HISTORY OF CHINESE ART
STORIA DELL'ARTE CINESE
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| 2022/2023 | 8 |
| Lecturer | Office hours for students | |
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| Lilin Wu |
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Course partially taught in a foreign language
Mandarin Chinese
English
This course is taught partially in Italian and partially in a foreign language. Study materials can be provided in the foreign language and the final exam can be taken in the foreign language. |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
This course aims to provide an intuitive grasp of Chinese art and material culture from the Neolithic period to the present, with a focus on significant themes and issues, to offer an object-based and thematic learning experience, including lectures on essential areas such as archaic bronzes, early tomb art, Buddhist sculptures, ceramics, painting, calligraphy, and tea art. The presentation of particular Art objects will focus on Chinese art’s creation and meaning and how it reflects its period's culture, religion, and philosophy. It also offers an understanding of the stylistic aspects of significant works. In addition, particular specific vocabulary in Chinese art will be explained. In the end, the student can elaborate on critical aesthetic texts on Chinese art.
Program
The program will focus on contemplation, reflection, analysis, and transmission of concrete objects of Chinese art from the Neolithic to the present. Week by week, we can anticipate a new theme and new area to discover:
1. What is art? What is Chinese art?
2. Chinese painting
3. Chinese ceramics
4. Chinese iconography
5. Chinese calligraphy (with practice)
6. The art of Chinese paper cutting
7. The art of Chinese dance
8. The art of the Chinese garden
9. The art of Chinese architecture
10. The art of Chinese tea
11. The art of Chinese foods
12. The art of Chinese meditation (with practice)
Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)
Cultivate passion and an open heart to approach the history of the art of the Other that differs from one's own. Obviously, in this course, we mean Chinese Art history.
Ability to give and receive material and spiritual nourishment from this artist’s journey.
Ability to promote integral ecology.
Knowledge and ability to "Bring China to Home": introducing the history of Chinese Art to friends, colleagues, acquaintances, clients, and others.
Communication skills: present and express oneself scientifically in both oral and written ways.
Teaching Material
The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it
Supporting Activities
The practice of Chinese calligraphy and meditation.
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
Teaching activities will involve students' active participation in lectures. The teaching approach will be articulated by discussing the central themes, categories, and paradigms applied to understanding the history of Chinese Art. Above all, it will help students become familiar with particular terms in this field of Chinese art history.
- Attendance
The student is obligated:
to participate in discussion and dialogue during class with authenticity;
to communicate with Professor when absent via email;
to watch the films as homework before the following lectures;
To read the texts/manuals chosen by Professor;
to write the reflection paper he/she has requested by Professor
- Course books
Obligatory books:
L. Caterina, Yishu. Manuale di storia dell’arte cinese, Roma 2006.
One that you can choose from:
S. RASTELLI, L’arte cinese. I. Dalle origini alla dinastia Tang. 6000 a.C. – X secolo d.C., Einaudi, Torino, 2016.
R. E. FISHER, Buddhist art and architecture, London and New York, Thames & Hudson, 1993.
F. Cheng, M. Ghilardi, Vuoto e pieno. Il linguaggio pittorico cinese, Morcelliana, Brescia 2016.
G. Pasqualotto, Estetica del vuoto. Arte e meditazione nelle culture d’Oriente, Marsilio, Venezia 2006.
X.F. Fang, I grandi giardini cinesi. Storia, concezione, tecniche, Jaca Book; Ilustrated edizione, Milano 2010.
J. Blofeld, L. Pietrantoni, L’arte cinese del tè, Mediterranee, Roma 2016.
- Assessment
The examinees must demonstrate their understanding of the red line of the history of Chinese Art and the main concepts: ink in five colors, empty, etc. At the same time, they will have to demonstrate their interest and passion for specific topics with a synthesis to convey it.
The grade will be awarded considering personal commitments during the path: participation in discussions; personal reflection on specific topics with their authenticity, knowledge enough, depth, and creativity, i.e., nothing to be copied from the internet; capacity to argue the topic either chosen by themselves or chosen in the examination by the Professor.
Oral Examination. Students may begin with a prepared topic by giving a short presentation such as a small lecture. Afterward, Professor may indicate the other topic and students respond correspondingly.
In the oral examination, the student must show that he/she has understood the course's fundamental concepts and can convey the related knowledge in a relevant way. Students must create/bring some manual/artistic/aesthetic objects to interpret the chosen topics.
- Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)
Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.
To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.
Additional Information for Non-Attending Students
- Teaching
Study the obligatory texts plus two texts from those of your choice.
- Attendance
The non-attending student from the obligatory texts must bring two of their choice from the recommended ones to the examination. A piece of Chinese art should be made by hand and presented (including Chinese dancing).
- Course books
Obligatory book:
L. Caterina, Yishu. Manuale di storia dell’arte cinese, Roma 2006.
Two from this list:
S. RASTELLI, L’arte cinese. I. Dalle origini alla dinastia Tang. 6000 a.C. – X secolo d.C., Einaudi, Torino, 2016.
R. E. FISHER, Buddhist art and architecture, London and New York, Thames & Hudson, 1993.
F. Cheng, M. Ghilardi, Vuoto e pieno. Il linguaggio pittorico cinese, Morcelliana, Brescia 2016.
G. Pasqualotto, Estetica del vuoto. Arte e meditazione nelle culture d’Oriente, Marsilio, Venezia 2006.
X.F. Fang, I grandi giardini cinesi. Storia, concezione, tecniche, Jaca Book; Ilustrated edizione, Milano 2010.
J. Blofeld, L. Pietrantoni, L’arte cinese del tè, Mediterranee, Roma 2016.
- Assessment
Oral Examination. Students may begin with a prepared topic by giving a short presentation, such as a small lecture. Afterward, the Professor may indicate another subject, and students respond correspondingly.
In the oral examination, the student must show that they have understood the course's fundamental concepts and can convey the related knowledge in a relevant way. Students must create/bring some manual/artistic/aesthetic objects to interpret the chosen topics.
- Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)
Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.
To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.
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