Chinese Art Collections and Exhibitions: Provenance, Politics and Canon Development (P02156)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : LLC-P-P02156

The class will involve weekly readings with in-class discussions, which would be combined to develop a research topic for each student for a final grade. The goals would be to: 1. gain exposure to available studies; 2. critically review each study; 3. build a resource bibliography for later use by students and GU courses on the subject; 4. expose students to facets of Chinese art that are contextualised in the public forum of display, exhibition narratives, and larger narratives that involve the arts in socio-political and historical environments; and 5. reflect on the histories of Chinese art history and its canons. A portion of Chinese art and archaeology history will be documented via film reels from news agencies. Students will be asked to be aware of seeking out the multiple histories of each, reminding them that "singular" aspects may limit their understanding.

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Asian Studies, (School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, Schedule G)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : To be arranged/Unknown

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

? Additional Class Information : Classes to be held in Glasgow

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course students will be able to demonstrate knowledge, understanding and critical awareness of the period, issues and material covered by the course. They will do this by:
- critically discussing the ways in which Chinese art collections and exhibitions can define political and cultural concepts.
- critically evaluating, within seminars and written work, a variety of sources and approaches relevant to the study of Chinese art collections as aesthetic, technological and historical artefacts
- presenting case studies in the seminars which address the respective contributions of individual collectors, dealers and exhibitions;
- drawing conclusions from visual, textual and archival evidence to construct reasoned arguments in both oral and written form.