Refiguring Chinese Religious Art: Buddhist Devotion and Funerary Practice
ALPHA OMEGA ARTS NEWS
ILLINOIS---Conference participants this week at the Franke Institute for the Humanities at the University of Chicago explored Buddhism and ancestor veneration, and their relationship in Chinese art. The conference had two interrelated purposes. The first was to conduct more systematic investigations of images, objects, architectural structures, and historical situations that reflect the interaction and interpenetration of Buddhist devotion and funerary practice. The second was to articulate broader analytical methods and interpretative approaches based on such historical investigations in order to show larger historical patterns. [link]
ILLINOIS---Conference participants this week at the Franke Institute for the Humanities at the University of Chicago explored Buddhism and ancestor veneration, and their relationship in Chinese art. The conference had two interrelated purposes. The first was to conduct more systematic investigations of images, objects, architectural structures, and historical situations that reflect the interaction and interpenetration of Buddhist devotion and funerary practice. The second was to articulate broader analytical methods and interpretative approaches based on such historical investigations in order to show larger historical patterns. [link]
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