Art History

For the understanding of Southeast Asian cultures and peoples, this course explains the general historical change from the 19th century to the 1990s by focusing on cultural change. In this area, what is formed is not a gathering of each history of present nations, but total perspectives based on several important historical waves. Topics: early colonization, the period of mercantilism: before 18th century; Imperialism-19th century; birth of Nationalism - first half of the 20th century; decolonization - 1940s and 50s; The Cold War - 1960s); New Change Period - 1970s and 80s. Generally Southeast Asian history in the Modern times was recorded by documents written in several languages. For easier understanding this course focuses on material cultural elements or pictorial data in each period.

The course consists of one component, titled Art History and its Materials and Techniques. This is a single-semester course taught in semester one. It examines some of the most common issues of the discipline such as style labels, periodization, the role of patrons, and the wide range of media used by artists at different times. It will also look at the practice of art history itself in the writings of notable art historians from Vasari onwards.

This course engages with the architectural and pictorial inheritance of France. It focuses on the architecture of Bordeaux and the region of Aquitaine during the 18th century. The course studies urban and countryside architecture, sculpture, painting, and decorative arts.

This course is an introduction to the study of East Asian Art. Each lecture features representative works created from the ancient to pre-modern era of East Asia, particularly of China and Korea. The aims to acquire basic knowledge of East Asian art from art historical points of view, and learning the practical skills of studying and making own presentations about East Asian Art.
 

Although this course refers to some relationships on visual art between the continent and Japan, the course will not emphasize Japanese art.  Those who intend to study Japanese art are recommended to take ARC211 and ARC212 (History of Japanese Art I and II), then take this course before or after then.

This course explores the psychological aspects of fashion. Topics include the history of fashion cycles spread of fashion; rapidly changing fashion media environment; fashion market; fashion system and the alternatives; and fashion ideas and inspirations being constructed, elaborated, and conveyed in detailed elements of fashion images and narratives. Psychological theories and approaches are introduced and applied to various aspects and dimensions of fashion systems.