[KS] FW: Freer|Sackler Save the Date: Goryeo Buddhist Painting: A Closer Look Symposium

Lee, Soyoung soyoung.lee at metmuseum.org
Fri Dec 23 10:14:11 EST 2016


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From: Simavi, Zeynep <SimaviZ at si.edu<mailto:SimaviZ at si.edu>>
Date: Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 1:33 PM
Subject: Freer|Sackler Save the Date: Goryeo Buddhist Painting: A Closer Look Symposium


Dear colleagues,

Please save the dates Thursday, March 9th and Friday, March 10th for the Goryeo Buddhist Painting: A Closer Look symposium organized by the Smithsonian’s Freer|Sackler Galleries in Washington, DC.
Specialists have identified 150 or so authentic Goryeo Buddhist paintings worldwide. The few that bear dated inscriptions indicate that this tradition was restricted to the late thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Not made for grand temple halls, in which monumental murals were painted directly on the walls, these detailed images were intended for closer viewing in more intimate settings. Thus, modern scholars believe that these images were produced both to aid private meditation and to symbolically guide mortal souls to paradise at death. The prevalence of Pure Land deities and visions of their paradise supports this understanding. The paintings’ visual appeal results from precise draughtsmanship, saturated mineral pigments, extensive use of gold, and detailed designs representing woven textile patterns.
This scholarly gathering celebrates the launch of a digital catalogue titled Goryeo Buddhist Painting: A Closer Look that offers current scholarship on sixteen examples in US museum collections. The symposium seeks to contextualize the works culturally and art historically and offers new insight into provenance and transmission as well as pioneering scientific studies of materials and painting and mounting techniques.
Symposium program:

Thursday, March 9, 6.30 pm

Keynote Lecture followed by reception

Korean Cultural Center in Washington, DC

Friday, March 10, 9.30 am-4.30pm

All day symposium

Ripley Center Lecture Hall, Smithsonian Institution
Detailed program and information on registration will be announced in January, 2017.
Papers will be presented in English, Japanese and Korean. An English-language version of all Japanese and Korean papers will be available at the Keynote and symposium.
This event is sponsored by the Cultural Heritage Administration of Korea. The Keynote event and opening reception are hosted by the Korean Cultural Center.
Zeynep Simavi
Program Specialist
Public and Scholarly Engagement
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Smithsonian Institution
SimaviZ at si.edu<mailto:SimaviZ at si.edu>
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