FF:KSCB054 Chinese Art - Course Information
KSCB054 Chinese Art
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2015
- 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: doc. Lucie Olivová, MA, Ph.D., DSc.
Supplier department: Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Wed 9:10–10:45 zrusena M25
- 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 early Chinese art.
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 unknown artifacts´ value.
Gradually, they 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 setting, historical chronology. Neolithic art.
- Archeological discoveries from the Bronze Age, 2500-200 BCE: Shang and Zhou dynasties; ritual art from Sanxingdui
- Art from the tombs of Qin, and Han (221 BCE - 220 CE]
- The period of division 220-589: North & South
- Early Chinese painting
- Early Buddhist art, the caves at Dunhuang, the Silk Road
- Religious and court art of the Tang dynasty (618-906)
- Tang and Song and ceramics
- Painting of the Song period (960-1279): the genre painting Qingming shang he tu
- An excursion to Náprstek Museum, exhibition Říše středu
- Literature
- Teaching methods
- lectures, class discussions, excursion to a museum collection, short tests, reading
- Assessment methods
- In order to keep the students alert, there will be a short cognitive test each week.
Readings from recommended materials will be presented by students in class.
The course is concluded by a take-home written exam, as well as a test on factography (22 out of 30 questions have to be answered correctly). - Language of instruction
- English
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught once in two years.
- Teacher's information
- https://is.muni.cy/auth/predmety/sylaby
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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