Staging the Buddha Land: Celestial Youth Musicians and Vernacular Performance in Late Chosŏn Temple Interiors

Name: Staging the Buddha Land: Celestial Youth Musicians and Vernacular Performance in Late Chosŏn Temple Interiors
Start: 2026-10-15T18:30:00-04:00
End: 2026-10-15T19:30:00-04:00
Location: Campbell Hall (School of Architecture)

When: Thursday, October 15, 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Where: Campbell Hall (School of Architecture), Charlottesville
Price: Free

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This talk explores how late Chosŏn Buddhist temples depicted celestial musicians, focusing on the shift from female celestial figures to youthful male performers. Drawing on 86 temple halls, Maya Stiller examines how painter-monks transformed familiar performance traditions into imagined musical offerings within Buddhist sacred spaces. Maya Stiller studies Korean religious art and history, with a focus on Buddhism, patronage, and temple culture from roughly 1200–1900.This lecture is generously supported by the UVA East Asia Center

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