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| Assignments | Examinations | Holidays |
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 |
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| 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 | ||