Art History 1DV: Arts of Asia (Virtual), Fall 2011 Preliminary syllabus
Professor Katharine Burnett
Everson 160
kpburnett@ucdavis.edu
Dept: 530-752-0105
SECTIONS A02
Lecture/Discussion Schedule, Art 204
Tuesdays, 12:10-1:30 PM with Prof. Burnett
Discussion Schedule, Everson 157
TA: Monica BUTLER
Discussion sections begin Week 1.
Sec. A02
W 10:00 – 10:50 AM
SECTIONS B01-2
Lecture/Discussion Schedule, Art 204
Thursdays, 12:10-1:30 PM with Prof. Burnett
Discussion Schedule, Everson 157
TA: PAN Yanlin
TA: KONG Wan
Discussion sections begin Week 1.
Sec. B01
F 10:00-10:50 AM
Sec. B02
F 11:00-11:50 AM
Office hours
Katharine Burnett:
Monica BUTLER
mbutler@ucdavis.edu
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Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1:30-2:30 PM, and by appointment.
Please sign up for your preferred time slot on sheet outside the
instructor’s office door, 160 Everson Hall.
Wednesdays at 11:00 AM-noon, and by appointment, Everson 155.
KONG Wan
Fridays, 12:00-1:00 PM, and by appointment, Everson 155.
wankong@ucdavis.edu
PAN Yanlin
ylpan@ucdavis.edu
Fridays, 11:00 AM-noon, and by appointment, Everson 155.
Scope of course
Art History 1DV: Arts of Asia surveys the visual arts and cultures related to the major belief
systems of India, China, and Japan. We also discuss objects made in various parts of the
contemporary Asian Diaspora, their place in art and cultural history, and the critical ideas
they represent.
Teaching method
Although the title of AHI 1DV (Virtual) has “virtual” in it, there is nothing virtual about the
learning or instruction in this course. AHI 1DV utilizes a hybrid teaching method: students
study lectures online, and meet with the instructor once a week for lecture/discussion to
clarify course content. Students also meet with their TAs for discussion sections once a
week to discuss homework assignments, study and writing skills, and examination
preparation. Participation in each of these meetings is mandatory.
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Benefits of the hybrid online teaching method
 Comparative studies of AHI 1D and 1DV courses demonstrate that students learn
more thoroughly and their grades are higher in AHI 1DV than in the conventionally
taught course. As an equal opportunity grader, I want all students to succeed. I
have done my utmost to create a course that enhances this possibility.
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You take responsibility for your learning to rapidly own the information.
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You study the online lectures at your own pace, and review lectures as often as you
wish. No more falling asleep in a darkened room while the professor is talking! No
more missing that crucial piece of new information while furiously scribbling
illegible notes about what the professor previously said! No more missing lecture
content because of distractions of class hubbub, another student, or daydreams!
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You study the images while listening to the online lectures. At the same time, you
may also choose to read the lectures online. This is useful for everyone, but has
special benefits to those of you who are new to art history and/or Asian studies for
whom the vocabulary and concepts are new, those with hearing problems, and
those who are ESL learners.
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Because of the lecture/discussion set-up, you have more individual contact time
with the professor than in the conventionally taught course.
Come prepared! This is a 5-unit course, earning you GE credit in ArtHum and Diversity.
During the lecture/discussion meetings with the professor, you will often subdivide into
small groups to discuss the online material and assigned readings, and then share your
findings with the class. You may consult your notes and Course Reader to answer
questions.
In TA Sections, you will use your completed homework assignments as a basis for class
discussion. You will learn the special skills necessary to think and talk about art and art
history. You will practice writing structuring essays and taking art history exams.
The emphasis of this hybrid method is on active learning, not passive listening. In both
lecture/discussion and discussion sections, please come prepared to participate. This will
help you clarify and solidify your understanding of the material.
Course goals
Students will attain the rudiments of visual literacy in the arts of Asia, and learn the basic
skills of stylistic analysis. Students will learn interpretive strategies that can reveal cultural
ideas and ideals as manifested in visual form, and discover how these disparate factors
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relate to their historical contexts. Critical thinking skills will be honed through discussions,
written homework assignments, and examination essays.
Discussion sections with TAs
Participation in discussion sections is required of all students, and affects an important
component of the course grade. All homework assignments will be typed and submitted to
TAs during discussion sections.
A brush workshop will be held in discussion sections during the seventh week of class.
