Spring 2024 Art History UN3624 section 001

Narrative in Chinese Art

Call Number 16163
Day & Time
Location
T 12:10pm-2:00pm
806 Schermerhorn Hall [SCH]
Points 4
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Catherine M Zhu
Type SEMINAR
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

This course introduces pre-modern Chinese narrative arts, their visual storytelling techniques, and the interpretive questions they raise. What constitutes narrative art and what are its particularities in the East Asian context? How are certain narratives reproduced and translated, and understood in different geographic locales and time periods? We will study popular narratives from the 10th century to the early Qing dynasty, depicted in diverse mediums such as murals, handscrolls and hanging scrolls, ceramic pillows, painted fans, and printed books. The course will be organized thematically and address topics such the influence of Buddhist artistic and liturgical practices, representations of borderlands and the foreign, literati and popular culture, urban life, utopias, and depictions of labor, class, and gender. We will approach narrative from a variety of disciplines and perspectives, including social and cultural history, religious studies, environmental history, and gender studies.

Web Site Vergil
Department Art History and Archaeology
Enrollment 10 students (12 max) as of 4:06PM Sunday, December 1, 2024
Subject Art History
Number UN3624
Section 001
Division Interfaculty
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Section key 20241AHIS3624W001