History of Chinese Art - ATJ100338V
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The course will provide an introduction into the broad topic of the principles of Chinese art and its history over the past
two millennia. Based on an hierarchy of art forms different from European art, China preferred poetry, calligraphy and painting to architecture and sculpture as the “fine arts” throughout its classical periods. In thirteen lectures, principal prerequisites of Chinese theory of art will be explained, as well as materials and techniques typical for the production of Chinese artworks. Various disciplines of the arts, such as painting, calligraphy, sculpture, architecture and applied arts will be introduced one by one, stressing their historical development and theoretical context in which they functioned. Attention will be paid to contacts and exchanges of the Chinese cultural world with those of China’s neighbors, above all with Japan, and other overseas nations throughout different historical periods. Collecting of Chinese and Japanese art in the West will be introduced, illuminating principal factors that influenced the emergence of collections in Europe and other parts of the world. Issues related to colonialism and imperialism will be discussed with regard to formation of collections of Asian art in the West. Throughout the course, students will be encouraged to pay critical attention to Western scholarship on the topic, discuss published materials and present their views of the subject. Exam requirements: - written test with multiple choice questions at the end of the semester - presentation of a short paper (5-10 minutes) on a selected topic during one of the lectures - active participation in the lectures, discussion and creative approach to the topics Poslední úprava: Jirková Miroslava (05.02.2025)
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Poslední úprava: Jirková Miroslava (05.02.2025)
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Recommended reading:
Jean Robertson, Deborah Hutton et al., The History of Art: A Global View. Prehistory to the Present, Thames and Hudson, 2021. David Graeber, David Wengrow, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity, Penguin Books, 2022. Peter Frankopan, The Silk Roads: A New History of the World, Bloomsbury, 2016. Justin M. Jacobs, The Compensations of Plunder: How China Lost its Treasures, The University of Chicago Press, 2020. Louise Tythacott, The Lives of Chinese Objects: Buddhism, Imperialism and Display, Berghahn Books, 2011.
Craig Clunas, Art in China, Oxford UP, 2009. Robert L. Thorp, Richard E. Vinograd, Chinese Art and Culture, Harry N. Abrams, 2001. Michael Sullivan, The Arts of China, University of California Press, 2009. Patricia Buckley Ebrey, The Cambridge Illustrated History of China, Cambridge UP, 2010.
Laurence Sickman, Alexander Soper, The Art and Architecture of China, Yale UP, 1992. Fu Xinian et al., Chinese Architecture, Yale UP, 2002.
Richard M. Barnhart et al., Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting, Yale UP, 1997. Craig Clunas, Chinese Painting and its Audiences, Princeton UP, 2017. Wang Yao-t’ing, Looking at Chinese Painting, Nigensha, 1995.
Ouyang Zhongshi, Wen C. Fong, eds., Chinese Calligraphy, Yale UP, 2008.
Michaela Pejčochová, Masters of 20th-Century Chinese Ink Painting, National Gallery in Prauge, 2008. Julia F. Andrews, Kuiyi Shen, The Art of Modern China, University of California Press, 2012. Paul Gladston, Contemporary Chinese Art: A Critical History, Reaktion Books, 2014.
Robert van Gulik, Chinese Pictorial Art as Viewed by a Connoisseur, Instituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente, 1958. Craig Clunas, Superfluous Things, University of Hawai‘i Press, 2004.
Poslední úprava: Jirková Miroslava (05.02.2025)
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19 February introduction overview of the course historical periods religions, systems of thought hierarchy of genres in art collections of Chinese art around the world 26 February ancient art I ceramics bronzes jade 5 March ancient art II ancestor worship tomb sculpture architecture 12 March theory of the arts in China calligraphy 19 March painting I genres and techniques of painting in China conventions of depicting reality (26 March – teacher absent) (individual reading on assigned topics) 2 April painting II literati culture 9 April Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism philosophy and its relation to art sculpture 16 April ceramics 23 April applied arts and crafts lacquer metalwork textiles 30 April contacts between China and the Western world foreign influences on the arts of China court culture in the late dynastic period 7 May process of modernization of Chinese art modern art in 20th century history of collecting Chinese art in the West colonialism and global art history 14 May museum visit, exact time to be confirmed Poslední úprava: Pejčochová Michaela, Mgr., Ph.D. (07.02.2025)
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