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FEATURED: Ph.D. Student Yuzhu Wang Sheds Light on the Power of Landscape in Buddhist Art
Ph.D. student Yuzhu Wang represented Bryn Mawr at the Barnes Foundation's 30th Annual Graduate Student Symposium on the History of Art.
In many mediums, landscape is studied as a secondary element — a decorative background more than anything, says Wang. But at religious sites such as the Mogao Caves, the specific landscape in which the paintings are situated informs both their artistic interpretation and the lived experience of viewing the art.