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Saturday University: Authentic Reproductions in Buddhist Art
November 2, 2019 @ 3:00 am - 4:30 am PDT
$11
Seattle Art Museum – DOWNTOWN SEATTLE
Authenticity and the Reproduction of Buddhist Art and Artifacts in Medieval China
Hsueh-Man Shen, New York University
As Buddhism was transmitted to China, sacred objects were duplicated and replicated to satisfy the needs of local communities. Yet the replications pose a series of questions about authenticity. This lecture shows that using production techniques already available in China, and building on the Buddhist concept of a replica as an extension of its source, Buddhist practitioners re-created images, text, and relics imbued with the same authenticity as their original models.
About the PresenterHsueh-Man Shen is Ehrenkranz Associate Professor in World Art, New York University. She specializes in the art and archaeology of medieval China, with a focus on the period from the eighth to the twelfth centuries. She served as a contributor to the Getty Research Center exhibition and catalogue Cave Temples of Dunhuang: Buddhist Art on China’s Silk Road. For the Asia Society New York exhibition Gilded Splendor: Treasures of China’s Liao Empire (907-1125), she was editor and a contributor to the catalogue. Her book Authentic Replicas: Buddhist Art in Medieval China was published in 2018.
Please note: South Hall doors open at 9:30 am
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