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- Taoism and the Arts of China (Art Institute of Chicago)
Taoism and the Arts of China, written by Stephen Little with Shawn Eichman and others, was published by The Art Institute of Chicago in association with the University of California Press The fully illustrated, 416-page catalogue of the exhibition includes essays by leading scholars in the field
- Taoism and the Arts of China (Art Institute of Chicago)
Liberating the Soul from the Netherworld The large central scene of this handscroll shows a Taoist priest, kneeling on the lower left, in the presence of a powerful deity, the large central figure with a halo known as the Celestial Worthy Who Saves the Suffering Here, the priest requests the god's assistance on behalf of the soul of his patron The scroll illustrates one of the most
- Taoism and the Arts of China (Art Institute of Chicago)
Introduction In the second century A D , as the Han dynasty gradually lost control of China, large-scale religious movements sprang up all over the country Between the second and sixth centuries, religious Taoism developed out of these movements, coming into maturity in the Tang dynasty The most important of these early movements was the Way of the Celestial Masters, which began in Sichuan
- Taoism and the Arts of China (Art Institute of Chicago)
Tomb Tile with the Queen Mother of the West 2nd century Deified Laozi (detail) Late 7th early 8th century Portrait of Laozi (detail) 13th century The Taoist Immortal L Dongbin (detail) Late 13th early 14th century Taoist Ritual at the Imperial Court (detail) 1723 26
- Industry - The Art Institute of Chicago
This maquette is the only surviving version of a seven-by-twelve foot photographic mural created by Charles Sheeler for an exhibition on mural art at New York’s Museum of Modern Art Murals, promoted in the Americas and Europe in the 1930s, created a vast new space of display for painters and photographers, who, like Sheeler, freely crossed media boundaries to make the giant compositions
- Introduction: The Arts of Ancient Egypt - The Art Institute of Chicago
Curator Ashley F Arico introduces key tenets of ancient Egyptian art through the Art Institute of Chicago’s collection, including a discussion of the power of representation in Egyptian art; the evolving cultural, social, and political contexts in which ancient Egyptian art was created; and a brief guide to this catalogue
- Taoism and the Arts of China (Art Institute of Chicago)
Jiao Bingzhen (active c 1689 1726) Taoist Ritual at the Imperial Court (detail) Qing dynasty, 1723 26 Hanging scroll; ink and colors on silk 358 x 157 cm Arthur M Sackler Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D C ; purchase, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and partial gift of Richard G Pritzlaff cat no 44
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