Please wear an apron or clothes that can be stained, and bring Sumi paper, newspaper, and
a small jar for water. Brushes and other materials for the workshop will be distributed for
use in this section. Interested students may also check out these supplies from the Visual
Resources Facility (VRF, located in Everson 163 and 165) free of charge at any time.
Email
The syllabus, object lists, announcements, and other important information are issued on
our course SmartSite. Other important information will be disseminated from time to time
by email to the class listserve. Therefore, students are required to actively monitor the
SmartSite website and their email for this course. Messages to the class listserve will be
archived so students may access these messages whenever desired. Students who have
problems with their email should regularly check this archive for messages they may have
missed.
It is the student’s responsibility to contact the University with their correct and active
email account if it differs from the assigned ucdavis.edu account. To do this, students must
send the request to postmaster@ucdavis.edu and include the following information in the
email: full name, student ID number, campus mail ID, email address students wish their
mail ID to point to. Please allow at least two days for the request to be processed. Please
do not include student password; it is not needed. Any questions about this process, please
contact postmaster@ucdavis.edu.
Course grade
5%
Quizzes. Quizzes and pop quizzes may be given in lectures and/or discussion
sections.
10%
Active participation in discussion sections will earn 10% of the course grade. You
must attend the same discussion section each week. Grading for this component
will be Pass/No Pass.
NB: “active participation” is not the same thing as “attendance.”
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Homework assignments will be due in discussion sections. Late papers will not be
accepted. During TA sections, you are encouraged to write notes and corrections on
your typed homework papers before submitting them to the TA for grading.
Assignments must be typed and double-spaced using Cambria (like this) or Times
New Roman (like this), or similar font, 12-pt pitch (this big). Sans serif fonts, such as
Arial are difficult to read so cannot be accepted. Double-sided or single-sided papers
are both acceptable. Papers that are not typed will not be read.
You are strongly encouraged to illustrate your answers with digital images (blackand-white or color). Homework assignments will typically be about one page in
length. Digital images are available from the “Study Images” folder in “Resources” on
SmartSite.
35%
For the take-home midterm examination you are responsible for all material
presented in lectures and in required readings.
Examinations must be typed and double-spaced using Cambria or Times New
Roman, or similar font, 12-pt pitch. Sans serif fonts, such as Arial are difficult to read
so cannot be accepted. Double-sided or single-sided papers are both acceptable.
Papers that are not typed will not be read.
You are strongly encouraged to illustrate your answers with exam images (blackand-white or color).
35%
The take-home final examination will cover material discussed in the second portion
of the term, but will assume knowledge learned in the earlier half of the course.
Examinations must be typed and double-spaced using Cambria or Times New
Roman, or similar font, 12-pt pitch. Sans serif fonts, such as Arial are difficult to read
so cannot be accepted. Double-sided or single-sided papers are both acceptable.
Papers that are not typed will not be read.
You are strongly encouraged to illustrate your answers with exam images (blackand-white or color).
Examination dates
Midterm Examination:
The take-home Midterm Examination is due for all students in person with picture ID on
Tuesday, November 8 in Art 204 at 12:10 PM sharp. Early papers submitted to your TA in
person with picture ID will also be accepted, but not late papers.
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Final Examination:
The take-home Final Examination is due for all students in person with picture ID on
Tuesday, Dec. 6 at 1:00 PM sharp. Early papers submitted to your TA in person with picture
ID will also be accepted, but not late papers.
Late examinations will only be accepted with proper medical documentation addressed to
the instructor. An unexcused late exam will receive a failing grade.
The University of California, Davis policies on academic misconduct will be strictly applied.
Visual resources
In addition to the reproductions found in the texts, students are advised to study images in
the “Study Images” folder on the course SmartSite. This is a password-protected site. The
password will be given in class and in discussion sections only.
Online course material
Illustrated lectures and self-tests are available online. Access and use instructions will be
provided during the first lecture/discussion meeting with the professor.
Required Text and Supplies
Fred Kleiner and Christin J. Mamiya, Gardner’s Art Through the Ages, A Global History, 13th
edn., Belmont, California: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 2000 (ISBN-13: 978-0-49509307-7; ISBN-10: 0-495-09307-6).
 12th edn. also acceptable (ISBN 0-15-505090-7).
This text will be used throughout the term.
