AVC234
Chinese Arts and Visual Culture
Subject code
AVC
Course Number
234
Department(s)
Instructor(s)
T. Nguyen
Course Long Title
Chinese Arts and Visual Culture
Cross Listed Courses
Description
This course introduces Chinese visual cultures, from the Neolithic period to the present day, focusing on a period of particular cultural significance from the Han to Qing dynasties. The course reveals interrelationships among Chinese art, literature, religious philosophy, and politics. Topics discussed include artists' places within specific social groups, theories of arts, questions of patronage, and the relation of traditional indigenous art forms to the evolving social and cultural orders from which they draw life. Principal objects include ritual objects, bronze vessels, ceramics, porcelain, lacquer ware, sculptures, rock-cut temples, gardens, painting, calligraphy, and wood-block prints.
Modes of Inquiry
Analysis and Critique [AC]
Writing Credit
No writing credit
Departmental Course Attributes - Major/Minor Requirements
(AVC: Non-Western Canon)
INDS Program Relationship
IDAS - ASIA Program
GEC This Course Belongs To
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