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DESCRIPTION:A monumental work of silk tapestry depicting the Vajrabhairava 
 mandala\, now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, is one
  of the most dazzling works produced under the patronage of the Yuan dynas
 ty’s Mongol ruling house (1271–1368). In this presentation\, Yong Cho expl
 ores the Vajrabhairava mandala’s intended ritual function as well as Yuan-
 era courtly discourses that theorized silk tapestry as a medium of choice 
 for divine imagery.To request access to the full archival video for resear
 ch purposes please email archives@bgc.bard.edu.Yong Cho is a specialist in
  the art and architecture of East and central Asia from the medieval perio
 d. He has a particular interest in the Mongol Empire. His current book pro
 ject focuses on woven images to investigate a moment of major cultural tra
 nsformation in Eurasia when the Mongols\, the tent-dwelling pastoral nomad
 ic peoples of the North Asian steppe\, became rulers of a world empire. He
  is currently assistant professor in the Department of the History of Art 
 at the University of California\, Riverside.
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SUMMARY:Bard Graduate Center: Vajrabhairava Mandala and Medium Specificity 
 in the Mongol Court
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