AVC246
Visual Narratives: Storytelling in East Asian Art
Subject code
AVC
Course Number
246
Department(s)
Instructor(s)
T. Nguyen
Course Long Title
Visual Narratives: Storytelling in East Asian Art
Cross Listed Courses
Description
This course examines the important artistic tradition of narrative painting in China and Japan. Through study of visually narrative presentations of religious, historical, and popular stories, the course explores different contexts in which the works-tomb, wall, and scroll paintings-were produced. The course introduces various modes of visual analysis and art-historical contexts. Topics include narrative theory, text-image relationships, elite patronage, and gender representation.
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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