Mud, Stone, and Brick: Western Himalayan and Tibetan Buddhist Architecture
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16 Nov
2023
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The Indian Temple
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Melissa R Kerin
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Image: Himalayan Nyinmapa Tibetan Buddhist Monastery
Western Himalayan and Tibetan Buddhist temple architecture is, in a word, massive. Though architectural variations are endless, building materials are largely consistent with combinations of mud brick, rubble, stone, and timber along with hammered metal comprising the bulk of raw materials. The breadth and scope of temples examined in Kerin’s lecture will identify formal elements and symbolic meaning in free-standing temple morphology of these regions and their relationships to Indian architectural antecedents.
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Duration -
November 16, 2023
Timing: 6:30 - 8:45 pm IST
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Melissa R Kerin
Melissa R. Kerin is an associate professor of art history whose primary field of research is the art and material culture of South Asia from the medieval and modern periods. Along with a number of articles and chapters, Kerin has authored two books. She is currently serving as guest editor for a special issue of the International Journal of Cultural Property entitled “Re/Collection and Destruction: Defining new ethical solutions.” She is finishing a manuscript, Bodies of Offerings: The Materiality and Vitality of Tibetan Shrines, which received an American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship (2014-15) and Howard Foundation Fellowship (2018-19). Currently, Kerin is working on a new project Turbans and Turquoise: Patron Portraits in Ladakh’s Basgo Village supported by a National Endowment of the Humanities Summer Stipend (2023). Since joining the faculty of Washington and Lee’s Art and Art History Department in 2011, Kerin has taught a range of courses related to the interconnections among art, architecture, Buddhism, and cultural heritage. Kerin holds a Ph.D. in Art History from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.T.S. from Harvard Divinity School.