9:00am
Doors Open
9:30am
Welcome: Anne Hawley
Introduction: Eugene Wang
9:45–12:00pm
Morning session chaired by Eugene Wang
12:00–1:45pm
Lunch
1:45–4:15pm
Afternoon session chaired by Michelle Wang
4:15–5:00pm
Discussion
5:00–6:00pm
Reception
Other Programs Related to the Exhibition
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Saturday, October 28, 2006
9:30am to 5:00pm, reception to follow
Tickets: $25 Adults; $18 Seniors; $15 Members; FREE Students
Purchase online, or call 617 278 5156
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition A Bronze Menagerie: Mat Weights of Early China, this conference will consider the role of animals in Chinese art and culture. Themes include animal imagery in mortuary ritual and art, the cosmological and political significance of animals, and animals as didactic images. Our goal is a broader understanding of the pervasive presence of animals in Chinese art and culture.
Roel Sterckx, University of Cambridge
Zoomorphism and early Chinese sacrificial religion
Emma Bunker, Denver Art Museum
A re-evaluation of zoomorphic motifs from the eastern Eurasian steppe world
Guolong Lai, University of Florida
Zoomorphic and anthropomorphic imagery in Warring States and Han China
Michelle Wang, Harvard University
Hybridity in representations of the twelve calendrical animals
Eugene Wang, Harvard University
Animals and metamorphosis in medieval Chinese art
Henrik H. Sorensen, Copenhagen Seminar for Buddhist Studies
The didactic use of animals’ images in Southern Song Buddhism: The case of
Mount Baoding in Dazu, Sichuan
Jennifer Purtle, University of Toronto
Rain, rain come today: Painting dragons to summon rain in Song China
Robert Harrist, Columbia University
Animal-shaped rock formations and tourism in imperial China
If you are traveling from out of town, there are numerous hotels in the area surrounding the Gardner Museum:
Eliot Hotel
370 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
1-800-44 ELIOT
www.eliothotel.com
Hotel Commonwealth
500 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
1-617-933-5000
www.hotelcommonwealth.com
Copley Square Hotel
47 Huntington Avenue, at Exeter Street, Boston
1-800-225-7062
www.copleysquarehotel.com
Bertram Inn
92 Sewall Avenue, Brookline
1-800-295-3822
www.bertraminn.com
Parking is available at the MFA Garage, for a fee, and is a quick walk to the Gardner Museum. Limited metered street parking is available around the museum on Evans Way and Palace Road.
Lunch is served in The Gardner Café; if you would like to make a reservation please call 617-566-1088. We expect The Gardner Café to fill up very quickly, so we will also provide a list of nearby restaurants at check-in on Saturday morning. Some possibilities are also listed below for your convenience.
The Museum of Fine Arts Galleria Café, Courtyard Café, and Bravo
Walking time: 3 min.
465 Huntington Avenue; 617-267-9300
Brown Sugar Café —Thai cuisine
Walking time: 10 min.
129 Jersey Street; 617-266-2928
The Squealing Pig —Irish pub fare
Walking time: 10 min.
134 Smith Street, alongside Huntington Avenue; 617-566-6651
Simmons College Café
Walking time: 2 min.
The Fenway
Cafeteria and seating area for brown bag lunches.
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