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Moving along the Silk Road, or What I Learned in Hawaii. Globalization? The Academy as a site of post-colonial politics? Mandarin Tai Chi Hula Kehaulani Tiger, Hula Instructor, 1 808 371 7640, kehautiger@hawaiiantel.net. Buddhist Imagery from India to Korea.
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Moving along the Silk Road, or What I Learned in Hawaii Globalization? The Academy as a site of post-colonial politics? Mandarin Tai Chi Hula Kehaulani Tiger, Hula Instructor, 1 808 371 7640, kehautiger@hawaiiantel.net
Buddhist Imagery from India to Korea Selections from the Cleveland Museum of Art
Where are we, anyway? • Insert Jennifer’s Map here! More serious map taken from Victor’s presentation below.
A side note on Kushan and Hellenistic Style • Or, is Hellenism really the point?
Roman Figural Sculpture 1-300 CE • Early First century CE Roman bronze, approx. 5”, for household shrine. Accession No.: 1987.3. • Early First-Second Century CE Roman bronze, approx. 4”, Silenus bust for a couch. Accession No.: 1974.88. • 40-70 CE, Roman, youth with jumping weights, marble approx. 33”x15”. Accession No.: 1985.79. • 280-290 CE, Roman, Central Anatolia, Jonah Praying, marble, approx 19”x5”x7”. Accession No.: 1965.240
Kushan Figural Sculpture 1-325 CE • First Century CE Pakistan, Kushan plaque, gray schist, approx 2.75” diameter, [decorative element?] Accession No.: 1989.346. • First –Century CE Mathura, India. Kushan relief, red mottled sandstone, Seated Sakyamuni (historical Buddha), ht. approx 20”, architectural element. Accession No.: 1970.63. • Late Second Century CE, Kushan Pakistan, Kushan, gray shist, Boddhisattva, approx. 52”, architectural element. Accession No.: 1965.476. • Late Second-Early Third Century CE, Mathura, India. Kushan/Gupta Transition. Terracotta, seated Yaksha, approx. 19”x10”. Accession No.: 1977.175
The Buddha on the Silk Road: South Asia • Pakistan, Gandhara, first half of third century CE Seated Buddha, gray shist, approx. 50” tall. Accession No.: 1961.418. • India, Sarnath, 5th century CE Gupta period, Standing Buddha, sandstone, approx. 30”. Accession No.: 1943.278. • China, 550-577 CE, Northern Qi, marble with polychromy. H 46”. Accession No.: 1993.108. • Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE, Silla, bronze, approx. 7”, Accession No.: 1918.500.
The Buddha on the Maritime Silk Road • Japan, 8th Century CE, Nara, Seated Buddhabronze with traces of gilt, approx. 9.5”x 5.5”. Accession No.: 1985.87. • Thailand, Sixth Century CE, probably Shri-Tep, sandstone, approx 45” Accession No.: 1973.15. • Burma, ca. 1112-1153, Angkor Wat period, bronze, Buddha enthroned, approx. 10”. Accession No.: 1942.149.
Hanuman:Journey to the East? • Cambodia, 921-945, Koh Ker Style. Sandstone. Hanuman, approx. 43”h (over life size) Accession No.: 1982.46.