Scroll Down – The Asian Hanging Scroll

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Scroll Down – The Asian Hanging Scroll

Instructor: 
Liza Dalby
When: 
October 17, 2014
Time: 
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Place: 
Education Studios
Fee: 
$15 Society members, $20 non-members (after Museum admission). Online tickets are no longer available, please call the SAA office to inquire about the waitlist.

Although Western framing and East Asian mounting are similar in function – protect and preserve artwork – the aesthetic principles behind these two modes of art presentation are quite different. The mounting is what enables paintings to become objects of appreciation. While this art originated in China, other principles were developed in Japan. This presentation will explore the variations of this overlooked but essential complement to artistic expression.

Liza Dalby, an anthropologist and novelist specializing in Japanese culture, has been researching the cultural and aesthetic aspects of scrolls. She has studied the traditional craft of mounting in Kyoto, where she has spent considerable time. She creates modern, non-traditional mountings in her studio in Berkeley. She is the author of Geisha, based on her early research for her PhD dissertation, among other books on Japanese culture and life in the Heian period.

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