Postgraduate Course: Chinese Art Collections and Exhibitions: Provenance, Politics and Canon Development (ASST11029)
Course Outline
School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
Summary | 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. |
Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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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.
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Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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Additional Class Delivery Information |
Classes to be held in Glasgow |
Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
Course organiser | Prof Natascha Gentz
Tel: (0131 6)50 4229
Email: natascha.gentz@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Sarah Harvey
Tel: (0131 6)51 1822
Email: Sarah.Harvey@ed.ac.uk |
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