HA 371

Early Chinese Art

Units: 1.5, Hours: 3-0

An introductory survey of Chinese art from the Neolithic period through the Tang dynasty. Topics include the ritual vessels of the Bronze age, the impact of the Indian religion of Buddhism on Chinese arts, the rise of landscape painting, and the classic era of figure painting. Chinese histories and theories of the arts will be read in translation.

Note: Credit will be granted for only one of 371, PACI 371.

Undergraduate course in History in Art offered by the Department of History in Art in the Faculty of Fine Arts.