Anning Jing

Anning Jing is a Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at Michigan State University, affiliated with the College of Arts and Letters. He holds a Ph.D. in Chinese Art from Princeton University (1994) and has taught at MSU since 1995. His research focuses on Daoist art, popular culture artworks, Shanxi murals, Yuan Buddhist art, cross-cultural artistic connections, and Chinese landscape painting.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Chinese Art, Princeton University, 1994

Research Interests:

• Daoist temple architecture and iconography
• Regional mural studies in Shanxi
• Yuan Dynasty Buddhist art
• Cultural exchanges in East Asian art
• Historical landscape painting analysis

Publications include seminal works on Daoist monasteries, Yuan Dynasty murals, and Sino-Tibetan Buddhist art. Current projects involve a book on Buddhist art. His work bridges art history with religious studies and cultural anthropology.