Throughout this 3-day symposium, prominent scholars from across the globe will present illustrated lectures on south and southeast Asian art in honor of their mentor and colleague, Robert L. Brown, Curator of Southeast Asian Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Professor of South and Southeast Asian Art, UCLA.
Sunday Schedule:
9:00 AM Coffee and Pastries
9:30 AM to -12:30 PM Presentations
Silence, Secrecy, and Enigmatic Meaning in Esoteric Buddhist Art: Observations on the Stone Sculptures of Temple No.2 at Nalanda
Nicolas Morrissey, Assistant Professor, University of Georgia
Images of Astamahabhaya Avalokitesvara in Western Deccan: Buddhist Patronage and Trade after the 5th Century
Pia Brancaccio, Associate Professor, Drexel University
Heat and Hunger: The Emaciated Buddha and the Significance of Fasting
Robert DeCaroli, Associate Professor, George Mason University
Kingship and Ritual of the Chalukyas at Badami: The Case of Mangalesha and Cave III
Julie Romain, Assistant Curator, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Relic, Icon, and Portraiture in Hindu Institutions: An Examination of the Worship of the Teacher
Nalini Rao, Associate Professor, Soka University of America
The Periphery as Center: the Ghurids between the Persianate and Indic Worlds
Alka Patel, Associate Professor, University of California, Irvine
Closing Remarks
Robert L. Brown, Professor, University of California, Los Angeles, and Curator, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Admission/Cost: 1-Day ticket: $15 members, students, military, seniors/$22.50 nonmembers
Location:
San Diego Museum of Art
1450 El Prado
San Diego, 92101
Dates and times:
Friday, January 18 - 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM
Satuday, January 19 - 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Sunday, January 20 - 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM
For more information, please visit: www.sdmart.org
Sunday Schedule:
9:00 AM Coffee and Pastries
9:30 AM to -12:30 PM Presentations
Silence, Secrecy, and Enigmatic Meaning in Esoteric Buddhist Art: Observations on the Stone Sculptures of Temple No.2 at Nalanda
Nicolas Morrissey, Assistant Professor, University of Georgia
Images of Astamahabhaya Avalokitesvara in Western Deccan: Buddhist Patronage and Trade after the 5th Century
Pia Brancaccio, Associate Professor, Drexel University
Heat and Hunger: The Emaciated Buddha and the Significance of Fasting
Robert DeCaroli, Associate Professor, George Mason University
Kingship and Ritual of the Chalukyas at Badami: The Case of Mangalesha and Cave III
Julie Romain, Assistant Curator, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Relic, Icon, and Portraiture in Hindu Institutions: An Examination of the Worship of the Teacher
Nalini Rao, Associate Professor, Soka University of America
The Periphery as Center: the Ghurids between the Persianate and Indic Worlds
Alka Patel, Associate Professor, University of California, Irvine
Closing Remarks
Robert L. Brown, Professor, University of California, Los Angeles, and Curator, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Admission/Cost: 1-Day ticket: $15 members, students, military, seniors/$22.50 nonmembers
Location:
San Diego Museum of Art
1450 El Prado
San Diego, 92101
Dates and times:
Friday, January 18 - 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM
Satuday, January 19 - 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Sunday, January 20 - 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM
For more information, please visit: www.sdmart.org
