The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva

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A Conversation with Tan Dun: A New "Peony Pavilion" in an Old Context

Program information

Composer Tan Dun and Maxwell K. Hearn, Douglas Dillon Curator in Charge of Asian Art, discuss Tan Dun's new version of Peony Pavilion which was staged in The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Astor Court. Inspired by Chinese gardens and previous versions of the Chinese opera, Tan Dun's restaged the classic kunqu opera by condensing it into four acts and presenting it within the confines of the Astor Court, a replica of a Chinese Garden.

This program is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Chinese Garden: Pavilions, Studios, Retreats, on view August 18, 2012–January 6, 2013.

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Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva

Unidentified Artist

Period:: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Date:: late 17th–early 18th century
Culture:: China
Medium:: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions:: 81 3/4 x 38 1/2 in. (207.6 x 97.8 cm)
Classification:: Paintings
Credit Line:: Gift of the Estate of Lilian Genth, 1953
Accession Number:: 53.130.1

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