Chinese Art Talk 5: 'Picturing the Buddha'

'Picturing the Buddha' is the fifth lecture in an occasional series at St Martin-in-the-Fields focusing on aspects of Chinese Art will discuss depictions of the Buddha in Chinese Art.

The talk will include discussion of depictions of the Buddha in the British Library, where an exhibition ‘Buddhism’ is running until 23 February 2020.

Beth McKillop is a senior research fellow at the Victoria and Albert Museum. She has specialised in Chinese and Korean collections, and has published on the history of publishing in East Asia. Beth teaches book history at the Rare Book School, University of Virginia, and at SOAS, University of London.

Thursday 16 January, 6.30pm, St Martin's Hall. Free tickets from https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/picturing-the-buddha-tickets-80587219543.

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