Syllabus. Art of Asia: From Modern to Contemporary period. ( , Fall-Winter Term, October-March)

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1 Syllabus Art of Asia: From Modern to Contemporary period ( , Fall-Winter Term, October-March) Instructors: Dr. Anna Guseva, Dr. Lev Maciel Sanches, 1. Course Description Title of a Course: Art of Asia: From Modern to Contemporary period a. Pre-requisites: Acquaintance with general art history outline, history and art history of East Asia; mastering English. It is correlated with other courses on the European and Asian history of art, which are taught at in the HSE School for Historical Studies b. Course Type: compulsory 2. Abstract: This course discusses different aspects of modern and contemporary art in Asian region (constructed of countries of East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia and Middle East) in terms of forms, material, styles and perception of art by encounters in different groups. Roughly beginning in the early 17th century, this course explores a variety of monuments and themes of the visual art of Asian countries. Besides this class looks particular on the encounter between the so-called West and the non-west. While lectures present a wide range of media from painting to photography, from engravings to architecture, seminars are based on discussion of selected case studies. 3. Learning Objectives: This course aims: to familiarize students with the major monuments and trends in Asian art history to analyse comparatively and from different perspectives crucial aspects of Asian art history in the context of the interaction of different traditions and cultures to familiarize students with a knowledge on major collections, attribution methods and research approaches 4. Learning Outcomes: The goal of this course is to help students become familiar with Asian Art in its historical context, and to have them develop skills in recognizing and analyzing artworks from different regions with a substantial reasoning. Students are expected to demonstrate appreciation of specific characteristics of Asian art, of its diversity and multiculturalism. Students will acquire a systematic understanding of major 1

2 trends in development of Asian art through 18 th to the 21 st century, evolution of approaches and research agenda, as well as skills of retrieving data from different kind of art and architectural data bases. 5. Course Plan: topics of lectures and seminar discussions (some changes might occur): There are 6 major topics in this course: 1. Introduction to the course. Art and Architecture of China (8 h of lectures and 4 h of seminars) (A.Guseva) (October 29,November 6) 2. Art and architecture of Islamic world from the 18 th to the first half of the 19 th century (8 h of lectures and seminars) (L. Maciel Sanches) (November) 3. Art and architecture of Islamic world from the second half of the 19 th to the first 21 th century (6 h of lectures and seminars) (L. Maciel Sanches). (December) 4. Art and Architecture of Korea (4 h of lectures and 2 h of seminars) (A.Guseva) (January) 5. Art and architecture of Japan (6 h of lectures and 2 h of seminars) (A.Guseva) (January-February) 6. Contemporary Art of Eastern and South-East Asia (2 h of lectures and 2 h of seminars) (A.Guseva) (February - March) Reading List: a. Required: 1) Andrews J. F. The art of modern China. Berkeley University of California Press, p. 2) Blair S. S. The art and architecture of Islam, New Haven; London Yale University Press, p. 3) Clarke D. Chinese art and its encounter with the world. Hong Kong University Press, p. 4) Clunas C. Art in China / Second Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 5) Curatola G. Turkish art and architecture. Abbeville Press, p. 6) Dalmia Y. The making of modern Indian art. Oxford; New York Oxford University Press, p. 7) Japanese art and design / edited by Earle, J. London: V&A Publishing, p. 8) Mason P. History of Japanese art. Pearson Education, p. 9) Said E. W. Orientalism. London Penguin Books, p. 2

3 b. Optional: Art of Islamic world 1) Babaie S. In the Eye of the Storm: Visualizing the Qajar Axis of Kingship // Artibus Asiae Vol.66. No.2. P ) Bozdogan S. Modernism and Nation Building: Turkish Architectural Culture in the Early Republic. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, ) Caruso A. The Stones of Fernand Pouillon: An Alternative Modernism in French Architecture. Zürich: gta Verlag, p. 4) Grigor T. Building Iran: Modernism, Architecture, and National Heritage under the Pahlavi Monarchs. N.Y.:Periscope Publishing, p. 5) Grigor T. Orient oder Rom? Qajar Aryan Architecture and Strzygowski's Art History. The Art Bulletin Vol. 89. No. 3. P ) Markel S., Tushara, B.G., et al. India s Fabled City: The Art of Courtly Lucknow. Los Angles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, p. China 1) Andrews J.F. Traditional painting in new China: gohua and the anti-rightist campaign // the Journal of Asian Studies Vol.49. No.3. P ) Cahill J. Pictures for use and pleasure. Berkeley University of California Press, p. 3) China and Southeast Asia. Southeast Asia and Ming China (from the fourteenth to the sixteenth century). Oxford: Routledge, p 4) China and Southeast Asia. Southeast Asia and Qing China (from the seventeenth to the eighteenth century). Oxford: Routledge, p. 5) Fang L. Chinese ceramics. Cambridge [etc.] Cambridge University Press, p. 6) Hay J. Culture, Ethnicity, and Empire in the Work of Two Eighteenth-Century" Eccentric" Artists. RES: Anthropology and Aesthetics Vol. 35: Intercultural China. Spring. P ) Junhua L, Rowe, G., P., Xhang, J. et al. Modern urban housing in China, Prestel, London: p. 8) Lee S. E., Richard, N. N. History of Far Eastern art / 5 th Edition. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, p. 9) Thorp R. L. Chinese art & culture. Prentice Hall, p. 10) Waal de E. The White Road: Journey into an obsession. N.Y.: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, p. 11) Waley-Cohen J. China and Western technology in the late eighteenth century // The American Historical Review Vol. 98. No. 5. P

