THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL NELSON I. WU MEMORIAL LECTURE ON ASIAN ART AND CULTURE "The Instability of Art: Architecture, Ornament, and an Island in Momoyama Japan"


Issue: 943 Date: 9/18/2008
THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL NELSON I. WU MEMORIAL LECTURE ON ASIAN ART AND CULTURE "The Instability of Art: Architecture, Ornament, and an Island in Momoyama Japan"



Dr. Andrew Watsky, Princeton UniversityProfessor of Japanese Art and ArchaeologyThursday, September 25, 20086:00 p.mSaint Louis Art Museum AuditoriumReception FollowingOn the island of Chikubushima stands a small jewel-like building commissioned by a ruling warrior family during the Momoyama period. Originally constructed in Kyoto, where it stood for a decade, the building was relocated to the island, transforming its function and meaning. Richly ornamented with polychrome paintings, black-and-gold lacquer, relief wood carvings, and metalwork, the building comprises the most fully realized ensemble of decoration surviving from the period.Dr. Watsky's recent book, Chikubushima: Deploying the Sacred Arts in Momoyama Japan, won both the John Whitney Hall Book Prize and the Shimada Prize in 2006.Sponsored by the Saint Louis Art Museum and East Asian Studies at Washington University.For information contact: East Asian Studies at Washington University, 314.935.4448

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