Dorothy C. Wong
McIntire Department of Art
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400130
Charlottesville, Va 22904
(434) 243–8650
Homepage: http://people.virginia.edu/~dcw7a
Education
Harvard
University, Ph.D., art history, 1995
The
Chinese
International Christian University,
Tokyo, B.A., art history, literature, philosophy 1981
Teaching and Work Experience
Assistant to
Associate Professor, Art Department, University of Virginia, 1997–
Courtesy Associate
Professor, Department of Religious Studies, University of Virginia, 2010–
Visiting Associate Professor, Centre of Buddhist Studies,
University of Hong Kong, Dec. 2008
Visiting Scholar, Department of East Asian Studies, Eötövs
Loránd University, Budapest, May 2007
Visiting Associate
Professor, Fine Arts Department, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, spring 2006
Assistant Professor,
Department of Art History, Florida State University, 1995–97
Teaching Fellow, Fine
Arts Department, Harvard University, 1990
Associate to Managing Editor, Orientations (an Asian
art magazine, published in
Curatorial Experience (selected)
Guest Curator, “Treasures Rediscovered Chinese Stone
Sculpture from the Sackler Collections at Columbia
University” (traveling exhibition, contributed an essay to the exhibition
catalogue), and “Expressions of the Buddhist Faith” (published an essay on
selected works), University of Virginia Art Museum, Jan.–March 2010
Guest Scholar, curated the East Asian section for the
re-installation of the Asian Art Gallery, University of Virginia Art Museum
Guest Scholar,
selected exhibits for the Asia section of the exhibition “Intimate Rituals and
Personal Devotions: Spiritual Art through the Ages,” (opened in Aug. 2000)
Samuel P. Harn Museum, University of Florida,
Gainesville (contributed an essay to the exhibition catalogue), 1998–2000
Curatorial
Assistant, Harvard University Art Museums, Asian Art Department, 1989, 1991
Research Specialties
Buddhist art of early medieval China, East Asia
Honors and Awards
Associate Fellow (2007–08), Fellow (2008–10), Institute for
Advanced Technology in the Humanities, University of Virginia, for the digital
project, “Silk Road: The Path of Transmission of Avalokiteśvara”
Honorary Research Fellow, Centre for Asian Studies, Hong
Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, The University of Hong
Kong, 2006–12
Sesquicentennial Associate, University of Virginia, 2005–06,
1998–99
Radcliffe Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study,
Harvard University, 2002–03
Whiting Fellow, 1994–95
Ittleson Pre-doctoral Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the
Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, 1992–94
International Pre-doctoral Fellow, American Association of
University Women, 1991–92
Richard and Susan Smith Foundation Fellow, for outstanding
students in Fine Arts, Harvard University, 1989–90
Harvard Scholarship, Harvard University, 1988–91
United Board of
Christian Higher Education in Asia Scholarship, International Christian
University, Japan, 1977–81
Grants (selected)
Project Grants for “Cultural Crossings: China and Beyond in
the Medieval Period” international and interdisciplinary conference and
Workshop on “Digital Projects in Asian Art and Humanities,” March 2010: Buckner
W. Clay Endowment for the Humanities Grant; Chiang Ching-kuo
Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange Grant, Taiwan; Dharma Drum
Buddhist College, Taipei; Page-Barbour Interdisciplinary Initiative Grant;
Ellen Bayard Weedon Foundation Grant
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and the Vice
President for Research and Graduate Studies Research Grants, University of
Virginia, 2005–06 (publication grant), 2003–04 (publication grant)
Metropolitan Center for Far Eastern Art Studies Grants
(Tokyo), 2006, 2003 (publication grant), 1997
Summer Research Grants, University of Virginia, 2002, 2001,
1998
Publications
Books
Hōryūji
Reconsidered. Editor, with Eric
M. Field (design), and contributing author. New Castle, UK: Cambridge
Scholars Publishing, 2008. ISBN-13: 978-1847185679
Chinese Steles: Pre-Buddhist and Buddhist Use of a Symbolic
Form. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i
Press, 2004. ISBN-13: 978-0824827830 (The Chinese edition is forthcoming with the Shangwu
Press of Beijing, in press).
Book projects in
progress
Cultural Crossings:
China and Beyond in the Medieval Period. Co-Editor, with Gustav Heldt, and contributing author. Nalanda-Sriwijaya Series. Singapore:
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, , forthcoming.
Formation of an International Buddhist Art Idiom in East Asia, c. 640–760, book-length manuscript in
progress
Digital
Project
“Power
of Compassion: Paths of Transmission of Avalokiteśvara.”
