Admission requirements
No language requirement
Description
This course introduces students to the methodology and historiography in Chinese visual art. Focusing on topics such as iconography, portraiture, social history of art, visuality, space and spectacle, originality and emulation, and body, it helps students understand debates and trends in the historical formation and current practice of the discipline. In each session, students will be introduced to a broad range of readings on general theory and case studies in Chinese visual art and discussion will be guided to consider their relevance critically.
Course objectives
At the end of this course, students should be able to:
Recognize major historical debates in the field of Chinese visual art, and understand the direction in which discipline is moving;
Identify primary and secondary sources related with their specific interests and engage them with the material and methods introduced in this class;
Develop three skills central to advanced art historical research: careful reading, confident oral presentation, and clear critical writing.
Timetable
The timetable is available on the Asianstudies website
Mode of instruction
Seminar
Course Load
10 EC = 280 hours total
Weekly seminars: 14 × 2 hours (28 hours total )
Class preparation (complete assignments and readings): 6 × 14 hours (84 hours total)
Preparation for presentation: ca. 28 hours
Written Work: 140 hours
Assessment method
Class participation and and written response 20%
Class discussion groups 20%
Final Paper 60% (1) Paper Proposal 10% (in class presentation) (2 )Written research paper 50%
Blackboard
Blackboard (https://blackboard.leidenuniv.nl/) is usded in the course.
Students must self-enrol on Blackboard, which is used for posting syllabus, class communications, and essay submission.
Reading list
See blackboard.
Registration
Enrolment through uSis is mandatory.
General information about uSis is available in English and Dutch