Course Reader, available for purchase at Davis Copy Shop. This text will be used throughout
the term. $36.14
Davis Copy Shop is located at 231 3rd St (at University Ave.). Tel: (530) 758-2311.
Sumi sketch paper (1 pad): available in the Art Section (upstairs) of UCD bookstore. A full
pad will not be necessary. Students are encouraged to share pads. This paper will be
used in Week 7.
Recommended text and museum membership
Christina Mananci. A Survival Guide for Art History Students (Prentice Hall, 2005).
(ISBN 0-131401971 paperback)
Student membership, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, $40 for one year with many
benefits.
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Library Reserve
Copies of required texts and other helpful materials are on reserve in Shields Library. A
copy of the Course Reader is also on Shelf Reserve in the VRF (Art 203).
General
Kleiner, Fred S.
Kleiner, Fred and Christin
J. Mamiya
Gardner’s Art Through the Ages, A
Global History, 13th edn.
N5300 .G25 2009b
N5300 .G25 2005
Gardner’s Art Through the Ages,
12th edn.
Stokstad, Marilyn
Art History
N5300 .S923 2005
Lopez, Barry
Field Notes: The Grace Notes of the
Canyon Wren
In Reader and on
course website
Indian Art
N7301 C71
Grover, Satish
The Architecture of India: Buddhist and
Hindu
NA1502 .G7
Huntington, Susan L. and
John. C. Huntington
The Art of Ancient India: Buddhist,
Hindu, Jain
N7301 H86 1985
Mitchell, George
Hindu Art and Architecture
N8195.A4 M53 2000
China
Birch, Cyril
Chinese Myths and Fantasies
GR335 .B5 1961
Burnett, Katharine P.
“A Discourse of Originality in Late
Ming Chinese Painting Criticism,” Art
History, vol. 23, no. 4 (November
2000), 522-558.
N5300.A1 A7
also online through
Shields
Chaves, Jonathan
The Chinese Painter As Poet
ND1040 .C365 2000
Liu, Yang
Fantastic Mountains: Chinese
Landscape Painting from the Shanghai
Museum
N8214.5.C6 L59 2004
India
Craven, Roy C.
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Rawson, Jessica, ed.
Mysteries of Ancient China, London:
British Museum, 1966.
DS715 .M97 1996b c.1
Thorp, Robert L. and
Richard Ellis Vinograd
Chinese Art & Culture
NX583.A1 T49 2001
China: Dawn of a Golden Age 200-750
AD
N7343.23 .C55 2004
Watt, James C.Y.
Japan
Addiss, Stephen
Yamanaka Shinten'o: The Albatross
of Japanese Painting
in Jstor online
Mason, Penelope E.
History of Japanese Art
N7350 .M26 2005
Stanley-Baker, Joan
Japanese Art
N7350 .S72 2000
A Survival Guide for Art History
Students (Prentice Hall, 2005).
N385 .M37 2005
General
Christina Mananci.
The Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, has a world-class collection that AHI 1DV
students should know. Additionally, a special exhibition is offered at the Asian this quarter:
Here/Not Here: Buddha Presence in Eight Recent Works
April 1 – October 23, 2011
Maharaja: the Splendor of India’s Royal Courts
October 21, 2011-April 8, 2012
For more information, please consult the Asian’s website:
http://www.asianart.org/index.html.
The Berkeley Art Museum (BAM) at UC Berkeley, also displays Asian art. For more
information, see http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu.
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FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE (Subject to change)
o Readings marked with one asterisk * are located in your Course Reader and in texts on
Shelf Reserve in Shields Library.
o The texts from which the Course Reader is composed are available from Shelf Reserve
in Shields Library.
o The Course Reader is available on Shelf Reserve in the Visual Resources Facility (VRF)
in Everson Hall.
o Readings marked with ** are available on the course SmartSite.
WEEK 1
INTRODUCTION TO COURSE
Th 9/22 or T 9/27
ONLINE LECTURE #1
Introduction to Course
Gardner’s Art Through the Ages, (12th edn., “Introduction: The Subjects and Vocabulary of
Art History”;) 13th edn., “Introduction: What is Art History,” pp. 1-13.
NB: As you study each online lecture, please check the “1DV Online Lecture Corrigenda” in
the Resources lin on SmartSite for corrections.
* Lee, Sherman E. “Chronological Tables,” A History of Far Eastern Art: Fifth Edition. New
Jersey: Prentice Hall and New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994, pp. 12-13.
