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Gods Take Form: Indian Art at the Turn of the Millennium
H A R V A R D U N I V E R S I T Y
Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies
Series on 'Indian Society through the Ages'
Spring 2011
Lecture IX
'Gods Take Form: Indian Art at the Turn of the Millennium'
by
Laura Weinstein
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Abstract
During the first few centuries of the Common Era artistic practice in India underwent a considerable shift. Whereas sculptors had long represented the Buddha exclusively with emblems such as the wheel or tree, they now began to depict him in the form of a human being. Along with this shift came an increase in the number of holy beings represented in Jain and Hindu art. How, why, when and even whether this shift came about has been the focus of virtually continuous debate among art historians for decades. This talk will explore this period of great artistic change exploring the iconography, patronage and ritual functions of a new world of religious imagery.
Speaker bio: Laura Weinstein is Ananda oomaraswamy Curator of South Asian and Islamic art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She is the curator of Romantic Interludes: Women in Firdawsi's Shahnama at the MFA celebrating the millennium of the Persian 'Book of Kings' and is currently working on plans to reinstall the South and South East Asian collections in a new gallery as well as an Islamic volume for the MFA Highlights series.
Date: 03/13/2011
Location: Hall A, Harvard University Science Center 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Time: 3:00 pm
Contact: Dr. B. Misra 617-864-5121
Web: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/sanskrit/outreach.html
Email: cgopinath2000@yahoo.com
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