4 12) Welch P. B. Chinese art. Tuttle Publishing, p. 13) Zhu J. Architecture of modern China. London; New York Routledge, p. Japan 1) Akiyama T. Japanese painting. Vol. 3. Rizzoli International Publications, p. 2) Buntrock D. Materials and meaning in contemporary Japanese architecture. London; New York Routledge, p. 3) Cram Ralph Adams. Impressions of Japanese Architecture. New York, NY, USA: Tuttle Publishing, p. 4) Dresser C. Japan: its architecture, art, and art-manufactures. Cambridge [etc.] Cambridge University Press, p. [1 st ed. 1882] URL: 5) Dresser C. Japan. Cambridge [etc.] Cambridge University Press, p. 6) Freeman M. New Zen: The Tea-Ceremony Room in Modern Japanese Architecture. London: Eight books, Thames and Hudson, p.. 7) In Detail Japan / Ed. By Ch. Schittich Boston; Toronto; London Birkhauser, p. 8) Japanese art and design. London: V&A Publishing, p. 9) Marks A. Japanese woodblock prints. Tuttle Publishing, p. 10) Mason P. History of Japanese art. Pearson Education, p. 11) Morse E. Japanese Homes and their surroundings. Boston: Tichnor, p. URL: 12) Paine R. T. The art and architecture of Japan. New Haven; London Yale University Press p. 13) Paine R. T. The art and architecture of Japan. New Haven; London Yale University Press p. 14) Regamey F. E. Japan in art and industry. Cambridge [etc.] Cambridge University Press, p. 15) Ulak J. T. Japanese prints. Abbeville Press, p. 16) Varley P. H. Japanese culture: A short history / 4 th edition. Honolulu: University of Hawai I Press, p. 17) Wichmann S. Japonisme: The Japanese Influence on Western Art Since L.: Thames & Hudson, p. Korea 1) Hyunsoo Woo, Insoo Cho, Lee R. E. Treasures from Korea: arts culture of the Joseon dynasty, Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, p. 4

5 2) Kal H. Seoul and the time in motion: urban form and political consciousness // Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Vol. 9. No. 3. P ) Kim Y. Korea's search for a place in global art history // The Art Bulletin V. 98. Issue 1. P ) Kim Y. N. (2005). Modern and contemporary art in Korea: tradition, modernity, and identity (Vol. 1). Hollym Intl. 5) Korean eye: Contemporary Korean art/ Ed. S. Ciclitira. Milan: Skira, p. 6) Pai H.,Woo, D. S. In and out of space: identity and architectural history in Korea and Japan. The Journal of Architecture Vol. 19. No. 3. P India and Southeast Asia 1) Brown R. M. Revivalism, Modernism and Internationalism: Finding The Old in The New India // A New India? / Edited by A. D Costa. London: Anthem Press, P ) Dehejia V. Indian art. London Phaidon Press, p. 3) Frédéric L. L'art de l'inde et de l'asie du Sud-Est. Paris: Flammarion, p. 4) Harle J. C. The art and architecture of the Indian subcontinent. Yale University Press, p. 5) Mitter P. Indian art. Oxford; New York Oxford University Press, p. Scriver P., Srivastava A. India: Modern Architectures in History. Reaktion Books, p. Orientalism and postcolonial studies 1) Bozdogan S. Architectural history in professional education: Reflections on postcoonial challenges to the modern survey // Journal of Architectural Education Vol.52.No.4. P ) Orientalism revisited / Ed. by I.R. Netton, London; New York: Routledge, p. 3) Said E. W. Orientalism. London Penguin Books, p. 6. Grading System: Accumulated mark: 30% class participation (classroom preparedness: answering and asking questions in class; homework assignments; participating in discussions) 50% term paper or oral presentation (its topic will be chosen be a student in consultation with the instructor) 20% tests 5

6 Final mark: 50% accumulated mark + 50% exam (oral discussion on the one of the topics studies in the course) 7. Guidelines for Knowledge Assessment: Grading will be based (1) on the quality of the classroom discussions and short oral presentations (up to minutes) or on an essay to be handed in at the end of the course; two test conducted in a class (2); and on final exam mark (3). The course puts a major emphasis on discussions in the class. Since the discussed issues are very diverse, students will many opportunities to show their abilities. Through oral presentations, discussions on readings required, and written essays students will acquire experience in critiquing professional research articles and will develop their capacities to identify original contributions to scholarly research. The class discussions will show how thoroughly students have mastered the basic information provided in the course as well as their ability to answer the key questions that this course has been designed to address. 8. Methods of Instruction: The topic presented in a form of lectures that correlates with the subjects for discussion at seminars. All issues will be subjected to a comparative analysis. Required readings make ca pp. per week, composed of fragments of source materials and chapters (articles) taken from research books. The objective is to get students familiar with some primary sources, and relevant interpretations of issues related to the course program. The instructor will suggest a list of questions about readings. Students will be expected to comment on such questions. Through discussions students will gain insight into the analytical historical questions and methods by which they are researched. Readings are selected to provide representative case studies for comparative purposes. Most readings will be distributed as pdf files. 9. Special Equipment and Software Support (if required): Computer, projector, screen, access to coping machine 6