In 2010 Professor Emeritus James Cahill, one of the leading and most eminent historians of Japanese and Chinese art, made a series of films, entitled A Pure and Remote View, examining the development of Chinese painting from its beginnings up and to the middle ages. The series of 12 lectures, often split into 2, 3…
The Longmen Grottoes in China
This documentary from CCTV Channel 9 gives within a short compass a tour of the Longmen cave complexes in Luoyang, and recalls their history.
Safeguarding Dunhuang for China and the World
Two talks by scholars involved in the conservation of one of the largest repositories of Buddhist art in the caves at Dunhuang in China.
Lost Oasis on the Silk Road, Parts 7-9
Sections seven to nine from a three-hour documentary on the Buddhist Silk Road kingdom of Kucha made by CCTV.
Lost Oasis on the Silk Road, Parts 4-6
Sections four to six from a three-hour documentary on the Buddhist Silk Road kingdom of Kucha made by CCTV.
Lost Oasis on the Silk Road, Parts 1-3
The first three sections from a three-hour documentary on the Buddhist Silk Road kingdom of Kucha made by CCTV.
The Meaning of Tibetan Mandalas
Two films on Tibetan maṇḍalas, explaining their meaning, showing their construction and animating them in 3D computer animations.
Light Darkness and Colours – Goethe’s Theory of Colours
This is a film made in 1993 by Henrik Boëtius on Goethe’s very influential book A Theory of Colours, which was originally published in 1810.
Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures of the Silk Road
A talk by Fredrik Heibert at the Asian Art Museum on the Hidden Treasures of the Silk Road exhibition in the US, showing Afghani cultural artifacts.