Project Director; co-directors: Danial Pitti, Worth Martin. Institute for Advanced Technology in the
Humanities, University of Virginia, ongoing
(http://www.iath.virginia.edu/silkroad/).
Articles
in journals and volumes
“An Agent of Cultural
Transmission: Jianzhen’s Travels to Japan and His
Impact on Buddhist Art.” In Dorothy C. Wong and Gustav Heldt,
eds., Cultural
Crossings: China and Beyond in the Medieval Period. Nalanda-Sriwijaya Series. Singapore:
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, forthcoming.
“The Art of Avataṃsaka Buddhism at the
Courts of Empress Wu and Emperor Shōmu/Empress Kōmyō.” In Frédéric
Girard, Robert Gimello and Hamar
Imre, eds., Proceedings
of the Second International Conference on Huayan/Kegon Buddhism. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, in press.
“Divergent Paths: Representations
of Amoghapāśa in East, South and Southeast Asia.” In Youngsook Pak and Roderick Whitfield, eds., Esoteric
Buddhist Tradition in East Asia: Text, Ritual and Image. Occasional Papers of the Council on East Asian Studies at Yale
University. Vol. 2. New Haven, CT.: Yale
University Press, in press.
“Foming yu chanyi”
佛名与懺儀. Trans. Zhang Shanqing. Dunhuang yanjiu, no. 2 (2010): 6–16. Rpt. Ren Da fuyin baokan ziliao,
Zongjiao,
no. 5 (2010): 43–53. English version is “Buddha Names: Their Presence in
Sixth-Century Chinese Buddhist Steles in Relation to Repentance Rituals.” In
Jeffrey Riegl, John Clark and Yang Lu, eds., Images Unburied: New Perspectives on Chinese
Buddhist Art. Forthcoming.
“Two Works of Japanese Art at the University
of Virginia Art Museum.” Orientations 41, no. 1 (Dec 2009/Jan
2010): 61–64.
“The Mapping of Sacred Space: Images of Buddhist
Cosmographies in Medieval China.” In Philippe Forêt
and Andreas Kaplony, eds., The
Journey of Maps and Images on the
“Reassessing
the Mural Paintings of Hōryūji.” In Dorothy C. Wong, ed., Hōryūji Reconsidered. New Castle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008,
pp. 131–190.
“What’s in a
Buddha’s Name: Case Study of a Sixth-Century Chinese Buddhist Stele from the
Shaolin Monastery.” In Leo Swergold,
Eileen Hsu, et al., Treasures Rediscovered: Chinese Stone Sculpture from the
Sackler Collections at Columbia University. New York: Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art
Gallery, Columbia University, 2008, pp. 17–26,
111.
“Early
Transmission of Esoteric Images from China to Japan in the Seventh and Eighth
Centuries.” Huaxue 9 (2008): 1697–1719.
“The
Case of Amoghapāśa.” Journal of Inner
Asian Art and Archaeology 2 (2007): 151–158.
“Die Seidenstraße – Kultureller
Transfer auf den Handelsrouten in der Tang-Dynastie.” In Unter der gelben Erde: Die deutsch-chinesesche Zusammenarbeit
im Kulturgüterschutz Kongressbeiträge. Bonn: Kunst-und
Ausstellungshalle der Bundersrepublik
Deutschland GmbH, 2007, pp. 129–154.
“Guanyin Images in Medieval
“The
Huayan/Kegon/Hwaŏm Paintings in
“Ethnicity and
Identity: Northern Nomads as Buddhist Art Patrons During
the Period of Northern and Southern Dynasties.” In Don Wyatt
& Nicola di Cosmo, eds., Political Frontiers, Ethnic Boundaries, and
Human Geographies in Chinese History. London: Routledge/Curzon
Press, 2003, pp. 80–118.
“Buddhist
Steles from the Gansu-Ningxia Region.”
In Annette L. Juliano and Judith A. Lerner, eds., Nomads,
Traders and Holy Men Along China’s Silk Road. Silk Road Studies No. VII. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepolis:
2002, pp. 45–70.
“The Making of a
Saint: Images of Xuanzang in East Asia.” Early
Medieval China 8 (2002): 43–98.
“Maitreya Buddha Statues at the
University of
“Women
as Buddhist Art Patrons During the Northern and
Southern Dynasties (386–581).” In Wu Hung, ed., Between Han and Tang:
Religious Art and Archaeology of a Transformative Period. Beijing: Wenwu Press, 2000, pp. 535–566.
