Overview of ceramics, calligraphy, painting,
prints, sculpture, and architecture produced in
China, focusing on select key works created from
the neolithic to the contemporary moment.
Exploration of key theoretical problems and ways
of looking especially important to the history of
art. Multiple perspectives and methods of analysis
provided through lectures, scheduled discussions,
and museum fieldwork. Key works are situated in a
variety of contexts: the role of art in religious
and memorial practices, the social status of the
artist, art as a tool of power and politics, art
as constructor of gender and identity, the
potentials and limitations of various technical
media.
prints, sculpture, and architecture produced in
China, focusing on select key works created from
the neolithic to the contemporary moment.
Exploration of key theoretical problems and ways
of looking especially important to the history of
art. Multiple perspectives and methods of analysis
provided through lectures, scheduled discussions,
and museum fieldwork. Key works are situated in a
variety of contexts: the role of art in religious
and memorial practices, the social status of the
artist, art as a tool of power and politics, art
as constructor of gender and identity, the
potentials and limitations of various technical
media.
- Teacher: Dawn Odell