Dorothy Wong
B.A., International Christian University, Tokyo Associate Professor, East Asian Art Specializing in Buddhist art of medieval China, Dorothy Wong’s research addresses topics of art in relation to religion and society, and of the relationship between religious texts/doctrine and visual representations. In addition to her recent book, Chinese Steles: Pre-Buddhist and Buddhist Use of a Symbolic Form (2004), she has authored articles that range in topics from pilgrims’ maps to devotional arts, deity cults, pure land paintings, gender and ethnicity issues in Buddhist patronage, cults of saints in Asian traditions, and images of Buddhist cosmographies. Her current research project examines the transmission of Buddhist art from China to Japan during the seventh and eighth centuries, and the subsequent transformations. As part of this ongoing project, she is editing a conference volume entitled “Horyuji Reconsidered,” which will present current scholarship on the study of Horyuji (Temple of the Exalted Law) from multi-disciplinary perspectives. Built and rebuilt in the seventh century in Japan, Horyuji is one of the oldest surviving wooden monuments in the world. The courses that Dorothy Wong teach include surveys of East Asian art, Chinese art, and Japanese art. She also offers seminars on ancient Chinese art and on topics of Buddhist art. She has taught for two years at Florida State University before coming to the University of Virginia. As Visiting Professor, she taught at The Chinese University of Hong Kong in spring 2006. A former editor of the Asian art magazine Orientations, she currently serves on the editorial board of Early Medieval China. She is also an Honorary Research Fellow of the Center of Asian Studies at the University of Hong Kong.
McIntire Department of Art | |
   | |