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT #1. Due in TA sections by Week 6.
Go to the Asian Art Museum, SF. (In fact, to do well on this assignment and in this course, it
will be wise to make repeated visits to the Asian Art Museum to view the collection, hence,
a membership can be cost effective.) View the objects in the permanent collection. Select
one object from India, China, or Japan, and discuss the following:
1. Identify the object as provided on the accompanying label. Include title, artist, date,
media, country of origin, dimensions if provided, accession number, and other
relevant basic information.
2. Photograph the object: a good all over view, and details of interesting parts.
Illustrate your paper with these photographs.
3. How does this object exemplify an important aspect of Asian cultures? To answer
this question, you will first need to describe the object, explain what it is and what it
is for.
Length: approximately 500 words. Due in TA sections by Week 6.
NB: Objects from countries other than India, China, and Japan are not acceptable choices
for this assignment.
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3-5:00 PM
Art 217
ART HISTORY TEMPLETON COLLOQUIUM IN ART HISTORY:
ART BETWEEN EUROPE AND ASIA IN THE 17TH CENTURY
Speakers:
Timothy Brook, University of British Columbia, “China on Vermeer’s Table:
The Cultural Impact of Early Global Trade”
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Thomas DeCosta Kaufman, Princeton University, “Reflections on World Art
History
Students attending this symposium will earn extra credit points. Please sign in with your TA!
WEEK 2
ART OF INDIA BEFORE 1100
Th 9/29 or T 10/4
ONLINE LECTURE #2
Art of Vedic, Mauryan, Andhra, and Kushan Periods
Readings
Gardner, (12th edn., Ch. 6, pp. 167-176; ) or 13th edn., Ch. 6, 157-166.
*Roy C. Craven, Indian Art, pp. 35-48.
ONLINE LECTURE #3
Buddhist stupas and temple caves of Kushan, Gupta, and
Post-Gupta periods
Readings
Gardner’s Art Through the Ages, (12th edn., Ch. 6, pp. 176-178;) or 13th edn., Ch. 6 166-169.
*Satish Grover, The Architecture of India, pp. 37-57.
HOMEWORK #2 Due in your TA section this week.
Answer both of the following questions. Be sure to illustrate your paper with the objects
you select for discussion.
1. SCULPTURE
Select two Buddhist sculptures from the Kushan period from different regions from the
lecture material and/or readings.
 Identify each thoroughly as per the 1D Format for Homework and Exams sheet
(available from the “Examination Info” folder within “Resources” on SmartSite).
 Explain the iconography of each. (How do you know what you are looking at?)
 Compare/contrast them stylistically. (How are they the same? How do they differ?)
 How does each display ideals of human form? Why would an ideal of human form
be important for these images and the devotees who viewed them?
2. ARCHITECTURE
Choose one salient example of Buddhist architecture from the lecture material and/or
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readings.
 Identify it thoroughly as per the 1D Format for Homework and Exams sheet
(available from the “Examination Info” folder within “Resources” on SmartSite).
 Draw a plan of the building and identify its parts
 Explain why it is representative of the architecture used for this belief system.
WEEK 3
ART OF INDIA BEFORE 1100, CONT.
Th 10/6 or T 10/11
ONLINE LECTURE #4
Buddhist sculpture and painting in Kushan through Post-Gupta
periods; Foundations of Hinduism
ONLINE LECTURE #13
Hindu Art and Architecture of the Medieval Period
Readings
Gardner, (12th edn., Ch. 6, pp. 178-189 or) 13th edn., Ch. 6, 168-179.
*George Mitchell, Hindu Art and Architecture, pp. 17-36.
*Huntington, Susan L., The Art of Ancient India, pp. 206-213.
A care package from your professor:
Lopez, Barry. “Introduction: Within Birds’ Hearing,” in Field Notes: The Grace Note of the
Canyon Wren. New York: Avon Books, Inc., 1994, pp. 3-11. On SmartSite in “Lopez”
folder within “Resources”.
Campus Resources List – see last page of syllabus.
HOMEWORK #3
Due in your TA section this week.
Answer both of the following questions, being sure to illustrate your points with images
from course lectures and/or readings.
1. Identify major deities of Hinduism and give an important Gupta/Chola period
sculptural example discussed online and/or in class text of each. What period stylistic
characteristics are exemplified in each?
