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Art history studies world cultures and their expressions
in the visual arts. Students are encouraged to explore artworks as documents
of particular times, places, societies, and individuals. Small classes allow
for lively discussion and individual attention.
With a major in art history, you'll find opportunities in community education,
private collections, preservation agencies, and libraries. The major in
art history may also lead to graduate study in the field or in related
field such as archeology, museum studies or conservation. With a graduate
degree, you may begin a career in teaching, conservation, or museum work.
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Bio:
Tom Suchan was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He received a BFA in General Fine Art from The Ohio State University in 1987, a MA in Art History from The Ohio State University in 1994, and a PhD in Art History with a specialization in Chinese art from The Ohio State University in 2003. He began teaching at EMU in 2003.
Recent publications, exhibitions and/or presentations:
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“Esoteric Buddhism and the Divine Feminine in the Song Dynasty Art of Dazu,“ in 2005 Anthology of Papers from the 2005 International Academic Conference on the Rock Carvings of Dazu, Chongqing. Beijing: Wenwu chubanshe, 2007, pp. 399-419.
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“The Cliff Sculpture of Stone-Gate Mountain: A Mirror of Religious Eclecticism in the Art of Twelfth Century Sichuan,” Archives of Asian Art, vol. 57 (2007), pp. 51-94.
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“Teaching about Japan with Modern and Avant-garde Art,” National Art Education Association Meeting, New Orleans, 2008.
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“Dynamic Duos: Tang and Song Imagery of Paired Bodhisattvas from Sichuan,“ International Convention of Asia Scholars 4, Shanghai, China, 2005.
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“Beyond Baoding: Overlooked and Lesser-Known Cliff Sculpture Sites in Dazu,” Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs, Lansing, 2005.
Research Statement:
My research concerns the study of Chinese Buddhist art and focuses on cliff sculpture sites in the region of Sichuan, southwest China. These sites feature sculptural imagery carved out of sandstone rock formations located at places that were held to be numinous and spiritually potent. Typically the images at these sites were patronized by local religious devotees with the hope of receiving meritorious blessings for their families and deceased relatives. The images were also meant as tacit reminders of the Buddhist teachings. At the time when many of these sites were being actively patronized during the Song Dynasty (960-1279) Buddhism was going through a final stage of assimilation in China with the growth of popular syncretic religious practices, which blended Buddhism with the native Chinese traditions of Confucianism and Daoism. The goal of my research is to discern how these changes are manifested in the art and what the art and epigraphy at these sites can reveal about Chinese society and religion in pre-modern times. Faculty Work:
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