Western Art History and Buddhist Art

November 4, 2025–November 30, 2025

Jack & Lavon Brosseau Center for Learning

A woman wearing a deep blue garment sits holding a baby with a halo; she is flanked by an angel and praying figures on each side

Guiduccio Palmerucci, Madonna and Child between Two Angels, with a Kneeling Donor, His Wife and Child, circa 1340s

Bronze sculpture of a muscular nude man posing with one arm over his head

The Brosseau Learning Center features new installations monthly that relate to teaching and research across KU. This installation features art that supports the Western art history survey and the Art of Buddhism courses.

Bronze sculpture of a muscular nude man posing with one arm over his head
Bronze sculpture of a muscular nude man posing with one arm over his head
Antonio Canova
The Athlete Kreugas
1806
Print of a man and women dressed in old-fashioned clothing seated holding hands beneath an arm
Print of a man and women dressed in old-fashioned clothing seated holding hands beneath an arm
Israhel van Meckenem the younger , Master of the Housebook , Israhel van Meckenem the younger , Master of the Housebook
The Lovers
late 1400s
Marble carving of a dolphin
Marble carving of a dolphin
dolphin
300s–mid 400s, late Roman Empire (27 BCE–395 CE) or Early Christian (100–500 CE)
Manuscript page with yellow background decorated with colorful plants, birds, and butterflies with calligraphy in the center
Manuscript page with yellow background decorated with colorful plants, birds, and butterflies with calligraphy in the center
Ghent-Bruges School
Illuminated manuscript border leaf with extracts from Gospel of Mark
circa 1500–1510
White sculpture of a peaceful female figure seated on a lotus
White sculpture of a peaceful female figure seated on a lotus
Guanyin seated on a lotus pod
1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Textile embroidered with a central deity figure seated on a lotus, surrounded by wavy lines in a muted palette of browns and blues
Textile embroidered with a central deity figure seated on a lotus, surrounded by wavy lines in a muted palette of browns and blues
Amitayus (Buddha of the Immeasurable Life) tanka
1800s