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Asia is the world's largest continent, containing
nearly three fifths of the world's population. The artistic traditions
born in such a vast landscape are rich and varied, but they all
share a common purpose: expression of the beliefs, passions, ideas
and sensibilities of the people who formed them.
Reverence for nature, an overarching tradition
emphasized in the mystic and meditative religions of China, India
and Japan (the major cultures represented in the CAP in Asian
Studies program) is articulated in all forms of art across the continent.
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