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Saturday University: Zoroastrian and Manichean Arts
December 7, 2019 @ 2:00 am - 3:30 am PST
$11
Seattle Art Museum – DOWNTOWN SEATTLE
Zoroastrian and Manichean Arts of the Silk Roads
Zsuzsanna Gulasci, Northern Arizona University
Zsuzsanna Gulasci is a historian of religious arts of pan-Asiatic religions. Her talk introduces two of the religions that spread from Mesopotamia and Persia into Central Asia and China during the Silk Roads era, as well as into the Eastern Mediterranean.
Zoroastrianism, one of the world’s oldest continuously practiced religions, was the state religion of pre-Islamic Iran. Manichaeism, founded by the prophet Mani in 3rd century Persia, had a central place for sets of paintings for teaching (Mani’s Book of Pictures) that were adapted for different locales. Examples of these paintings have only recently been identified. Her use of digital imaging technology to study fragments of Uygur Manichaean art, from the northern Silk Roads area, has been revealing.
About the Presenter Hungarian art historian Zsuzsanna Gulasci is Professor at Northern Arizona University. Her work on religions and arts of the Silk Roads includes Manichaean, Eastern Christian, Islamic, Zoroastrian, and Buddhist art. One project is to compare missionary religions with non-missionary religions that coexisted along the Silk Roads in terms of their teaching from art. Her research has been supported by a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Getty Residential Scholar grant, and many other sources.
Please note: South Hall doors open at 9:30 am
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