This course is an introduction to the foundations of Chinese art from the Neolithic period to the present. It covers the arts of ceramics, bronze, jade, painting, calligraphy, sculpture, and architecture. Emphasis is placed on the relationship of art forms and the socio-political forces and intellectual discourses that shaped them.
Buddhist Art and Architecture by 
Chinese Architecture by 
Chinese Sculpture by 
Four Thousand Years of Chinese Calligraphy by 
The Arts of China by 
The Chinese Art Book by 
Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting by 
Art and Architecture of China by 
Chinese Art by 
From Heaven to Earth by 
The Heavenly Court by 
Total Modernity and the Avant-Garde in Twentieth-Century Chinese Art by 
Covers biographies, criticism, country surveys, artistic styles and movements, art forms, subject matter and iconography, and techniques. Note: Limit of 3 simultaneous users.
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