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Lauren Arnold
Beskjeftigelse	Historiker, kunsthistoriker

Lauren Arnold er en amerikansk kunsthistoriker utdannet ved University of Michigan. Hennes spesialfelt er den kunstneriske og kulturelle utveksling mellom Vesten og Orienten.

I 1999 ga hun ut boken Princely Gifts and Papal Treasures: The Franciscan Mission to China and Its Influence on the Art of the West 1250-1350, som ble rost som et svært velskrevet og faglig viktig bidrag til forståelsen av den kulturelle kontakten mellom europeere og kinesere i høyrenessansen.^[1]^[2]^[3] Blant hennes senere publiserte artikler om samme emne er et essay i boken Christianity in China. Sacred Art and Visual Splendour fra 2016^[4] og artikkelen The Heavenly Horse Is Come from West of the West: Two Paintings Illuminating the Role of Latin Christians at the Mongol Court, som ble publisert i oktober 2014 i tidsskriftet Orientations, som utgis i Hongkong^[5].

I artikkelen Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute: Nestorian Symbolism in a Late Song Scroll, som ble publisert i Orientations i juni 2015, redegjør hun for nestoriansk symbolbruk på en kinesisk skriftrull som inneholder klagesanger forfattet av en kinesisk adelskvinne rundt år 195 e.Kr.^[6]

Hun har senere blant annet forsket på avbildninger av orientalske tepper i europeiske renessansemalerier, som for eksempel i maleriet Ambassadørene av Hans Holbein d.y. Teppene på disse bildene ble tidligere antatt å ha bakgrunn i islamsk kultur, men Arnold har påvist at de i virkeligheten var fra Armenia, og følgelig ble laget i et kulturområde der Østkirken hadde den dominerende innflytelsen.^[7]^[8]

Bibliografi (utvalg)

Arnold, Lauren: Princely Gifts and Papal Treasures: The Franciscan Mission to China and Its Influence on the Art of the West 1250-1350, Desiderata Press:San Francisco, 1999.

Arnold, Lauren: The Carpet Index. Rethinking the Oriental Carpet in Early Renaissance Paintings. Publisert av The Silkroad Foundation, 2014 (pdf). Besøkt 5. april 2021.

Referanser

^ «Lauren Arnold | University of San Francisco - Academia.edu». usfca.academia.edu. Besøkt 5. april 2021. «Independent art historian affiliated with the Ricci Institute at the University of San Francisco. Author of "Princely Gifts and Papal Treasures: The Franciscan Mission to China and its Influence on the Art of the West 1250-1350." Currently doing research and lectures on "Re-Thinking the Oriental Carpet in Renaissance Paintings" available on YouTube.»
^ Arnold, Lauren (1999). Princely Gifts and Papal Treasures: The Franciscan Mission to China and Its Influence on the Art of the West, 1250-1350 (på engelsk). Desiderata Press. ISBN 978-0-9670628-0-8.
^ Mcgurn, William (16. desember 1999). «How West Met East, And Brought Something Back». Wall Street Journal (på engelsk). ISSN 0099-9660. Besøkt 5. april 2021. «Lauren Arnold has an easier time here, if only because her subject matter allows her to illustrate as well as explain. A visiting scholar at the University of San Francisco's Ricci Institute, she exploits this advantage to the full in an elegantly written and handsomely illustrated text -- the perfect Christmas present for the family Sinophile.»
^ «UBC Press | Christianity in Asia - Sacred Art and Visual Splendour, By Pedro Moura Carvalho, Clement Onn, István Perczel, Ken Parry, Lauren Arnold, Maria da Conceiáo Borges de Sousa and William R. Sargent». UBC Press (på engelsk). Besøkt 5. april 2021.
^ «Lauren Arnold. The Heavenly Horse Is Come from West of the West: Two Paintings Illuminating the Role of Latin Christians at the Mongol Court» (på engelsk). Orientations, Vol. 45, No. 7. 2014. Besøkt 5. april 2021. «On 19 August 1342, a diplomatic gift was presented to the last Yuan emperor, Shundi, which caused immense surprise and gratification at his court. The gift was a magnificent warhorse from Pope Benedict XII, sent to rekindle the Franciscan mission to Mongol China that had languished for more than a decade since the death of Archbishop Giovanni da Montecorvino in Beijing (then known as Dadu) in 1328. The pope hoped that the gift to the 21-year-old emperor would inspire him to convert to the Latin form of Christianity, and the Franciscan brothers who presented the horse were thrilled to report back to the pope that the ‘Emperor rejoiced with great joy’ when he saw the gift; indeed, they claimed to see the light of conversion in his eyes.» ^{[død lenke]}
^ Arnold, Lauren (2015). «Lauren Arnold. Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute: Nestorian Symbolism in a Late Song Scroll» (på engelsk). Orientations. Arkivert fra originalen 14. april 2021. Besøkt 5. april 2021. «Even without the well-known series of poems and paintings collectively known as the Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute, Lady Wenji’s life as a captive on the borders of China would make a fascinating tale. Legend tells us that as a young widow she was forcibly removed from her family home in present-day Henan province circa 195 CE, and taken to Inner Mongolia to live as a hostage—albeit a privileged one—among the nomadic Southern Xiongnu. She was married against her will to Liu Bao, the zuoxian wang, or commander-in-chief of the tribe’s left (east) wing. She was eventually repatriated to her family, where she wrote about her experience in a series of poems called the Laments.»
^ «Lauren Arnold» (på engelsk). Armenian Rugs Society. Besøkt 5. april 2021. «Art historian Lauren Arnold presented on the subject of her ongoing research into Armenian Carpets in Early Renaissance Paintings, during the Armenian Rugs Society's exhibit and mini-symposium in Laguna Beach. | Her online Carpet Index debuted on Flickr in 2008, and includes more than 300 images of Armenian and oriental carpets in Renaissance paintings. Miss Arnold's research for her upcoming book has led her to several new conclusions about the nature of these painted carpets in Italian works of art.»
^ Arnold, Lauren (2014). «The Carpet Index. Rethinking the Oriental Carpet in Early Renaissance Paintings.» (PDF): s. 98-105 – via The Silkroad Foundation.