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WHEN: Tuesdays, October 15 & 22, November 12, December 3, 10:30 AM
WHERE: Newark Museum, 49 Washington Street, Newark
SPEAKER: Annette Juliano, Professor of Art in the Department of Arts, Culture and Media at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (Newark)
TUITION: $60 members; $75 non-members,
INDIVIDUAL LECTURES: $20
Pre-registration required. Register on-line or by phone at 973.596.6613. China is one of the oldest continuous civilizations in the world that has survived to the present day. We will explore—through some of the major formative and creative forces that have shaped the art and culture—the powerful connections between the heritage of the past and the inevitable challenges of the modern world. October 15: China in Context: Historically, Geographically and Artistically
October 22: Rooted in the Past: Archaism
November 12: Materials and Connoisseurship: Lacquer, Wood, Cloisonne, Ceramics, Silk
December 3: Longevity and Immortality: Dragons, Phoenixes, Daoist Immortals, Eight Auspicious Symbols ANNETTE L. JULIANO is Professor of Asian Art in the Department of Visual and Performing Arts at Rutgers University, Newark. She obtained her Ph.D. in Asian Art and Early Chinese Art at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University and an M.A. in Oriental Studies, Chinese Culture and Language from the University Of Pennsylvania. Her scholarship has focused on the period known as the "Six Dynasties" from third through the seventh centuries in China, in particular northern China and Xinjiang. Dr. Juliano is a prolific curator, lecturer and writer; she has curated several
exhibitions, most recently in Spring of 2013, Dunhuang, Buddhist Art at the Gateway of the Silk Road, collaboration of the Dunhuang Academy and China Institute Gallery, in June of 2012, Unearthed: Recent Archaeological Discoveries from Northern China at Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA., the Fall of 2007, Buddhist Sculpture from China: Selections from the Xi’an Beilin Museum, 5th – 9th Centuries at the China Institute Gallery in New York and in the Fall of 2001, co-curated Monks and Merchants, Silk Road Treasures from Northwest China at Asia Society in 2001. Numerous catalogs and books include: Art of the Six Dynasties; Teng-Hsien: An Important Six Dynasties Tomb; Bronze, Clay and Stone, and Treasures of China. |
