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CALENDAR

(* all assignments/topics are subject to change at Instructor's discretion *)

4th Credit Assignment Calendar is on 4th Credit Page (pending)

I.
(1/22--1/27) Introduction: Overview of Chinese language, culture, geography, and history
     
  Read: Ebrey, pp. 10-15, 333-334 (to last paragraph). *** The first 100 pages of this book are available on electronic reserve here. ***
    Clunas AIC, pp. 9-13, look at maps on p. 75.
    Mote, pp. 1-25.
    "The Chinese Language and Pronunciation" (on course website)
     
PRE-IMPERIAL CHINA
     
II.
(1/29) China in the Stone Age: pottery and jade
(Study Sheet #1)
     
  Read: Ebrey, pp. 16-20, 22 (to end of sentence).
    Clunas AIC, pp. 15-17 (to end of paragraph).
    Rawson, pp. 13-22 (to header); browse through examples reproduced on pp. 110-191.
    Yang, browse through recent archaeological finds on pp. 51-135.
     
III. (2/3--2/5) Shang dynasty: bronze, jade, early writing
(Study Sheet #2)
     
  Read: Ebrey, pp. 21-30 (to header), 36-37.
    Clunas AIC, pp. 17-22 (to end of paragraph).
    Bagley, "Shang Ritual Bronzes."
    The Great Bronze Age of China, browse through color plates on pp. 79-94 and 135-173.
    Rawson, browse through examples on pp. 192-195, 208-228.
    Yang, browse through recent archaeological finds on pp. 139-227.
     
IV. (2/10--2/12) Zhou dynasty: metalwork, jade, lacquer, early literature and philosophy
(Study Sheet #3)
     
  Read: Ebrey, pp. 30-35, 38-59.
    Clunas AIC, pp. 22-29 (to header).
    The Great Bronze Age of China, browse through plates on pp. 215-238 and 271-293.
    Rawson, browse through examples on pp. 229-231, 241-243, 252-255, 264-276, 281-284.
    Yang, browse through recent archaeological finds on pp. 228-359.
     
EARLY IMPERIAL CHINA
     
V. (2/12--2/17) Qin and Han dynasties: sculpture, ceramics, pictorial art
(Study Sheet #4)
     
  Read: Ebrey, pp. 60-85.
    Clunas AIC, pp. 29-35 (to header).
    Powers, pp. 1-35 (to header).
    The Great Bronze Age of China, browse through color plates on pp. 335-350 and 296-301.
    Rawson, browse through examples on pp. 296-302, 304-307.
    Yang, browse through recent archaeological finds on pp. 360-437.
     
No class 2/19 (College Art Association Annual Meeting)
 
Review (2/24)
 
*** Slide identifications on the exam will be limited to works that are reproduced in Clunas Art in China, or on the course website.***
 
FIRST EXAM Wednesday February 26
     
VI. (3/3--3/5) Period of Disunion (Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties): Daoism and Buddhism, aesthetic theory, calligraphy, painting, sculpture
(Study Sheets #5 and #6)
     
  Reading,
general:
Ebrey, pp. 86-107.
    Clunas AIC, pp. 35-41 (to last paragraph), 42, 46 (box), 50, 71 (box), 89-97 (to header), 134-138 (to end of paragraph).
     
  Reading on specific topics:  
     
  DAOISM: Mote, pp. 59-76.
    De Bary and Bloom, pp. 377-378 & 392-394.
     
  BUDDHISM: De Bary and Bloom, pp. 415-421.
    The Art Treasures of Dunhuang, pp. 3-9 and browse through the color plates.
    Yang, browse recent finds on pp. 438-449.
     
  CALLIGRAPHY: Chiang, chapter 5.
    Fazzioli, pp. 9-20; & browse in rest of book.
     
  PAINTING: Silbergeld, pp. 5-15.
     
VII. (3/10--3/12) Sui and Tang dynasties: sculpture, painting, architecture, metalwork, and ceramics
(Study Sheet #7)
     
  Read: Ebrey, pp. 108-135.
    Clunas AIC, pp. 41 (from last paragraph), 43-49 (to end of paragraph), 97-112 (to header), 138-140 (to end of paragraph).
    Yang, browse through recent finds on pp. 450-505.
     
SPRING BREAK
     
VIII. (3/24) Five Dynasties and Liao dynasty: sculpture, architecture and painting
(Study Sheet #8)
     
  Read: Ebrey, p. 136 (to last paragraph), 164-167 (to last paragraph).
    Barnhart et al., pp. 87-102.
    Yang, browse through recent finds on pp. 506-513.
     
IX. (3/26--3/31) Song dynasty: literati culture, painting, calligraphy, ceramics
(Study Sheet #9)
     
  Read: Ebrey, pp. 136-163, 167-169 (to header).
    Clunas AIC, pp. 49-63 (to header), 112-121 (to header), 140-145 (to end of paragraph), 173-174 (to end of paragraph).
    Fong et al., browse pp. 140-259.
     
Review (4/2)
     
*** Slide identifications on the exam will be limited to works that are reproduced in Clunas Art in China, or on the course website.***
     
SECOND EXAM Monday, April 7 also special lecture by Jessica Rawson (4:30)
     

LATER IMPERIAL AND MODERN CHINA

     
X. (4/9) Yuan [Mongol] dynasty: painting, porcelain
(Study Sheet #10)
     
  Read: Ebrey, pp. 169-189.
    Clunas AIC, pp. 63-66 (to header), 121-126 (to middle of page), 145-153 (to header), 174-175 (to header).
    Fong et al., browse pp. 262-323.
     
XI. (4/14--4/21) Ming dynasty: architecture, porcelain, painting, gardens, woodblock printing
(Study Sheet #11)
     
  Read: Ebrey, pp. 190-219.
    Clunas AIC, pp. 66-72 (to header), pp. 126 (from middle of page) -130, 153-162 (to header), 175-191 (to header).
    Flowering in the Shadows, pp. 81-101 [skim the names, which use the Wade-Giles spelling system].
    Keswick, pp. 16-24.
    Clunas, Fruitful Sites, pp. 9-15.
    Fong et al., browse pp. 326-469.
     
XII. (4/21--4/28) Qing dynasty: painting, interaction with foreign powers, rise of Shanghai
(Study Sheet #12)
     
  Read: Ebrey, pp. 220-261.
    Clunas AIC, pp. 72-87, 131-133, 162-171, 191-201 (to header).
    Barnhart et al., pp. 251-252 (to first header), 253 (from last parag.) -258, 282 ("court painting") -285, and 292 ("Shanghai School") -294 (to last parag.)
    Fong et al., browse pp. 472-563.
     
XIII. (4/28-- 4/30) 20th century: revolution and modernization, painting, prints, architecture, conceptual art
(Study Sheet #13)
     
  Read: Ebrey, pp. 262-332.
    Clunas AIC, pp. 201-223.
    Barnhart et al., pp. 298-300 (to header), 308 (from header) -312, 317 (from header) -328, 350-354.
    Laing, The Winking Owl, p. 62 and fig. 60; pp. 90-96 and figs. 101-112.
    Cohen, browse through the book and look at the pictures.
     
Review (5/5)
     
*** Slide identifications on the exam will be limited to works that are reproduced in Clunas Art in China, or on the course website.***
     
THIRD EXAM Wednesday May 7


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