Left:Bathers and Silk Merchants (detail), Flemish. J. Paul Getty Museum. Right: Tapestry: L'Embarquement de l'impératrice, from L'Histoire de l'empereur de la Chine Series (detail), French. J. Paul Getty Museum
China as Center: Journeys of Power and Belief
GETTY CENTER
Museum Studios
Explore the many historical links between Europe and China, from Silk Roads to the porcelain trade, and from Buddhist monasteries to regal courts with curator Bryan C. Keene and educators Christine Spier and Andrew Westover, in this course complementing the exhibitions Traversing the Globe through Illuminated Manuscripts and Cave Temples of Dunhuang: Buddhist Art on China's Silk Road. Course fee $35. Complimentary parking.
