Curator Talk: Crafting the Daoist Priest Robe: Form and Technique
Join Yang Liu, Mia’s chair of Asian art and curator of Chinese art, and Pengliang Lu, the Brooke Russell Astor Curator of Chinese Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, for a special dual lecture celebrating “Threads of the Way: Daoist Priest Robes from China’s Qing Dynasty,” now on view at Mia.
Lu will explore the design and technique of these extraordinary vestments. Liu will follow with insights into how these lavishly decorated robes were designed to align a Daoist priest’s body with the natural order of the universe.
Daoist priest’s robe (jiangyi) (detail), Kangxi period, 1662–1722, silk. The John R. Van Derlip Fund, 42.8.296