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Museum Open House; Japanese Temple Sculpture

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05/31/1965

How the tranquility of Buddhist sculpture masked an artistic struggle for equality with imported culture from China is explained by Russell Connor.


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Series
Museum Open House
Program
Japanese Temple Sculpture
Program Number

12

Series Description

Program hosted by Russell Connor of Boston's Museum of Fine Arts. Each half hour program was devoted to a period of artists and showed works of art with Connor giving the background on the works. Early and Mid 1960’s. Series release date: 1963

Program Description

How the tranquility of Buddhist sculpture masked an artistic struggle for equality with imported culture from China is explained by Russell Connor. Recorded 5/24/1965; black and white. Directed by Jeremy Johnston.

Duration

00:28:58

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Subjects
Buddhist Sculpture
China
Connor, Russell
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Sculpture
Genres
Educational
Topics
Fine Arts
Contributors
Bullen, Don (Sound)
Anderson, Ken (Other (see note))
Stewart, Aubrey (Other (see note))
Connor, Russell (Host)
Kane, Pat (Other (see note))
Kennedy, Thanlia (Associate Producer)
Cohen, Joan Lebold (Assistant Producer)
Johnston, Jeremy (Director)
Barnard, Patricia (Producer)
Publication Information
Presented by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the WGBH Educational Foundation
Citation
Chicago: “Museum Open House; Japanese Temple Sculpture,” 05/31/1965, GBH Archives, accessed November 21, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_581BE10ACC54443B91101BDAAF86E68E.
MLA: “Museum Open House; Japanese Temple Sculpture.” 05/31/1965. GBH Archives. Web. November 21, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_581BE10ACC54443B91101BDAAF86E68E>.
APA: Museum Open House; Japanese Temple Sculpture. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_581BE10ACC54443B91101BDAAF86E68E
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