2. Compare/contrast one Hindu image with one Buddhist image of any period studied in
course lectures. How are they the same? How are they different? The images can be of
any format or medium. NB: Comparing objects of the same format, (e.g., sculpture with
sculpture, or architecture with architecture) will provide the most effective
comparisons.
Identify each object thoroughly as per the 1D Format for Homework and Exams sheet
(available from the “Examination Info” folder within “Resources” on SmartSite).
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WEEK 4 EARLY CHINESE ART TO 206 BCE
Th 10/13 or T 10/18
ONLINE LECTURE #5
Chinese Romanization systems, Neolithic cultures, Bronze Age
Cultures of the Shang Dynasty period.
Readings
Gardner’s Art Through the Ages, (12th edn., Ch. 7, pp. 190-195 or) 13th edn., Ch. 7, 180-185.
*Jessica Rawson, Mysteries of Ancient China, pp. 248-265.
ONLINE LECTURE #6
Bronze Age cultures, cont. to Qin Dynasty
Readings
Gardner’s Art Through the Ages, (12th edn., Ch. 7, pp. 195-197 or) 13th edn., Ch. 7, 184-186.
*Thorp and Vinograd, Chinese Art & Culture, pp. 127-147.
HOMEWORK #4 Due in your TA Section this week
Answer both of the following questions, being sure to illustrate your points with images
from course lectures and/or readings.
1. Providing specific examples of visual arts as evidence (e.g., vessel types, shapes, motifs),
carefully explain how you know different belief systems were operative for the cultures
of the Shang Dynasty, the peoples active at the same time as the Shang in southwest
China in the region of Sanxingdui, and the Zhou Dynasty.
2. Did peoples active during the Shang Dynasty share the same belief systems as the
peoples living before them during the Chinese Neolithic? Thoughtfully support your
ideas with specific examples of visual arts.
Identify each object thoroughly as per the 1D Format for Homework and Exams sheet
(available from the “Examination Info” folder within “Resources” on SmartSite).
WEEK 5 EARLY CHINESE ART, CONT.: HAN-SONG DYNASTIES
Th 10/20 or T 10/25
ONLINE LECTURE #7:
Han-Tang Dynasty belief systems of immortality and Buddhism
ONLINE LECTURE #8
Buddhist architecture, Confucian art of Han-Song; Ceramics
Readings
Gardner’s Art Through the Ages, (12th edn., Ch. 7, pp. 197-215 or) 13th edn., Ch. 7, 187-205.
*James C.Y. Watt, China: Dawn of a Golden Age, pp. 37-45.
*Cyril Birch, “The Greatest Archer,” Chinese Myths and Fantasies, pp. 9-19.
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HOMEWORK #5 Due in your TA section this week.
Answer the following questions, being sure to illustrate your points with images from
course lectures and/or readings.
Select one object from two different belief systems of China. Discuss (hint:
compare/contrast): a) the aesthetics of each object; and b) how the ideals of each belief
system are manifested.
Identify each object thoroughly as per the 1D Format for Homework and Exams sheet
(available from the “Examination Info” folder within “Resources” on SmartSite).
WEEK 6 EARLY JAPANESE ART
Th 10/27 or T 11/1
In-class Video: Living Treasures of Japan
ONLINE LECTURE #9
Art and architecture of the Jomon through Nara Periods relating to belief systems of Shinto,
Buddhism.
ONLINE LECTURE #10
Art and architecture of the Heian through Kamakura Periods relating to the Buddhist belief
system and secular world.
Readings
Gardner’s Art Through the Ages, (12th edn., Ch. 8, pp. 216-231 or) 13th edn., Ch. 8, 206-221.
*Penelope Mason, History of Japanese Art, pp. 53-77.
*Joan Stanley-Baker, Japanese Art, pp. 84-97.
HOMEWORK #1 See Week 1 instructions. Due in your TA section this week.
HOMEWORK #6 Due in your TA section this week.
Answer the following questions, being sure to illustrate your points with images from
course lectures and/or readings.
Please use this homework assignment as a practice slide comparison essay.
1. Compare/contrast an example of Shinto architecture with an example of Buddhist or
Hindu architecture in India or China or Japan.
2. Identify each object thoroughly as per the 1D Format for Homework and Exams sheet
(available from the “Examination Info” folder within “Resources” on SmartSite).
3. What is the point of the comparison? For example: What aesthetic and structural
features distinguish each? What features do they share? What features are different?
