FF:KSCB073 Chinese Art of the Middle Peri - Course Information
KSCB073 Chinese Art of the Middle Period
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2017
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Lucie Olivová, MA, Ph.D., DSc. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. Lucie Olivová, MA, Ph.D., DSc.
Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Jana Vávrová Mašková, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Wed 10:50–12:25 U23
- Prerequisites
- A good command of English. The class will be conducted in English.
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Culture Studies of China (programme FF, B-HS)
- Culture Studies of China (programme FF, B-MS) (2)
- Course objectives
- This course chief objective is to give students basic understanding of Chinese art of the Song and Yuan period (10th to 14th cent.) . • At the end of the course, the students should be able to to distinguish artifacts from distinct periods; • analyze a variety of particular works of art; • work with information on other objects produced in East Asia; • create a reasonable aesthetic judgement; and • make reasoned decision about an unknown artifact´s value. • Gradually, students should be able to make their own deductions based on acquired knowledge, once they are confronted with a relic or artifact similar to those which had been explained in the class.
- Syllabus
- Introduction to the issue: Chinese terms & transliteration, geographical and historical setting. • Archeological discoveries from the Liao territory • Northern Song literati painting and calligraphy • Emperor Huizong • Wooden architecture • Imperial tombs of Northern Song • Ceramic kilns of Song, Liao and Jin • Buddhist art, the caves at Dazu • the genre painting and Qingming shanghe tu • The revival of painting under Southern Song • Religious art under Yuan, caves near Hangzhou and wall paintings at Yongle gong • the court portraiture • the international trade in ceramics • literati painting of Yuan period •
- Literature
- required literature
- CAHILL, James. Hills Beyond a River: Chinese Painting of the Yuan Dynasty, 1279-1368. Vintage Books, 1976.
- THORP, Robert L. a VINOGRAD, Richard. Chinese Art & Culture. 1. vyd. : Harry N. Abrams, 2001. 440 s. ISBN 0-8109-4145-7.
- HOWARD, Angela Falco. Summit of Treasures. Buddhist Cave Art of Dazu. Weatherhill, 2001.
- OLIVOVÁ, Lucie. Tradiční čínská architektura. První vydání. Praha: Dokořán, 2008, 157 stran. ISBN 9788073631789. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures with pictures shown in class, electronic HANDOUTs available in Teaching Materials. Students´ presentations and discussions.
- Assessment methods
- There may be a short cognitive test each week. • Readings from recommended materials will be presented by all students, and discussed in class. • The course is concluded by a test (2/3 have to be answered correctly).
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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