Jain Expressions of the Perfected Body

The human body is central to artistic expression on the Indian subcontinent. Through the body, artists express fundamental beliefs about the nature of being, social ideals, gender roles and hierarchies of power, both earthly and divine. Join us as Debra Diamond places Jain aesthetic expressions of the Jinas, as well as other perfected beings, in the context of artistic expressions of enlightened and divine bodies, across the courtly and religious artistic traditions of India.

Debra Diamond is Curator of South and Southeast Asian Art, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Co-sponsored by the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum FIU, Department of Religious Studies, Program in the Study of Spirituality and Ruth K. & Shepard Broad Distinguished Lecture Series.