The building was based on the plan, designed by Bertram Goodhue. It layout reminds one of an ancient Roman countryside villa, with several courtyard surrounded by exhibition rooms, with low roofs. Its collection features painting by van Gogh, Gauguin, Monet, the American artists, with emphasize of paintings connected to Hawaii. Because of its racial diversity of Hawaii, it also houses a collection of traditional South Asia & South Asian art, together with Chinese, Japanese and Hawaian art. It also used as a venue for contemporary arts. I particularly enjoyed getting acquaintance of art connected to Hawaii.

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The East meets the West
Entrance to the Museum

2. Centre Courtyard

3. This sculpture head and the one on the slide are from Afghanistan, Both show distinctive Greco-Roman influence.
Afghanistan is the cross road between the western and eastern civilizations, since Alexander the Great went to India.
Afghanistan 3C - 5C

4. Afghanistan 3C - 5C

5. India 9C - 10C
This breaded man probably come from sculpture decorating the exterior of temples in northern India. He could be a temple
disciple, patron, or attendant to a god.

6. China 7-10
This Tang Dynasty is one of the Zenith of
Chinese civilisation.

7. China 11C
In China, Guanyin (Avalokiteshvara) is the Bodhisattva of Compassion. Guanyin is often shown with female features. Tangut
Xia is also known as Western Xia. It was an empire of the Tangut people and Tibetans, occupied an area covered by modern
province of Ningsiz, Gansu, eastern Qinghai and northern Shaannxi.

8. China 11C
Note the tiara in the head. Buddhism was introduced into China from India.

9. Indonesia 19C
Tau tau are wooden effigy of ancestors, normally clothed and display on cliffs overlooking on the fields below. The are
particular to the Toraja ethnic group in South Sulawest, Indonesia.

10. Japan 3-5C AD

11. Japan 10C
Kichijo Tennyo, the auspicious fairy of Japan. She is the goddess of
fertility, fortune, luck, beauty and merit.

12. Cambodia 10C
The Khmer Empire is the predecessor
state to modern Cambodia. It was a
Hindu-Buddhist empire.

13. Cambodia 12-13C

14. India 10th
Century

15. South India 18th
Century

16. South India 18th
Century

17. India 18-19th
Century

18. Chinese Courtyard

19. China 10C
The Five Dynasties was a period of upheaval
in China, after the fall of the Tang dynasty.

20. Korea 12C

21. Vietnam 16C
Between the 14C to 17C Vietnam exports its ceramics to other parts of Asia.

22. Mediterranean Courtyard

23. Hawaiian

24. Hawaiian

25. Hawaiian

26. Hawaiian

27. Hawaiian
Herbert Vos (1855-1935) was born in Maastricht . He work in England from 1885 to 1892 and he was a member of the
Royal Society of British Artists.

28. Hawaiian

29. Hawaiian

30. Hawaiian

31. Hawaiian

32. Church – 19C American

33. Cassatt - 19C American

34. Cassatt - 19C American

35. Cassatt - 19C American

36. Cosimo – 16C Italian

37. Eakins – 19C American

38. Moran – 19C American

39. Sargent – 19C American

41. Ito Shinsui – 20C Japan
Shinsui Ito was a ukiyo-o woodblock print artist.
He was one of the great names of the shin-hanga
art movement, which revitalized the declining
traditional Japanese art.

42. Ito Shinsui – 20C Japan

43. Paul Jacoulet– 20C French
Paul Jacoulet (1896-1960) was French but
raised and lived in Japan for most of his life.
He father was an ambassador. He lived next
door to Ukiyoe wood block artist.

44. Paul Jacoulet– 20C French

45. Paul Jacoulet– 20C French

46. Paul Jacoulet– 20C French

47. Paul Jacoulet– 20C French

48. Paul Jacoulet– 20C French

49. Museum Plan

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Music – Over the Rainbow, by Israel Kamakawivo’ole

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