The subject of textile colors in Chinese history evokes notions of elite luxury and power: imperial yellow over commoner blue. But observers and gazetteers suggest a wider color palette began to be offered to a range of consumers in the early Qing, with new dyeing techniques being applied to both silk and cotton. An expansion of clothing…

Abstract

How did maritime connectivity reconfigure the cultural boundaries of Buddhist East Asia during the medieval period? What is the role of seafaring ports in object mobility and in forming a Buddhist art different from that derived from the land routes of transmission? This lecture examines how the interwoven…

Nov 2 Of Meibutsu and Masterpieces

Nov 7 Marketing Meibutsu

Nov 9 From Meibutsu to National Treasures

Nov 2 Of Meibutsu and Masterpieces

Nov 7 Marketing Meibutsu

Nov 9 From Meibutsu to National Treasures

Nov 2 Of Meibutsu and Masterpieces

Nov 7 Marketing Meibutsu

Nov 9 From Meibutsu to National Treasures

Cosponsor(s): Organized by the P.Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Center for East Asian Art and cosponsored by the Princeton University Art Museum, the Department of Art and Archaeology, the East Asian Studies Program, and the Buddhist Studies Workshop.

Strategically located on the edge of the Taklamakan desert in…

Cosponsor(s): Organized by the Tang Center for East Asian Art, Princeton University

In celebration of the publication of Visualizing Dunhuang (June), please join the Tang Center for East Asian Art at Princeton University for a panel discussion of the Buddhist cave sites at Dunhuang and the Lo Archive of 1940s photographs. Dora Ching,…

Cosponsor(s): East Asian Studies Program and the Tang Center
 

Cosponsor: East Asian Studies Program

Cosponsor: East Asian Studies Program

Cosponsor: East Asian Studies Program