Trying to find an appropriate methodology for the study of ancient Chinese art.
Speaker: Sarah Allan
Lecture 1: The issues.
May 5th, 2022.
Lecture 2: New directions.
May 12th, 2022.
Readings:
Whitfield, Roderick, ed. The Problem of Meaning in Early Chinese Bronze Art. Vol. 15, Colloquies on Art and Archaeology in Asia. London: Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, School of Oriental and African Studies, 1992. (Available upon request. Please contact admin(at)sinologymethods.com)
Thorp, Robert. “Studies of Chinese Archeology/Art History in the West: A Critical Review, in Roderick Whitfield and Wang Tao, ed., Exploring China’s Past: New Discoveries and Studies in Art and Archaeology, Saffron Books, London, 2000, 51-62. download
Allan, Sarah. “Chinese Bronzes Through Western Eyes,” in Roderick Whitfield and Wang Tao, ed., Exploring China’s Past: New Discoveries and Studies in Art and Archaeology, Saffron Books, London, 2000, 63-76. download
Chang, Kwang-chih. Art, Myth, and Ritual: The Path to Political Authority in Ancient China. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1983.