“Personal Devotional Objects of
Buddhist
“A
Comparison of Tang Dynasty Jingbian Subjects Depicted in the Mural Paintings of the
“Four
“A Reassessment of the Representation
of
“Maitreya Faith and the Origin of Maitreya's
Paradise in Dunhuang's Murals” 彌勒信仰與敦煌彌勒變的起源. Proceedings
of the 1987 International Conference on Dunhuang
Grottoes. Archaeology
volume. Shenyang: Liaoning Art Press, 1990, pp. 290–313.
“Huang
Miaozi and Yu Feng (two
contemporary Chinese artists).” Orientations
19, no. 8 (1988): 31–41.
“The
Paintings of Jao Tsung-i.” Orientations 17, no. 1 (1986): 36–50.
“Symposium on Twentieth-Century Chinese Painting.” Orientations 15, no. 4 (1984): 33–41.
Book Review, Encyclopedia Entries and other publications
Entry on “Eleven-headed Guanyin.” In
Annette Juliane, ed., Chinese Sculpture from the Beilin Museum.
Exhibition Catalogue. New York: China Institute
Gallery, 2007, pp. 111–112.
Entries
on “Yungang Cave-temples” and “Longmen
Cave-temples.” In Robert E. Buswell, Jr., ed.-in-chief, Encyclopedia of Buddhism.
New York: Macmillan, 2003, pp. 471, 921–922.
Book review of Ordinary Images. By
Entry on
“Dunhuang.” In Jane
Turner, ed., The Macmillan Dictionary of Art.
Vol. 9. New York: Grove, 1996, pp. 392–394.
Recent Lectures and Conference Papers (since 2005)
“Power of Compassion: the Growing Cult of
Avalokiteśvara in the 6th and 7th
Centuries,” read at the “Echoes of the Past: the Buddhist Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan”
Symposium, Smart Museum, University of Chicago, Oct. 2010
“Some Thoughts on Early Practice and Art
forms Related to the Lotus Sutra in China and Japan, Sixth to Eighth
Centuries,” read at the International Lotus Sutra Seminar, organized by the Risshō Kōseikai, Japan; held in
Hawai‘i, Jan. 2010
“Silk Road: The Path of
Transmission of Avalokiteśvara—A Preliminary Report,”
read at the Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology
Annual Meeting, Williamsburg, March 2009; Workshop on “Digital Projects in
Asian Art and Humanities,” University of Virginia, March 2010; Centre of Asian
Studies, University of Hong Kong, June 2010
A series of four public lectures:
“The Wall Paintings of Hōryūji,” “Empress Wu’s
Patronage of Buddhist Art,” “The Art of Tōdaiji and
Its Connection to Tang Buddhist Art,” and “Ganjin’s
Travels to Japan and His Impact on Buddhist Art,” delivered at the Centre of
Buddhist Studies, The University of Hong Kong, Dec.
2008
“Buddha Names: Their Presence and Significance in
Sixth-Century Chinese Buddhist Art,” read at the “Chinese Buddhist Art: New
Discoveries and Perspectives” conference at the University of Sydney, Aug. 2008
“The Art of Huayan Buddhism at the
Courts of Empress Wu and Emperor Shōmu,” read at “The
Second International Conference on Huayan/Kegon Buddhism,” organized by the École
française d’Extrême-Orient,
Paris, July 2008; College Art Association annual meeting, Los Angeles, Feb.
2009
“Chinese Buddhist Sculptures Brought to Japan in the Seventh
and Eighth Centuries,” read at the “Interchanges and Influences in Chinese
Buddhist Sculpture Conference” at the Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London, with
the Circle of Inner Asian Art, Nov. 2007
“On Amoghapāśa,” read at the “Esoteric Buddhist Traditions in
East Asia: Text, Ritual and Image Conference,” Yale University, Nov. 2007; the
“33rd Research Seminar on Southeast Asian Sculptures,” Osaka University of
Human Sciences, May 2008; and at the “Visual
and Material Perspectives on East Asia” workshop at the Art Department,
University of Chicago, Oct. 2010
“Xuanzang’s Impact on East Asian
Buddhist Art,” read at the “East Asian Buddhists Traveling in South Asia and
the Significance of Xuanzang Conference,” University
of Texas, Austin, Sept. 2007; National Palace Museum, Taipei, Dec. 2007
“Dōji and his Role in
Sino-Japanese Buddhist Art Exchanges,” read at the Association for Asian
Studies annual meeting, Boston, Mar. 2007
“Early Transmission of Esoteric Images from China to Japan
in the Seventh and Eighth Centuries,” read at the “Conference in Honor of
Professor Jao Tsung-I’s
Ninetieth Birthday,” University of Hong Kong, Dec. 2006; International Lotus
Sutra Seminar, held at Putuoshan (near Shanghai), May
2007
“Cultural Transfer
on the Silk Road During the Tang Dynasty,” read at the
“Under the Yellow Earth: International Symposium on the German-Chinese
Collaboration on Protecting Cultural Assets in Shaanxi Province, China,” Bonn, Germany, Apr. 2006
“Guanyin
Images in Medieval China, Fifth to Eighth Centuries,” read at the “Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara
(Guanyin) and Modern Society Conference,”
Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies, Taipei, Mar.
