Arts of China

Catalog description

This survey course covers art in a variety of contexts from the foundations of Chinese civilization until the end of the imperial period in 1912 including tomb artefacts, religious images and statuary, court art, crafted objects and the painting and calligraphy of the literati. A number of themes may be addressed, such as the cross-cultural transmission of ornamentation and iconography, the ideal of scholar-amateur, the skills and techniques of the professional artisan and the connoisseurship and circulation of fine objects. 001778