Background
Baas, Jacquelynn was born on February 14, 1948 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States.
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"The relations between eastern and western cultures have long been a neglected topic, and this careful and intelligent look at a small but significant part of those relations is most welcome."--Thomas McEvilley, author of "The Shape of Ancient Thought" "How wonderful that Jacquelynn Baas has seen the light of the Buddha's smile shining from faraway Asia into the realm of the art of modern times i
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( Smile of the Buddha explores the influences of Asian wo...)
Smile of the Buddha explores the influences of Asian world-views and particularly Buddhism on the art of Europe and America in the modern era. In an informative and perceptive introduction and essays on twenty well-known artists, Jacquelynn Baas analyzes how the teachings of the Buddha offered alternatives to Western intellectual conceptions of art and traces the various ways this inspiration materialized in artworks. The influence of Buddhism on art from the last quarter of the nineteenth century to the present has been greater than historians and critics generally recognize, Baas claims. Considering essential questions about the relationship of art and life, this timely and beautifully illustrated book expands our perspective on how spirituality and creativity inspire and inform one another. Baas's insights and the images she presents give the reader a new understanding and appreciation of a diverse array of Western artworks.
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(How is art conceived, created, and experienced? How is it...)
How is art conceived, created, and experienced? How is it taught? How does the act of viewing a work make the viewer part of that work? This title addresses these questions and documents the changing practices in the making, teaching, and exhibition of art.
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museum administrator art historian
Baas, Jacquelynn was born on February 14, 1948 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States.
Bachelor in History of Art, Michigan State University Doctor of Philosophy in History of Art, University of Michigan.
Registrar University Michigan Museum Art, Ann Arbor, 1974-1978, assistant director, 1978-1982. Editor Bulletin Museums of Art and Archaeology, University Michigan, 1976-1982. Chief curator Hood Museum Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1982-1984, director, 1985-1989, University California Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, 1989—1999, emeritus director, since 1999, interim director, 2007—2008.
Program director Awake: Art and Buddhism, 1999—2004. Collaborating curator 6th Gwangju Biennale, 2006. Interim director Mills College Art Museum, 2008-2009.
Consultant in field; organizer exhibitions. Independent art historian. Lecturer in field.
(How is art conceived, created, and experienced? How is it...)
("The relations between eastern and western cultures have ...)
( Smile of the Buddha explores the influences of Asian wo...)
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Member College Art Association American, American Association Museums, Association Art Museum Dirs.