Online - Seeking the Divine: Deities of Asia - Presented by the Asian Museum Docent Program
What happens when the divine is given a body? Have gods created humans in their own image, or is it the other way around? Artworks from the Asian Art Museum’s renowned collection show how artists have envisioned the divine, imbuing it with forms that are meant to reflect supernatural qualities. The presentation explores how ideal beauty is interpreted in different Asian cultures, how that beauty can be transformed by altering the forms of the body, how deities maintain their identity despite changes to their form, and how divine beings are represented after their death.
With Seeking the Divine artworks from the Asian Art Museum’s collection show how artists have envisioned the divine, imbuing it with forms that are meant to reflect supernatural qualities.
Sponsored by Friends of the Library Bookstore
More Information
| Contact: | Roz Kutler |
| Phone: | (650) 780-7058 |
| Email: | rkutler@redwoodcity.org |
Online - Seeking the Divine: Deities of Asia - Presented by the Asian Museum Docent Program
What happens when the divine is given a body? Have gods created humans in their own image, or is it the other way around? Artworks from the Asian Art Museum’s renowned collection show how artists have envisioned the divine, imbuing it with forms that are meant to reflect supernatural qualities. The presentation explores how ideal beauty is interpreted in different Asian cultures, how that beauty can be transformed by altering the forms of the body, how deities maintain their identity despite changes to their form, and how divine beings are represented after their death.
With Seeking the Divine artworks from the Asian Art Museum’s collection show how artists have envisioned the divine, imbuing it with forms that are meant to reflect supernatural qualities.
Sponsored by Friends of the Library Bookstore
More Information
| Contact: | Roz Kutler |
| Phone: | (650) 780-7058 |
| Email: | rkutler@redwoodcity.org |