TAILIEUCHUNG - Chinese Buddhist Sculpture

The influence of Greek sculptural ideals and Greek clothing are relatively well known, as is the connection between the aesthetic and Pre-Raphaelite artists and dress reform (Newton; Cunningham). The exhibition The Cult of Beauty. The Aesthetic Movement 1869–1900 at the Victoria and Albert Museum in 2011 made these connections through a display of clothing, dress manuals and other items. The Cult of Beauty also illustrated the influence of Greek clothing on contemporary art and dress reform through the display of two ‘Tanagra’ terracotta figurines, on loan from the British Museum, as part of the section on “Grecian Ideals.” . | Years of wor have gone into the planning of the complete renovation of the Far Eastern galleries two of which were opened in March. They are devoted to Chinese sculpture - said to be the most important collection under one roof in the Western world. The majority of these stone bronze and wooden pieces including a number of monumental examples shown for the first time are grouped chronologically early sculptures from the late Han to Sui dynasties second to seventh centuries are on the north side of the Main Balcony and in the large gallery beyond while sculptures from T ang to Yuan seventh to fourteenth centuries are displayed in the central gallery. The Museum s present strength in Chinese sculpture achieved by our Trustees and Staff in the relatively short time since its founding in 1870 has been im mensely enhanced by loans gifts and bequests. The large sculpture hall has been named for Arthur M. SachỊer a collector of Oriental art who is helping the Museum to develop the Oriental wing. James J. Rorimer Director Chinese Buddhist Sculpture FONG CHOW Associate Curator of Far Eastern Art The effect of Buddhism on China accounts for some of the greatest religious sculpture in the world. Long before its arrival from India about the turn of this era however there was already a strong Chinese sculptural tradition. Only a few pieces have survived to give us an inkling of the very earliest styles. These sculptures are mostly animal representations in marble bronze and wood. One of the oldest works is a crouching marble tiger Figure 1 from the Academia Sinica in Taiwan now on exhibition in the Chinese pavilion at the New York World s Fair which dates from the Shang dynasty of the late second millennium . The carving of this massive creature with its large head and semi-human body follows the shape of the stone block the shallow incised near-geometric design on the surface is typical of the bronze art of the period. A bronze water buffalo Figure 2 of the middle Chou .

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