Overarching themes include the development of a central state, changes in the composition of national elites, China's relations with the world and notions of what it meant to be Chinese. Basic elements of Chinese civilization such as Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and popular beliefs are also introduced. ARTS 103, Arts of Asia P. Kaimal Arts of Asia, like ARTS 101 and 102, is an introduction to the field of art history as well as a survey of the architecture, sculpture and painting of Asia. Through Asian art from Neolithic times to the present, from China, India, Japan, Persia, Korea, Central Asia, Java, Cambodia and Vietnam, this course demonstrates what distinguishes these artistic cultures from each other and from various European artistic traditions. This course also introduces the vocabulary, techniques and patterns of thinking students will need in advanced art history courses.
Priority is given to first-year students and sophomores.
This study of East Asian paintings and woodblock prints from China's Han Dynasty to twentieth-century Japan includes discussion of the impact of the artists social status on works of art and the nature of Japans reinterpretation of Chinese forms. This course studies the experiences and struggles of Asian-Americans in their search for their hyphenated identities and their place in the United States. This course introduces representative works of Chinese literature in English translation. Offered in China in spring 1995. The focus is on modern literature and film.