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Art, Devotion, and the Utility of Sight in the Carolingian Church

Koel, Jordan (University of Oregon, 2014-09-29)

This thesis is an exploration of Carolingian art within the context of religious devotion. The second chapter investigates the theoretical aspects related to the use of images by examining historical sources. These texts ...
Curating Buddhism: Reimagining Buddhist Statues in a Museum and Temple Setting

Jameson, Derry (University of Oregon, 2016-02-23)

This thesis considers whether a Buddhist statue in a museum context can be both aesthetic and devotional. By reexamining the relationship between a devotional object, its surrounding space, and its viewer, this thesis will ...
On the Use and Meaning of Wood in Chinese Imperial Architecture

Long, Lindsay (University of Oregon, 2016-02-23)

Wood is the primary structural building material of Chinese imperial architecture. This thesis argues that there are practical and symbolic reasons why wood was chosen instead of stone for politically and ritually important ...
Sesshu Toyo's Selective Assimilation of Ming Chinese Painting Elements

Fang, Hui (University of Oregon, 2013-07-11)

Sesshu Toyo (1420-1506) was a preeminent Japanese monk painter who journeyed to China in the mid-fifteenth century. This thesis focuses on a diptych of landscape paintings by Sesshu Toyo, Autumn and Winter Landscapes (Shutou ...
The Form of No-Form: Reconstructing Huineng in Two Paintings by Liang Kai

Xie, Kun (University of Oregon, 2017-09-06)

The authenticity and interpretation of two Sixth Patriarch paintings, traditionally attributed to Liang Kai, have long been debated by critical scholars. Because of the lack of inscriptions on the paintings to indicate the ...
"Using the Peak of the Five Elders as a Brush": A Calligraphic Screen by Jung Hyun-bok (1909-1973)

Zhu, Han (University of Oregon, 2012)

Korean calligraphy went through tremendous changes during the twentieth century, and Jung Hyun-bok (1909-1973), a gifted calligrapher, played an important role in bringing about these changes. This thesis focuses on one ...