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How are the belief systems manifested in each example? How is each example
characteristic of the time in which it was made? How is each example part of a
continuum of development?
The take-home midterm will be posted on the course SmartSite by 5:00 PM on
Friday, Nov. 4.
WEEK 7
INDIAN ART AFTER 1100
Th 11/3
In class video: Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision. All sections (A and B) are
invited to attend.
T 11/8
Take-home Midterm examination due for all sections (A and B) in Art
204 at 12:10 PM sharp. Please submit your typed paper in person with
picture ID. Hardcopies only will be accepted. Early submissions to your TA
are acceptable at a mutually convenient time.
In class video: Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision. All sections (A and B) are
invited to attend.
ONLINE LECTURE #14 Mughal Period Art and Architecture
(There are no online lectures #11 or #12.)
Readings
Gardner’s Art Through the Ages, (12th edn., Ch. 25, pp. 748-761 or) 13th edn., Ch. 26, 704717.
*Roy C. Craven, Indian Art, pp. 195-217.
HOMEWORK
No homework assignment due. Instead, a brush workshop will be held in TA sections this
week to help you understand East Asian brush techniques, brush stroke types, and names.
This will help you in the discussions, homework assignments and final examination. Please
bring Sumi paper (available at UCD Bookstore), newspaper, a cup or can to discussion
sections, and wear an apron or clothing that permanent ink stains will not destroy.
WEEK 8
LATER CHINESE ART: YUAN - MID-MING DYNASTIES
Th 11/10 or T 11/15
ONLINE LECTURES #14-15
Reading
Gardner’s Art Through the Ages, 12th edn., Ch. 26, pp. 762-770; 13th edn., Ch. 27, 718-726.
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*Thorp and Vinograd, Chinese Art & Culture, pp. 297-315.
Chinese Art after 1280, cont.: Late Ming and Qing Dynasties
ONLINE LECTURE #16
Readings
Gardner’s Art Through the Ages, (12th edn., Ch. 26, pp. 770-777 or) 13th edn., Ch. 27, 726733.
Katharine P. Burnett, “A Discourse of Originality in Late Ming Chinese Painting Criticism,”
Art History, vol. 23. no. 4 (November 2000), 522-558. In “Assigned Readings” folder
within Resources on course SmartSite and on Shelf Reserve in Shields.
HOMEWORK #8 Due in your TA section this week.
Answer the following questions, being sure to illustrate your points with images from
course lectures and/or readings.
For painting of Mughal Period India and Yuan, Ming, or Qing China:
1. Identify and compare one object from each country of these two countries that you
believe expresses ideals of naturalism and/or illusionism. What is shared? What is
different?
2. Identify and compare one object from each country that you believe expresses
ideals of abstraction and/or stylization and/or symbolism. What is shared? What is
different?
In your answers, you may write about the same two images for both questions, or four
completely different images. It is up to you, but your choices must make sense. That is to
say, you must be able to defend your choices (i.e., your claims) with evidence.
11/11
Friday
Veteran’s Day: UCD Holiday – No TA section meetings.
Students should submit Week 8 homework assignment to their TA at the
Week 9 lecture/discussion meeting with the professor.
WEEK 9
T 11/17
Th 11/22
LATER JAPANESE ART: INK PAINTING, ARCHITECTURE
In-class DVD: Lost Treasures of the Ancient World: Japan; and discussion.
ONLINE LECTURE #17
Readings
Gardner’s Art Through the Ages, (12th edn., Ch. 27, pp. 778-795 or) 13th edn., 734-749.
*Penelope Mason, History of Japanese Art, pp. 254-271.
Japanese Art after 1392: Tea Ceremony, Shoin design, Rimpa: Edo Period
(Japanese aesthetics); Nanga, Zenga, Woodblock prints: Edo Period
ONLINE LECTURE #18
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Readings
Gardner’s Art Through the Ages, (12th edn., Ch. 27, pp. 778-795 or) 13th edn., 734-749.
HOMEWORK #9 Due in your TA section this week.
Answer the following questions, being sure to illustrate your points with images from
course lectures and/or readings.
This week’s readings and online lectures discuss Japanese art, some of which emphasizes
indigenous modes of representation, others that emphasize imported modes of
representation. From this material, please compare two objects that you believe represent
indigenous vs. appropriated characteristics.
