Beyond the Western Canon: Exploring Non-Western Art Traditions

Look at this thought experiment: imagine two paintings side by side. One shows a landscape in perfectly calculated perspective — objects shrink into a distant horizon. The other shows five figures of different sizes, where the largest figure is the most important person, not the one closest to you. Which painting is 'correct'? Neither — they follow completely different rules, rooted in completely different worldviews. Today you will discover that what feels 'normal' in art is usually just one tradition among hundreds.