asia and the Arts of Ancient Americas departments in the Denver Art Museum to find the following 14 items. Please ensure that you follow the rules of the museum and conduct yourself with care around the objects on display, other visitors. Click on the link below each item to view the webpage and photo for it.

For all 14 items listed below:

1. Photograph the item in context, what items (if any) are immediately adjacent to this one. Does it

share a cabinet with any other items? Is there a larger visual collection that the item belongs to

(for instance pendants, vases, etc.?)

2. Take a photo of the label for the item for your records.

3. Consider the way that the item is displayed, the room, the lighting, and so on.

4. Choose the one item from this list that resonates with you for the object study..(see below)

ARTS OF ASIA:

● Horse, 206BCE-8CE, China, figure, ceramic, Arts of Asia

https://www.denverartmuseum.org/en/object/2003.887a-b

● Bird Head Deity Fragment, 885 BCE, Iraq, Limestone, Arts of Asia

https://www.denverartmuseum.org/en/object/1963.1

● Acuoye Guanyin, Yunnan Province, Figure, China (1100s-1200s), Arts of Asia

https://www.denverartmuseum.org/en/object/1983.13

● Lajvardina Tile with “Allah”, Islamic, Tile, Iran (1300s), Arts of Asia

https://www.denverartmuseum.org/en/object/1991.909

● Seated Eight-armed Durge, Artist: Brahma, Shiva, and Vishu,