Presentation Type
Presentation
Location
Schimmel/Conrades Science Center 167
Start Date
25-4-2019 5:45 PM
End Date
25-4-2019 6:00 PM
Disciplines
East Asian Languages and Societies | Fine Arts | History | History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology | Philosophy | Religion
Keywords
Taoism, Art History
Abstract
Over the centuries of Chinese tradition, abundant art works were created as expressions of people’s views of life and as indications of the way they observed and understood the natural and human world around them. These works, therefore, are of grand importance for scholars today to glean information on the social, cultural, political, and economic environments of the time. Among the schools of the arts, quite a few had been under the influence of the Taoist philosophy. Specifically, the Taoist inherent concern with the passivity of life found its way in the works of artists, which, in a variety of ways, took on a passive approach to the progression of mundane events.
Project Origin
Independent Study
Faculty Mentor
Xiaoming Chen
Included in
East Asian Languages and Societies Commons, Fine Arts Commons, History Commons, History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology Commons, Philosophy Commons, Religion Commons
Chinese Arts: Visualizing the World through the Taoist Eye
Schimmel/Conrades Science Center 167
Over the centuries of Chinese tradition, abundant art works were created as expressions of people’s views of life and as indications of the way they observed and understood the natural and human world around them. These works, therefore, are of grand importance for scholars today to glean information on the social, cultural, political, and economic environments of the time. Among the schools of the arts, quite a few had been under the influence of the Taoist philosophy. Specifically, the Taoist inherent concern with the passivity of life found its way in the works of artists, which, in a variety of ways, took on a passive approach to the progression of mundane events.