Zhang Daqian was a real virtuoso artist who seemed to be at home in landscape, flower and portrait painting, as well as being a master at replicas of ancient works.
China Archives of World Heritage 5: Mogao Grottoes at Dunhuang
James Cahill on Ch’an Painting, 4: Sogenga and Ch’an Landscapes
This fourth lecture of Ch’an Painting looks at the appreciation of this style in Japan and concludes by examining some of the best landscape paintings.
James Cahill on Ch’an Painting, 3: Muqi’s Six Persimmons
The third in this series of discussions about Ch’an painting by James Cahill looks at Muqi’s iconographic Six Persimmons painting.
James Cahill on Ch’an Painting, 2: Beginnings and Muqi Fachang
A second lecture on Ch’an painting in China by the distinguished art historian James Cahill.
James Cahill on Ch’an Painting, 1: Liang Kai
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…
Leaving Fear Behind
Lama Jigme Gyatso and Dhondup Wangchen talk to ordinary Tibetans to get their views of the situation they face in Tibet today.
The Yungang Grottoes: Bridging Weight and Grace
A documentary by CCTV about the earliest Buddhist cave complex in China, the Yungang Grottoes.
Green Gold: Restoring Degraded Land Resources
An overview of the work being carried out worldwide to restore heavily degraded lands. It is possible and it only takes a few years.
