Taoism and the Arts of China
An Exhibition and International Symposium at the Art Institute of Chicago, November 4-January 7, 2000.
For more details about the exhibition, visit the Art Institute of Chicago's website.
Symposium Agenda
| Saturday December 2 | Archaeology and Early Chinese Religion |
| 9:00 | Greeting James N. Wood |
| 9:10 | Introduction Stephen Little |
| 9:20 | Early Worship of the Deity Taiyi Donald Harper |
| 10:00 | A Deity without Form: The Earliest
Representation of Laozi Wu Hung |
| 10:30 | Response Stephen Bokenkamp |
| 10:50 | Open Discussion |
| Taoism in Chinese History | |
| 1:30 | The Collections of Taoist Art at the White Cloud
Monastery Wang Yi'er |
| 2:20 | The Liturgical Roots of Taoist Art Kristofer Schipper |
| 3:00 | The Taoist Emperor-Painter Huizong Patricia Ebrey |
| 3:30 | Response Nathan Sivin |
| 3:50 | Open Discussion |
| Sunday December 3 | The Taoist Environment |
| 9:00 | Mountains as Metaphors in Taoist Religious
Texts Charles Hartman |
| 9:40 | What is Taoist about Taoist Architecture? Nancy Steinhardt |
| 10:20 | Manifestations of Zhenwu Stephen Little |
| 10:50 | Response Susan Naquin |
| 11:10 | Open Discussion |
| Taoist Art | |
| 2:00 | Recent Discoveries of Taoist Sculpture in
China Liu Yang |
| 2:40 | The Precious Scripture of the Jade Pivot: A
Printed Book in the British Library Shawn Eichmann |
| 3:10 | Response Livia Kohn |
| 3:30 | Open Discussion |
| 4:00 | Closing Comments Stephen Little |