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Between Han and Tang: Art and Material Culture in a Transformative Period |
< Back A conference organized by the East Asian Art Program in the Department of Art History, University of Chicago October 19-21, 2001 October 19 Panel 1: Word, Image, and Buddhist Monuments Amy MacNair (University of Kansas), "The Relief Sculptures in the Binyang Central Grotto at Longmen and the Problem of Pictorial Stones" Lothar Ledderose (University of Heidelberg), "A Program for the End of the World: The Thunder Sound Cave of Cloud Dwelling Monastery (Yunjusi) at Fangshan" Sonya Lee (University of Chicago), "Nirvana Buddha and its Double: Coffin Image, Narrative and the Rhetoric of Visual Analogizing in Medieval Chinese Pictorial Art" Jennifer Purtle (University of Chicago), "The Eyes Have It: Technology, Ritual, and Animation in Chinese Sculpture and Painting from Han through Tang" Panel 2: Cities and Urban Visual Culture Yang Hong (Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy for Social Sciences) "Changes in Urban Architecture and Life Styles between the Han and Tang Dynasties" Victor Xiong (Western Michigan University), "Ritual Architecture under the Northern Wei" Zhu Yanshi (Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy for Social Sciences), "An Investigation into the Capital Yecheng during the Eastern Wei and Northern Qi" October 20 Panel 3: Art and Material Culture of Tombs (1) Lillian Lan-ying Tseng (University of Southern California), "Visual Replication and Political Persuasion: the Celestial Image in Yuan Yi's Tomb" He Xilin (Central Institute of Fine Arts), "Northern Dynasties Stone Architectonic Objects with Pictorial Carvings" Zhang Xiaozhou (Cultural Relics Publishing House), "Tombs of the Northern Zhou Period" Bonnie Cheng (University of Chicago), "Attending to Death: Shifting Needs and Modes of Presentation in Sixth Century Tombs" Panel 4: Art and Material Culture of Tombs (2) Hua Guorong (Nanjing Municipal Museum), "Eastern Jin Tombs of the Wang, Xie, and Gao Families Near Nanjing” Wei Zheng (Peking University), "From Wuchang to Jianye to Wujun: Movement and Change in Royal Burial Grounds of the Eastern Wu and Western Jin" Li Wenying (Xinjiang Institute of Archaeology), "New Discoveries from Cemeteries at Yingpan in Weili, Xinjiang Province" Li Qingquan (Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts), "Buddhist Images in a Burial Context: A Reading of the Mural Paintings in Changchuan Tomb No. One" October 21 Panel 5: Calligraphy and Painting in Their Cultural Contexts Robert Harrist (Columbia University), "Roaming with Immortals on Cloud Peak Mountain: Calligraphy and Landscape in Early Sixth-Century China" Qianshen Bai (Boston University), "Some Research Notes on the Calligraphy of Wu Dynasty Bamboo Slips from Zoumalou, Changsha" Liu Tao (Central Institute of Fine Arts), "Development of a New Calligraphic Style in the Wei-Jin Period and Its Spread from the South to the North" This conference is made possible by a generous grant from the Henry Luce Foundation, Inc., along with the co-sponsorship of the Center for International Studies Norman Wait Harris Memorial Foundation Fund, the The Adelyn Russell Bogert Fund of the Franke Institute for the Humanities, and the Division of the Humanities at The University of Chicago. Between Han and Tang: Cultural and Artistic Interaction in a Transformative Period A conference organized by the Department of Archaeology, Peking University and the East Asian Art Program, Department of Art History, University of Chicago Held at Peking University, Beijing. CHINA July 6-8, 2000 July 6, 2000 Panel 1: China, Central and the West: New Perspective and Evidence Chair: Yang Hong Zhang Qingjie, Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology, Carved Reliefs on the Stone Sarcophagus of Yu Hong at Taiyuan Jiang Boqin, Zhongshan University, The Pictorial Program of the Reliefs on the Stone Sarcophagus of Yu Hong Patricia Karetzky, Bard College, The Presence of the Goddess Anahita and the Impact of Western Decorative Arts in Early Medieval China Panel 2: Regional Cases: Xinjiang and North Central China Chair: Jiang Boqin Valerie Hansen, Yale University, Inspiration from the Niya Studies Rong Xinjiang, Peking University, Spread of Zoroastrianism of the Sogdian System and its Impact on Art Forms Shing Muller, Universitat Munchen, Pingcheng—the Emerging of the Tuoba Culture July 7, 2000 Panel 3: Regional Cases: the Northeast and the Northwest Chair Eugene Yuejin Wang Tian Likun, Liaoning Provincial Museum, Typology and Chronology of the Tombs of the Three Yan Kingdoms Zheng Yan, Shandong Provincial Museum, A Preliminary Discussion of Wei-Jin Tombs with Mural Paintings in the Liangzhou Region and the Relationship Between Liangzhou and Metropolitan Cultures Nancy Schatzman Steinhardt, University of Pennsylvania, From Koguryo to Gansu and Xinjiang: Funerary and Worship Space in North Asia, 4th-7th Centuries Panel 4: A Regional Model—Dunhuang as a Cultural “Melting Pot” Chair: Valerie Hansen Ma Shichang, Peking University, Exchange, Amalgamation, and Development –The Case of Dunhuang Caves 249 and 285 Wang Hui, Some Problems Concerning the Tombs as Foyemiaowan, Dunhuang Janet Baker, Phoenix Art Museum, Dunhuang