Dr. Rob Linrothe
On High Ground: The Documentation of
Buddhist Art in the Indian Himalayas
A specialist in Buddhist art of the Himalayas, Dr. Rob Linrothe will lecture and show slides on recent finds made while trekking through Indian Tibet (Ladakh, Zangskar and Spiti). These finds include both pre- and early-Buddhist petroglyphs along with sculptures and paintings some of which are new discoveries of old art preserved in the high, dry climate.
Currently Associate Professor and Director of Art History at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, Dr. Linrothe received a Ph.D. in Art History from the University of Chicago and through his field work has concentrated on the pre-modern mural painting of Ladakh and Zangskar in northwest India and the contemporary revival of monastic painting in Amdo (China, eastern cultural Tibet).
He published the highly acclaimed Ruthless Compassion: Wrathful Deities in Early Indo-Tibetan Esoteric Buddhist Art in 1999, and from 2002 to 2004 he served as the inaugural curator of Himalayan art at the Rubin Museum of Art (RMA) in New York City. During his tenure there, Dr. Linrothe authored two groundbreaking catalogs to coincide with RMA exhibits: Paradise & Plumage: Chinese Connections in Tibetan Arhat Paintings and, with Jeff Watt, Demonic Divine: Himalayan Art and Beyond.
In 2006 Professor Linrothe was chief curator of an RMA exhibition for which he also edited and contributed significantly to the catalogue entitled Holy Madness: Portraits of Tantric Siddhas. He continues to document art in Zangskar and northern Spiti and, in addition to his duties at Skidmore, is Field Director for the Tibetan Site Seminar. Some of his recent courses at Skidmore have dealt with Chinese Painting, Tibetan Art, East and South Asian Buddhist Art and a Survey of Asian Art.
When and where to enjoy "On High Ground: the Documentation of Buddhist Art in the Indian Himalayas": Thursday, April 10, 2008, at 10 a.m., Lakeview Museum, 1125 West Lake Ave., Peoria, Illinois.
Other programs in the Fine Arts Society's 2007-2008 lectures series: "The Guitar in Art" with Dr. Lily Afshar, "Glass and Light" with Christopher Ries, "The First and the Last in Rembrandt's Prints" with Dr. Paul Crenshaw, "Beauty or Blasphemy: Representations of the Virgin Mary in Contemporary Art" with Dr. Sarah Glover, "Romanian Sculptor Constantin Brâncuşi: Combining Elegance and Sensitivity" with Mariana Carpinişan and "Special Exhibitions: Behind the Scenes" with Dr. Sidney Goldstein.
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