Author Archive: Diana Lu

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Celebrating Lunar New Year: Oxen in Early China

Posted: February 11, 2021 - 17:00 , by Diana Lu
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February 12, 2021, marks the beginning of the year of the ox牛, the second animal in the Chinese zodiac. While people born in the year of the ox are said to be docile, they are also said to be stubborn. 

Celebrating the Year of the Rat: Chinese Folklore and New Year Prints

Posted: January 21, 2020 - 12:04 , by Diana Lu
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January 25, 2020, marks the beginning of the Year of the Rat 鼠, the first animal in the Chinese zodiac. The Chinese character shu 鼠can refer to both the rat or mouse. In the traditional Chinese calendar, each year bears an animal zodiac symbol. People born in a specific year are thought to have attributes of that year’s animal.

Burial figure of a calendrical rat, China, moulded earthenware, Han Dynasty, 206 BC-220 AD, 24.8 × 6.9 cm

Department of Art & Culture Internship Program (Graduate and Undergraduate) 2020-21

Posted: January 10, 2020 - 14:26 , by Diana Lu
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Art & Culture Internship Program

Department of Art & Culture OfAfrica Internship for Undergraduate and Graduate Students - Fall & Winter 2019-2020

Posted: September 5, 2019 - 15:42 , by Diana Lu
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About the Department of Art & Culture

Department of Art & Culture Summer Internship (Graduate and Undergraduate) - Summer 2019

Posted: March 25, 2019 - 14:52 , by Diana Lu
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About the ROM

Celebrating the Year of the Pig

Posted: February 4, 2019 - 14:35 , by Diana Lu
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Burial figure of a pig , earthenware, Eastern Han Dynasty (late 2nd-early 3rd century), China

918.17.57 

Sir Edmund Walker Collection

 

February 5th, 2019, marks the beginning of the year of the pig 猪. The twelfth and last animal in the Chinese zodiac. People born in the year of the pig are said to be loving and kind. On the other hand, they can be stubborn and dawdle on tasks. 

Celebrating Chinese New Year: Dogs in Ancient China

Posted: February 15, 2018 - 17:38 , by Diana Lu
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 Photo of a sculpture of a dog

Ridge tile with a dog
Moulded earthenware, glaze
Ming-Qing Dynasty (17th-19th century)
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The George Crofts Collection

By Kara Ma

Wu Dacheng: ROM Chinese Jades at the Suzhou Museum

Posted: February 1, 2018 - 15:35 , by Diana Lu
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As part of a special exhibition entitled Collections of the Wu Family From Suzhou in the Qing Dynasty (December 16, 2017, to March 11, 2018), the Royal Ontario Museum lent 28 Chinese jades to the Suzhou Museum. This exhibition, curated by the Suzhou Museum, constitutes the second in the series of Suzhou Collectors from the Qing dynasty. The ROM is amongst several lenders that contributed to this special exhibition.

 

Opening Night for A Third Gender: Beautiful Youths in Japanese Prints

Posted: April 25, 2017 - 12:22 , by Diana Lu
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Written by Sofia D’Amico (Student at Fordham University)

Supervised by Asato Ikeda (Assistant Professor at Fordham University and Research Associate at the Royal Ontario Museum)

 

What Is “Obscene”? And Who Decides? — Thought and Proposition by the Curator of "A Third Gender"

Posted: November 15, 2016 - 12:53 , by Diana Lu
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What Is “Obscene”? And Who Decides? — Thought and Proposition by the Curator of A Third Gender

By Asato Ikeda