Art History

As a professional elective course of the Department of Cultural Relics and Museums, this course aims to equip undergraduates with basic knowledge of art history on the one hand, and train students to apply the methods of image science, form and style analysis in art history in actual cases on the other hand.

This course takes as a starting point the expansive understanding of feminism as a value system rather than a style or movement to elucidate and make meaning of contemporary Nordic art within a global context. The course underscores feminism’s historical, theoretical, and activist facets, focusing on a transnational, situated, and intersectional approach to understand feminist practices in and around contemporary Nordic art. Understood in the broadest sense to include other normative-critical approaches such as postcolonialism, in this course feminism is deployed as an emancipatory modality to deconstruct and contextualize the most important issues concerning contemporary art today, including migration, sexuality, race, ecology, and the move towards the digital—and how the Nordic cases interact with, correspond to, and challenge wider global patterns. The course nevertheless provides a solid historical overview of feminism within the realm of art from 1970 onwards and develops an understanding of foundational and more recent feminist theory, as well as the ability to recognize and apply an activist approach to contemporary art. Nordic examples make up the core of the course to provide a nuanced knowledge of the immediate art environment (including visits to local museums, art institutions, and practitioners). With its intersectional and reflexive approach, the course conveys the intergenerational, gender-fluid, heterogeneous, and transnational nature of feminist practices today by contextualizing them within a global framework. to convey the intergenerational, gender-fluid, heterogeneous, and transnational nature of feminist practices today by contextualizing them within a global framework.

The course introduces the use of materials related to artistic expression, color, and perspective to create a 3-dimensional illusion and technology for dating and attribution of objects of art. Scientific principles of various forms of art are explored.

In the form of thematic discussion, this lesson outlines the evolution of Chinese calligraphy, introduces famous calligraphers and masterpieces, and discusses some topics in Chinese calligraphy.This course also requires students to practice calligraphy to enhance their understanding of calligraphy art.

Through the study of this course, students can develop their understanding of calligraphy and explore the law of calligraphy through theoretical study and skill training.In this way, students can learn and appreciate the masterpieces of past dynasties independently, and have the ability to spread the beauty of calligraphy.

Specific requirements: on the basis of mastering the basic knowledge of calligraphy, have the ability to learn and use the history of calligraphy, calligraphy theory and calligraphy aesthetics, as well as the basic quality of scientific methods, seeking ancient theories, and laying a necessary foundation for subsequent calligraphy learning and research.

Japanese art has not been cultivated purely within the country of Japan. As a member of the East Asian cultural sphere, Japan has nurtured art through rich exchanges with China and South Korea from ancient times and the Middle Ages to the early modern period. In modern times, we cannot help but think about the influence of Europe and the United States. What art has Japan selected from the foreign cultures of China, South Korea, and the West, and how has Japan accepted these and transformed them to create its own art? The goal is to understand this while looking at the slides of paintings and designs. Each week the class will write impressions (interpretation, description, evaluation) after viewing artwork.

The course focuses on the study of the non-Western European artistic and political scene from the second half of the 19th to the beginning of the 20th century. It analyzes and discusses the notions of national and artistic identity through specific examples. At the same time, the course also studies the challenges of globalization.

This course examines the interactions between aesthetics, art theory, and art law. It discusses legal notions of originality, authorship, plagiarism, copying, and transformation. Contemporary art case studies include: Marina Abramović, Robert Mapplethorpe, Richard Prince, and Joseph Beuys. 

This is a general education optional course. The students will have a systematic understanding of the achievements of the east and west fine arts.

This course addresses the meaning, expression, material, and technique of Japanese visual art masterpieces.  It teaches the skills to appreciate fundamental and diverse characteristics of Japanese visual art from the ancient times to the contemporary.

This course explores the literary and artistic foundations that contribute to the construction of the cultural space and the politics we inhabit. It examines how sources are managed, interpreted, and renewed over time; the architecture and art they inspired; and how they have been adapted to the religious and political installation of Christianity; all of which have informed our unique identity today. The French model is at the center of these lineaments of cultural anthropology. The artistic representations (literary, pictorial, architectural) that endure over time reveal how people in the Middle Ages viewed the world and will influence the identity of future European nations over time.