International seminar on art, culture in Delhi

        New Delhi: An international seminar, Art of Central Asia and the Indian Sub-continent in Cross- Cultural Perspective, will be held here from March 12. The five-day seminar aims at presenting an extensive appraisal of art and culture of individual regions of Central Asia, including those that have so far not been sufficiently explored. The seminar will focus on several issues, including sources of Buddhist art, scribes and artists, the art of Gandhar, the art of Eastern Central Asia and Dunhuang, the art of Western Central Asia , Buddhist and Hindu Iconography of Central Asian art, textiles, issues of cross-cultural influences, Hermeneutics and historical contexts. Sixteen foreign scholars of eminence from eleven different countries of three continents and seventeen from India will present their papers on different aspects of Central Asian Art at the five-day event. The seminar will be presided by Padma Shri Professor B.N Goswamy in the National Museum auditorium, and Padma Bhushan Professor Lokesh Chandra, will deliver the keynote address. The valedictory session will be presided by Dr. A.K.V.S. Reddy, Director General National Museum and Vice Chancellor, National Museum Institute. It is being organised by the National Museum Institute of History of Art, Conservation and Museology.
- March 9, 2007

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