Transcript Tang Era: Chang-an 618-908 CE Questions to Consider

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,
[email protected]
Buddhist Imagery from India to
Korea
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SELECTIONS FROM THE CLEVELAND
MUSEUM OF ART
Where are we, anyway?
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 Insert Jennifer’s Map here! More serious map taken
from Victor’s presentation below. 
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A side note on Kushan and Hellenistic Style
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 Or, is Hellenism really the point?
Roman Figural Sculpture 1-300 CE
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 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
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 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
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 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
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 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?
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 Cambodia, 921-945, Koh Ker Style. Sandstone.
Hanuman, approx. 43”h (over life size) Accession
No.: 1982.46.