Arts of Asia Lecture Series Fall 2010
Asian Traditions: Connections and Innovations
Instructor of Record: Patricia Berger

Fridays, August 27 – December 10
10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Samsung Hall
$125 for the whole series
$15 per lecture drop-in (After Museum Admission, No Reservations Needed)

Join the Society for Asian Art as we explore the concept of tradition in Asian art and culture with prominent scholars from across the country. The Fall 2010 series will examine the origins of traditions as well as how traditions are renewed, appropriated, and transformed over time. Topics as varied as Durga’s avatars, incarnations of the Buddha, ancient Chinese music, fresh takes on ink paintings, Japanese screens, glass-making from Syria to Afghanistan, male/female roles in Joseon Korea, Arts of Bali and Vietnam, changing images of Ravana and much more will be discussed.

August 27
The Buddha’s Portrait: Mapping the Incarnations of a “True Image”
Patricia Berger, UC Berkeley

September 3
Durga's Avatars: From Warrior Goddess to 20th Century Heroine
Mary-Ann Milford-Lutzker, Mills College

September 10
The Tomb of Marquis Yi Zeng and the Archaeology of Ancient Chinese Music
Robert Bagley, Princeton University

September 17
From Syria to Afghanistan: Continuity and Change in Asian Glassmaking
David Whitehouse, Corning Museum of Glass

September 24
K.G. Subramanyan: A Master at Melding Modern Art with National Tradition in India
Sonal Khullar, University of Washington

October 1
Art and Ritual in the Kathmandu Valley:
Buddhist Scroll Paintings and their Religious Functions
Alexander von Rospatt, UC Berkeley

October 8
Fresh Ink: Ten Takes on Chinese Tradition
Hao Sheng, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

October 15
Beyond Golden Clouds: Japanese Screens at Home and Abroad
Janice Katz, Art Institute of Chicago

October 22
Transformation and Appropriation in the Art of Ancient Vietnam
Nancy Tingley, Independent Scholar

October 29
Male Worlds – Female Worlds: Reinventing Chinese Traditions in Early Joseon Korea
Burglind Jungmann, UC Los Angeles

November 5
Margaret Mead and the Arts of Bali
Natasha Reichle, Asian Art Museum

November 12
Copying and Originality in Contemporary Chinese and American Landscape Painting
Katharine Burnett, UC, Davis

November 19
Has the Moon Ever Driven the Chinese Mad? Reinvention of the Lunar Light in Chinese Art
Eugene Wang, Harvard University

November 26
Thanksgiving - No Class

December 3
Chinese Themes and Styles on Japanese Folding Screens
Philip Hu, Saint Louis Museum of Art

December 10
A Once and Future Foe: Changing Images of Ravana
Forrest McGill, Asian Art Museum