Caves 419 and 420: Chinese and Central Asian Influences in Style and Content July 8, 2000 Panel 5: Rethinking the North-South Relationship; Taking Tombs as a Case in Point Chair: Albert Dien Jessica Rawson, Oxford Universty, Creating Universes: Structures, Images and Ornament of Post-Han Tombs Zhao Yonghong, Institute of Archaeology, CASS, Changes in Burial Customs of the Northern and Southern Dynasties as Seen Through the Great Northern Qi Tomb at Wanzhang Annette Kieser, Romisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, Northern Influence in Tombs in Southern China After 317 CE? A Re-evaluation Panel 6: Cultural Interaction through Different Kinds of Art Forms Chair: Luo Shiping Judy Chungwa Ho, University of California, Irvine, Portraying the Family in the Metropolitan and Frontier Regions during the Transition Between Han and Tang Li Song, Xi’an Academy of Fine Art, Fusion and Separation of Imagery: A Preliminary Discussion of the Relationship Between Images of the Queen Mother of the West and the Buddha in the late Han and Wei-Jin Period July 9, 2000 Panel 7: Artifacts as Transmitters and Evidence of Cultural and Artistic Interaction Chair: Jessica Rawson Albert Dien, Stanford University, Developments in Funerary Practices in the Six Dynasties Period: The Duisuguan or “Figured Jar” as a Case in Point Sun Ji, National Museum of Chinese History, Ancient Chinese Sword Handles with Bird and Animal Ornament and Their Influence in Korea and Japan An Jiayao, Institute of Archaelogy, CASS, Western Glass Objects Found in China and Their Significance Qi Dongfang, Early Gold and Silver Discovered in the Northern and Northwestern Regions Roundtable Discussion: Problems Concerning the Studies of Cultural and Artistic Interaction Between Han and Tang Chair: Ma Shichang and Katherine Tsiang Mino Between Han and Tang: Religious Art and Archeology of a Transformative Period (3rd-6th Centuries C.E.) A Conference Organized by the East Asian Art Program in the Department of Art History, University of Chicago, November 5-7, 1999 Friday, November 5 Location: Max Palevsky Cinema, Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 East 59th Street, Chicago IL 60637 Morning-- 9:00 am to 12:00 pm Late Registration Opening remarks, Wu Hung Panel 1: Temple and Icons, Ritual and Perception-- Chair, Katherine Tsiang Mino Jin Weinuo, Central Institute of Fine Arts, Beijing, “Artistic Achievements of Buddhist Sculpture of Northern Qi (550-577)” Li Li, Cultural Relics Press, Beijing, “Sculptures from the Yongningsi Pagoda Foundation ” Wu Hung, University of Chicago, “A Synthetic Study of Early Daoist Art” Afternoon--1:30-4:30 pm Panel 2: New Archeological Surveys of Regional Sites-- Chair, Ma Shichang Li Yuqun, Institute of Archeology, Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, “Survey anad Study of Smaller-Scale Cave Sites in Shanxi Province,” Zhang Zong, Institute of World Religions, Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, “Survey of New Discoveries in Buddhist Art in Shandong from Northern Dynasties to Sui” Chen Ping, Shanghai Museum, “Examination of Small and Medium-Sized Cave Sites in Henan Province” Xiong Wenbin, Chinese Center for Tibetan Studies, Beijing, “Cliff Paintings of the Early Tibetan Bon Religion” Reception--5:00-6:30 pm Saturday, November 6 Location: Donnelley Biological Sciences Learning Center, Room 115 924 East 57th Street, Chicago IL 60637 Morning--9:30-12:30 Panel 3: Buddhist Art in Xinjiang and the Hexi Corridor-- Chair, Yang Hong Wu Zhuo, Institute of History, Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, “On the Rise and Decline of the Kizil Caves and the Wei/Gan River Valley Transportation Route” Li Li, Kizil Caves Research Institute, Xinjiang, “Middle and Small-Sized Caves in the Kizil Area” Li Chongfeng, Peking University, “Questions Concerning the Principal Images in Central Pillar Caves at Kizil” Angela Falco Howard, Rutgers University, “Liang Patronage of Buddhist Art in the Gansu Corridor During the Fourth Century” Afternoon-- 2:00-4:30 pm Panel 4: Reading Caves-- Chair Luo Shiping Yang Hong, Institute of Archeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing,“Advancements in the Archeology of Chinese CaveTemples” Eugene Yuejin Wang, Harvard University, “Navigating the Medieval Chinese Mindscape: Cave 38 at Yungang” Katherine Tsiang Mino, University of Chicago, “Disjunctures of Time, Text, and Imagery in Reconstructions of the Guyang Cave at Longmen” Sunday, November 7 Location: Donnelley Biological Sciences Learning Center, Room 115 924 East 57th Street, Chicago IL 60637 Morning--9:30 am -12:30 pm Panel 5: Patronage and Artistic Choice-- Chair, Eugene Wang Ning Qiang, University of Michigan, “Patron Images in the Early Dunhuang Caves” Luo Shiping, Central Institute of Fine Arts, Beijing, “Southern Dynasties Buddhist Images in Sichuan and Related Issues” Dorothy Wong, University of Virginia, “Women as Buddhist Art Patrons During the Northern and Southern Dynasties (386-581)” Stanley Abe, Duke University, “Northern Wei Sculpture from Shaanxi Province: Provenance, Patronage, Desire” Afternoon-- 2:00-5:00 pm Summary remarks by Ma Shichang, Peking University Roundtable Discussion: New Dimensions in the Study of Chinese Religious Art and Archeology-- Chair, Wu Hung |
