COLLECTION NAME:
Undergraduate Thesis Collection
Record
Title:
Towards a Definition of Sino-Tibetan Art: Reexamining Imperial Buddhist Art from the Yongle Period of the Early Ming Dynasty
Creator:
Anselmi, Noelle
Subject:
Thesis (B.F.A.) -- Art History
Subject:
Savannah College of Art and Design -- Department of Art History
Rights:
Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Abstract:
"The term Sino-Tibetan is broadly applied to describe the visual features of Chinese imperial art produced during the reign of the Yongle Emperor (1403 – 1424). The term is vague, commonly defined as art that demonstrates evidence of both Chinese and Himalayan visual features. Whether the work was produced in China or the Himalayas, and whether the cultures partook in cultural exchange is not always well defined. The term Sino-Tibetan is applied to works that show hybridized visual features, regardless of the time they were produced. In examining the cultural, historical, and political climate of art produced during the Yongle period, more insight can be derived from understanding how internationalism thrived during his reign. This is achieved by closely examining objects that reflect the Yongle Emperor's acceptance of internationalism. This thesis provides a detailed stylistic comparison of imperial Chinese Buddhist sculptures and paintings with Buddhist sculptures and paintings from the Himalayas produced during the Yongle era to provide a more nuanced definition of the term Sino-Tibetan for this period. Examining the stylistic features of Buddhist paintings and sculptures provides an opportunity for an objective approach to this formal visual analysis without being clouded by iconographic variations. My thesis reexamines the term Sino-Tibetan as it developed through cultural exchange to provide a more nuanced classification of formal visual components of art produced during the Yongle period." --Abstract
Keywords: Buddhist art, Chinese art, Himalayan art, hybridity, imperial art, Ming dynasty, Nepalese art, Newar art, painting, sculpture, Sino-Tibetan art, Tibetan art, Yongle period
Keywords: Buddhist art, Chinese art, Himalayan art, hybridity, imperial art, Ming dynasty, Nepalese art, Newar art, painting, sculpture, Sino-Tibetan art, Tibetan art, Yongle period
Publisher:
Savannah, Georgia: Savannah College of Art and Design
Date:
2023-05
Format:
1 online resource: 1 PDF (Thesis, 68 pages, color illustrations, maps)