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10th-Century China and Beyond: Art and Visual Culture in a Multi-centered Age

A symposium organized by the Center for the Art of East Asia in the Department of Art History at the University of Chicago

May 29-30, 2009, The Franke Institute of the Humanities, University of Chicago

1100 East 57th Street, Chicago IL 60637

  1. Friday May 29, 9:00 am-5:00 pm
  2. 9:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks—WU Hung, Director of the Center for the Art of East Asia
  4. 9:15 am-12:00, Panel Chair, Katherine Tsiang
    1. Nancy S. STEINHARDT, University of Pennsylvania, "Standard Architecture in a Multi-centered, Multi-cultural Age"
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    2. Hsueh-man SHEN, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, "At the Crossroads of the Worlds of the Living and the Dead: Tombs of Tenth-Century Northern China"
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    3. Yang LU, University of Kansas, "A Civilized Warlord in Early Tenth Century Hebei: The Tomb of Wang Chuzhi and Its Cultural Significance"
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    5. Discussion
  5. 12:00-2:00 pm Lunch break and dedication of Liu Cong Memorial
  7. 2:00-4:45 pm, Panel Chair, Eugene Wang
    1. LI Qingquan, Guangzhou Institute of Art, "Tenth Century Tombs with Buddhist Content: Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Imperial Burials"
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    2. ZHANG Xiaozhou, Cultural Relics Publishing House, "Super-Sized Tombs of the Five Dynasties Period"
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    3. WU Hung, University of Chicago, "Synthesis and Conflict: The Baoshan Tombs of the Early Tenth Century"
    4. Discussion
  8. Saturday, May 30 9:00 am-5:00 pm
  9. 9:15 am-12:00, Panel Chair, Nancy Steinhardt
    1. Eugene WANG, Harvard University, "Geometry vs. Topography: Why Picture the Six Paths Twice in Yulin Cave 19?"
    2. Sonya S. LEE, University of Southern California, "Permanence in Re-creation: Cave 61 and Artistic Appropriation at the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang in the Tenth Century"
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    3. Paul COPP, University of Chicago, "Block Printing and its Transformations of Dhāraṇī Amulet Culture in the Tenth Century"
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    5. Discussion
  10. 12:00-2:00 pm Lunch
  12. 2:00 pm-5:00 pm, Panel Chair, Yang Lu
    1. MEI Lin, Sichuan Academy of Art, "'Archer Paintings' of the Five Dynasties Period at Dunhuang: Inscriptions, Subject Matter, and Identity"
      English Abstract (PDF) Chinese Abstract (PDF)
    2. BAI Bin, Sichuan University, "Preliminary Study of the Later Shu Stone Inscription on 'Exorcizing Lady Yuan's Hidden Demonic Attachment,' Dated 950, from Chengdu, Sichuan Province"
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    3. LI Song, Peking University, "The Stele of 'Images and Texts of Buddhism and Daoism,' dated 968, in the Guozijian Academy, Chang'an"
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    4. Discussion
  13. Closing Remarks
  15. This symposium is made possible with the generous support of the China Committee of the Center for East Asian Studies and the Franke Institute for the Humanities.
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