Lecture: Daoism and the Arts of China

Stephen Little, curator of Chinese and Korean art, examines the origins of Daoist philosophy in the late Bronze Age, its transformation into an organized religion, and the role of landscape as a symbol of cosmic structure and process.

Brown Auditorium | Free, no reservations

Sponsored by the East Asian Art Council
Image: God of Longevity (Shoulao) with a Deer, China, late Ming dynasty, about 1550-1644, ivory, carved ivory, 7 9/16 x 3 7/8 x 3 5/8 in. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Far Eastern Art Council Fund. (M.84.162)