2006
“Reassessing the
Wall Paintings of Hōryū-ji,” read at “The Dawn of
East Asian International Buddhist Art and Architecture: Hōryū-ji
(Temple of the Exalted Law) in its Contexts Symposium,” University of Virginia,
Oct 2005; the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Nov. 2005; the University of
Florida, Nov 2005; the University of Heidelberg, Germany, Apr. 2006; National
Palace Museum, Taipei, Dec. 2007; the Dunhuang
Academy, June 2009
“Huayan Art of East Asia,” read at the “Chinese Buddhism
Conference,” Hsi Lai Temple, Los Angeles, May 2005;
the Free University, Berlin, June 2005; the University of Munich, June 2005;
the University of Vienna, May 2007
Service to the Profession
Conferences and panels organized
Organizer (co-organizers: Gustav Heldt, Japanese Literature; Eric Ramirez-Weaver, Medieval
Art) of the “Cultural Crossings: China and Beyond in the Medieval Period”
international/interdisciplinary conference and Workshop on “Digital Projects in
Asian Art and Humanities,” University of Virginia, March 2010 (http://www.virginia.edu/artmuseum/culturalcrossings/)
Organizer, “The Dawn of East Asian International Buddhist
Art and Architecture: Hōryū-ji (Temple of the Exalted
Law) in its Contexts” symposium, University of Virginia, Oct. 2005
Organizer, interdisciplinary workshop on “Sacred Biography,”
(also served as a panelist), East Asia Center, University of Virginia, 2001
Panel chair and organizer, “Cross-currents in East Asian
Buddhism and Buddhist Art, 9th–14th centuries,” Association for Asian Studies
annual meeting, 2004
Panel organizer, “Doctrine and Representation in Buddhism
and Buddhist Art” (1999), “Capital Cultures and Regionalism During
the Northern and Southern Dynasties” (1998), “Image and Text in Chinese
Buddhist Patronage” (1997), Association for Asian Studies annual meeting
Panel co-chair, “Monks and Nuns as Artists, Patrons, and
Subjects in Buddhist Art,” College Art Association annual meeting, 1999
Editorial/advisory
boards
Editorial Boards, Zhongguo fojiao yishu (Buddhist Art of
China, published by Nanjing University, China), 2007–; Early Medieval China, 2001–
Advisory Boards, for the publication of An Anthology of Jao Tsung-i’s
Paintings and Calligraphy, 10 vols. (Hong Kong: Jao
Tsung-i Petit École, 2006),
2005–06; for the publication of Encyclopedia of Sculpture, ed. Antonia Bostrom (London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2001), 1999–2001
Other professional
activities
Reviewer/reader of fellowship applications, National Endowment
for the Humanities; Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies, Harvard
University
Referee
for presses: E.J. Brill (Leiden), University of Hawai‘i Press, Yale University
Press
Referee
for journals: The Art Bulletin, Ars Orientalis, Asia Major, Chung-Hwa
Buddhist Journal, Daoism: Religion, History and Society, Early Medieval China, Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, Journal of Oriental Studies, National Palace Museum Quarterly
External
referee of tenure reviews, St. Olaf College, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
External
examiner of Ph.D. thesis, University of Hong Kong
Service at the University of Virginia (selected)
Summer research Grants Review
Committee; Search Committees, Chinese Religion and Medieval Art positions; Page-Barbour
and James W. Richard Lectures Committee; Libraries
Committee; Undergraduate Advisor for Art History Majors and Minors; Graduate
Admissions and Curriculum Committees (Art Department); Supervised or served on
a number of Doctoral Dissertation or Master’s Thesis committees
Languages
English, Chinese, Japanese, French
Membership in National/International Professional
Organizations
Association for Asian Studies, College Art Association, Early
Medieval China Group, American Association of University Women
Courses Taught
Undergraduate: Buddhist
Monuments of Asia; East Asian Art; Chinese Art; Japanese Art; Ancient Chinese
Art; Chinese Painting; Graduate: Art and Ritual in Early China; Image
and Text in Chinese Buddhist Art; Buddhist Icons: Theory and Practice; Problems
in Buddhist Art; Art and the Silk Road; Dunhuang
Cave-temples; Cults of Buddhist Images and Relics