About 6 years ago I began work as a Slide Curator and used the term
"Oriental Art" and was kindly corrected by the art historians.  "Asian" is
certainly the preferred term in use today.
                     Lynn Beck
                     Museum Scientist
                     Visual Resources Collection
                     University of California, Irvine
 
 
 
 
 
 
In Message Thu, 10 Mar 1994 07:23:32 -0800,
  "Standard Educational Corp." <[log in to unmask]> writes:
 
>I need guidance. My employer, publisher of a major multi-
>volume encyclopedia, uses the term "Oriental Art" for an
>article on that topic. We believe that there is a movement
>among museologists to prefer "Asian Art" in referring to
>the collections in their institutions. This, I suppose, is a
>part of the widening effort to be PC.  We, too, wish to be
>PC and will welcome any references, experiences, or opinions
>to help us decide whether or not to move the article from
>the O volume to the A volume.
>
>(Am I asking the right List?)
>
>Thanks.
>
>David King
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