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LECTURE- Art Under the Mongols, Yuan Dynasty by James C.Y. Watt, Nov.16

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'Art Under the Mongols, Yuan Dynasty'

Speaker - James C. Y. Watt,The Brooke Russell Astor Chairman,
Department of Asian Art ,The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Indo-Mongolian Society and the India China Institute at Parsons
The New School For Design would like to invite you to a lecture by Mr.
James C.Y. Watt, the Brooke Russell Astor Chairman, Department of
Asian Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Mr. Watts's lecture is
titled, "Art Under the Mongols, Yuan Dynasty".  Mr. Watt will
illuminate the new artistic developments brought about by the Mongol
rulers patronage of the arts in the Yuan Dynasty period in China. This
lecture will help the audience learn about the flowering of the arts
caused by the Mongol Empire's cultural exchanges between Central Asia,
Persia and India along the historic Silk Road.

Date/Time: 7:00 pm on Thursday, November 16th, 2006

Place:  The New School's Wollman Hall  66 West 12th Street, 9th Floor.

Admission is free.

The Indo-Mongolian Society
Website: www.MongolianCulture.com
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This lecture is co-sponsored by the India China Institute at the New
School. The India China Institute (ICI)is  based at The New School, a
university in the heart of New York City, fosters study, research and
connections among India, China and the United States. Website:
http://www.indiachina.newschool.edu/default.aspx

For additional information, email [log in to unmask] or call
212.229.6812

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