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For our second session of Survey of Art in China, led by Julie Chun (MA, Art History), we will explore the ancient sculpture of China. We will discuss how sculpture served as funerary objects and then later became religious markers for reliquaries, steles, and stone monuments. This session will assist in understand how foreign and indigenous doctrines became contextualized as institutional religions in ancient China through the dramatic use of visual imagery.
Survey of Art in China is a series of museum visits conducted in monthly sessions of high-quality, university level lectures to engage with well-known, yet little understood, objects and artifacts. The purpose of these sessions is to assist in expanding your scope and breadth of knowledge pertaining to Chinese history, culture, and civilization through the visual arts whether you are a newcomer or a long-time resident of Shanghai.About the speaker:Julie Chun is an independent art historian and lecturer based in Shanghai. She currently serves as the Art Convener of the Royal Asiatic Society in China where she delivers monthly lectures at museums and galleries to widen public understanding of artistic objects, past and present. She holds an MA in Art History and Visual Culture from San Jose State University and a BA in Economics from UC Irvine. She has also completed graduate studies in Asian history at Yonsei Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul and conducted research in modern art at UCLA. She is a regular contributing writer for Yishu Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art and Randian online.
