Exhibitions & EventsLecture/Gallery Talk
Nature and Narratives in Japanese Art: Masterworks from the Detroit Institute of Arts
Saturday, February 23, 2013
2:00 PM
Nature and Narratives in Japanese Art
Masterworks from the Detroit Institute of Arts
Masako Watanabe
Former Senior Research Associate, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Saturday, February 23; 2 p.m.
Held in the Marvin & Betty Danto Lecture Hall
Masako Watanabe’s lecture will discuss select works in the DIA collection, especially those reflecting sensitivity to nature, and will focus on the screen of the Tale of Genji, which illustrates Japan's favorite classical tale.
The lecture is free with museum
admission (no reservation required). Visit
www.dia.org/aiaf for more
information.
Questions:
Contact Rachael Goodwin at 313-833-4025 or rgoodwin@dia.org.
Sponsored by Asian and Islamic Art Forum
Image Credit: Unknown artist, Japan; Scene from“The Tale of Genji”: From the Chapter “The Maiden” (detail), 1650/1700; ink, colors, and gold on
paper. City of Detroit Purchase. DIA no. 27.541