Collège De France (général)

Frantz GrenetCollège de FranceChaire Histoire et cultures de l'Asie centrale préislamiqueAnnée 2023-2024Interweaving Eurasian Visual and Material Arts: Beyond Space and TimeConférence - Mariachiara Gasparini : Reception and usage of Northern Wei Textiles among the Tuyuhun, Hephthalites, and TochariansMariachiara GaspariniAssistant Professor of Chinese Art and Architectural History, Department of the History of Art and Architecture, College of Design, University of OregonRésuméThrough a detailed analysis of unpublished and published material (such as robes, hats, boots, saddles, and quivers) in comparison with those represented in Buddhist wall paintings (i.e. Kizil and Bamiyan) and funerary art, this lecture discloses the cultural and artistic entanglement between the Tuyuhun, Hephthalites, and Tocharians across the Qaidan Basin in Qinghai province of China and the Trans Himalayan, between the 5th and 6th centuries. Although the origin of these people is still debated among scholars, the common usage of North