History of Oriental Art II-E2
| Numbering Code | U-LAS02 10025 LE35 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ Second semester | |
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| Number of Credits | 2 | Course Type | Lecture | |
| Target Year | All students | Target Student | For all majors | |
| Language | English | Day/Period | Thu.2 | |
| Instructor name | FORTE，Erika (Institute for Research in Humanities Professor) | |||
| Outline and Purpose of the Course | The topic of this course is "Narrative Art in China", and it will focus on the artistic production that has a narrative content, in other words, on works of art that illustrates stories. The stories depicted may come from religious background or be derived from legends, myths, or literature, supposedly widely known by the contemporary audience. Following the historical evolution of Chinese art, we will observe different types of narrative art as well as different methods adopted by the artists to display time and space, which may change according to various factors-cultural background, aesthetic choices, function of the art objects and so on. | |||
| Course Goals |
- To gain a grounding in the study of the ancient Chinese art; - To acquire art historical skills to identify subjects and content of ancient Chinese art; - To enable a broader understanding of ancient China's artistic production process in relation to historical and cultural context of the period under examination. |
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| Schedule and Contents |
1. General introduction to the course 2. Methodology and general overview on the history of painting in China 3. Modes of narration in art (I) 4. Modes of narration in art (II) 5. Time and space in Chinese art 6. Narration in Chinese art 7. Exemplar biographies 8. Historical narratives 9. Poetic narratives 10+11. Museum visit (it is equivalent to two classes and is held on the 3rd Sunday of December) 12. Buddhist narratives (I): Jataka and avadana stories (previous lives of the Buddha) 13. Buddhist narratives (II): Buddha’s life stories 14. Summary 15. Final examination 16. Feedback (on request) |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy | Attendance and participation are mandatory. Evaluation is based on preparation to class activities and active involvement in class discussion (20%); participation to museum excursion and related activity (report) (30%); final written exam (50%). | |||
| Course Requirements | A general knowledge on the history of China, although not compulsory, is recommended. | |||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) | Classes are taught with the frontal method. Art works are shown in PowerPoint presentations. Students will be instructed, at the end of each class, on the relevant literature of the topic taught for reviewing the lesson. There will be some activities for which students are required to prepare before the classes. Those activities include discussion and analysis of one or two artworks, the preparation consists in small research on the artworks or in a reading. There will be a museum excursion equivalent to two classes. The final exam consists of a written test based on two images recognition. Preparation to this exam is based on notes that students have taken during the classes, on the material provided by the instructor and on the suggested readings. | |||
| Textbooks | Textbooks/References | Relevant literature will be announced in class. Further material will be provided on PandA | ||
| References, etc. |
Chinese Art and Culture, Thorp, R. and Vinograd, R., (Harry N. Abrams), ISBN:0130889695 The Arts of China. 6th, revised and expanded ed., Sullivan, Michael, and Shelagh Vainker., (University of California Press), ISBN:9780520294813 The Cambridge Illustrated History of China, 2nd edition, Buckley Ebrey, Patricia, (Cambridge University Press), ISBN:9780521124331 Reference books are available at the Kyoto University libraries |
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