Virtual Reading Room of the Russian State Library

Lecture "Visual Art of Mongolia"

Dear friends,

We would like to remind you that at the Russian State Library a series of events has been organized to make you plunge into the fabulous world of culture of the peoples of Asia and Africa. Thus, June 2nd, 2023, the RSL Centre of Oriental Literature and the Institute of Asia and Africa States of Moscow State University held lecture on the history of Mongolian art. Karina Bikmaeva, postgraduate of the Department of History of the Far Eastern States and South-Eastern Asia and lecturer of the Department of Philology of South-Eastern States, Korea and Mongolia, took her audience to the captivating world of Mongolian art. She traced its development and pointed out main trends, beginning with the petroglyphs, through the Buddhist traditions, and up to the œuvres of the modern art.

Video of the lecture is available over here.

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