Symposium Report.
- Resource Type
- Proceeding
- Authors
- Collins, Diana
- Source
- Orientations; Apr2006, Vol. 37 Issue 3, p91-92, 2p, 1 Color Photograph
- Subject
- CONFERENCES & conventions
SONG-Yuan art objects
- Language
- ISSN
- 00305448
The article discusses the highlights of the Silk Road and Mongol-Yuan Art symposium held at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, China from November 2 to 4, 2005. It notes that several of the presentations at the event delved into the assessment of the validity of the travelogue of traveler Marco Polo. Shang Gang of Tsinghua University, talked about the impact of the Mongol civilization on the ceramics produced during the Yuan dynasty. Jia Xizeng of Donghua University gave a presentation about the gu-gu crowns of the Yuan dynasty.