Mementos to masterpieces
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Tang Sancai is one of the treasures of Chinese art. This year's Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture Series talks about Chinese art and archaeology. Zhang Xiaoli / For China Daily |
First presented in 1982 in celebration of his 80th birthday, the Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture Series on Chinese Art and Archaeology honors the life and philanthropy of respected businessman, art collector and Chinese art authority, Sammy Yukuan Lee. This series is presented annually by the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies with support from the Sammy Yukuan Lee Foundation, and in partnership with the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History.
Robert Mowry, the Alan J. Dworsky curator of Chinese art, head of the department of Asian art at the Harvard Art Museums, and a senior lecturer on Chinese and South Korean Art in Harvard's department of the history of art and architecture, will give the 25th Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture on Chinese archaeology and art.
This illustrated slide lecture will introduce the museums' collection of Chinese art, trace its evolution and development over the past 100 years, and make clear the historically close ties between the museums and the art history department.
Date: Nov 3
Venue: Lenart Auditorium, UCLA Fowler Museum
Website: www.international.ucla.edu
China Daily
