House of the Dragons: Dragons and Their Painters in Chinese Art

Wednesday Series: Art in Context

Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas

House of the Dragon: Dragons and Their Painters in Chinese Art

Jacqueline Chao, The Cecil and Ida Green Curator of Asian Art, Dallas Museum of Art

The Chinese dragon is a unique composite creature in Chinese art and culture—a symbol strongly associated with supernatural transformation, political authority, and divine will. Traditionally linked with water, rainfall, clouds, and thunder since Neolithic times, early folkloric, Buddhist, Daoist, and Confucian associations with the dragon further contributed to the creature’s auspicious interpretation and visualization. This talk will illuminate the unique role of the Chinese dragon and dragon king in Chinese art and explore the transformation of its painted image.

These lectures, part of a continuing series, introduce the permanent collection and selected exhibitions on view at the Kimbell.

Lecture programs are supported in part by the Marlene and Spencer Hays Foundation.

February 12, 2025

12:30-1:30 pm

Piano Pavilion

Kimbell Art Museum

Event information here:

https://kimbellart.org/event/wednesday-series-art-context-21


Image: https://kimbellart.org/collection/ap-198703

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