Nov. 24-25
Thanksgiving holiday. No UCD classes or TA sections meet.
WEEK 10
ARTS OF THE ASIAN DIASPORA
T 11/29
In-class lecture on the art of Ang Tsherin Sherpa and Maya Lin.
No online lectures for Mr. Sherpa are available.
All students are invited to attend.
Th Dec. 1
In-class lecture on the art of Montien Boonma and Shahzia Sikander.
No online lectures for these artists are available.
All students are invited to attend.
ONLINE LECTURE #20
Information Maya Lin only.
NB: Information about the other Diaspora artists provided in this online lecture is not
required for the Fall 2011 offering of AHI 1DV. Instead, we will study the art of Ang
Tsherin Sherpa, Shahzia Sikander, and Montien Boonma.
Readings
Maya Ying Lin
Gardner’s Art Through the Ages, (12th edn., Ch. 34, pp. 1042-1044 or) 13th edn., 10061008, 1014.
In AHI 1DV SmartSite Resources Folder: Diaspora Artists:
** “Maya Lin”
**Vietnam Veterans' Memorial
Video: Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision, shown in class in Week 7. Also on shelf
reserve in VRF.
Ang Tsherin Sherpa
In AHI 1DV SmartSite Resources Folder: Diaspora Artists:
**Ang Tsherin Sherpa: including artworks and biography
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http://www.rossirossi.com/contemporary/artists/tsering.sherpa.
**Art21 interview with AT Sherpa
**Art Asia Archive interview with Sherpa
**Tradition Transformed: Tibetan Artists Respond
**Tsherin’s website
**Katharine P. Burnett, “Tibetan Buddhist Art in a Globalized World of Illusion:
The Contemporary Art of Ang Tsherin Sherpa,” in Elizabeth Childs-Johnson
and Ying-Ying Lai, Guest Eds., Special Issue: “Art and Politics in Today’s China
and Taiwan,” Modern Chinese Studies, 2011, pp. 1-28.
Shahzia Sikander
In AHI 1DV SmartSite Resources Folder: Diaspora Artists:
**Sikander artwork
**Sikander interview
**Sikander on Art21
Montien Boonma
In AHI 1DV SmartSite Resources Folder: Diaspora Artists:
**http://nga.gov.au/Boonma/index.cfm: read the links: “Introduction,” “Essay,”
and “Education”
**Katharine P. Burnett, Review of Montien Boonma: Temple of the Mind,
exhibition organized by the Asia Society, New York; installation at the Asian
Art Museum, San Francisco, February 25-May 23, 2004, for CAA.Reviews,
http://www.caareviews.org/, November 4, 2004.
**http://www.rama9art.org/montien/index.html : See “Artist’s Biography” and
“Artist’s Works”
HOMEWORK #10 Due in your TA section this week.
Answer the following questions, being sure to illustrate your points with images from
course lectures and/or readings.
1. Make a meaningful comparison between one of the images from the Asian Diaspora
(available to you in the Study Images pages) to an object studied from India, China, or
Japan discussed since the midterm. Identify and discuss as if they were to appear on
the final exam.
2. Go to the Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial link in the SmartSite “Related Materials” folder:
http://thewall-usa.com/index.asp. While there, search the Wall through this link:
http://thewall-usa.com/index.asp#search . Search for your surname or that of a
friend. Then do a search for all the individuals with your given name or that of a friend.
How many individuals are listed on the wall with your surname or one of your friend’s
surnames? Read the information about the Casualty Summaries and the Wall
Information Page. (You are encouraged to scan around and read more information
about the Wall as well.) What do you learn from doing this search? How are you
affected by looking for this information? Be prepared to discuss in TA sections.
The take-home final examination will be posted on the course SmartSite by 5:00 PM
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on Friday, December 2.
Take-home Final Examination due for all students Tuesday, December 6 at 1:00 PM,
sharp. Please submit your typed examination paper in person and with picture ID.
Hardcopies only will be accepted. Early submissions to your TA are acceptable at a
mutually convenient time.
© Copyright Katharine P. Burnett, 2011. All federal and state copyrights reserved for all original material
presented in this course through any medium, including lecture or print. Individuals are prohibited from
being paid for taking, selling, or otherwise transferring for value, personal class notes made during this
course to any entity without the express written permission of Katharine P. Burnett. In addition to legal
sanctions, students found in violation of these prohibitions may be subject to University disciplinary action.
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