*Late Chinese Art and Culture
ART 311
Winter 2015
Fairbanks 314 MW 10 - 11:20
3 weekly meeting hours
Professor Lei Xue
[email protected]
Office Hours: MW 1:30-2:30
210 Fairbanks TEL: 7-5395
Course Description
This course introduces major forms of Chinese art and visual culture from the
eleventh century to early twentieth century.
No prerequisites.
Baccalaureate Core Status
This course fulfills OSU’s Baccalaureate Core requirements in the Perspectives category
under either Cultural Diversity or Literature and the Arts.
Student Learning Outcomes (Bacc Core, Cultural Diversity)
In addition to the more specific outcomes (see below), students taking this course will:
 Identify and analyze characteristics of a cultural tradition outside of European
/American culture.
 Demonstrate an understanding of how perspectives can change depending on cultural
or historical contexts.
 Describe aspects of Non-Western culture that influence or contribute to global
cultural or social processes.
Student Learning Outcomes (Bacc Core, Literature and the Arts)
In addition to the more specific outcomes (see below), students taking this course will:
 Recognize literary and artistic forms/styles, techniques, and the cultural/historical
contexts in which they evolve.
 Analyze how literature/the arts reflect, shape, and influence culture.
 Reflect critically on the characteristics and effects of literary and artistic works.
Course Learning Outcomes (Course Specific)
At the conclusion of this course, you will be able to:
 Identify major monuments and works of early Chinese art
o Demonstrated by slide-ID sections of the exams
 Understand how art is made
o Demonstrated by class discussion
 Describe works objectively in both oral and written analysis
o Demonstrated by writing assignments and class discussion
 Interpret works of art in specific cultural, historical, political, and/or social contexts
o Demonstrated by multiple-choice sections of the midterm and final exam
 Analyze and evaluate works of art and art historical writings critically
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o Demonstrated by writing assignments and class discussion
How do these Bacc Core Outcomes apply to ART 311
This course stresses the materials and processes of Chinese calligraphy and
painting, imperial patronage, the role of the visual arts in literati’s and merchants’
lives, as well as artistic exchange between China and other cultures. Lectures and
readings provide a contextual framework for understanding the material, and
provide ways of getting deeper into each subject. Class discussions and assignments
are intended to develop the skills of close looking, critical thinking and
talking/writing about the visual arts.
Readings
The basic text for the course is The Arts of China (5th edition) by Michael Sullivan
(University of California Press, 2009), which will be supplemented by articles or
book chapters.
Requirements
 Attendance and participation in discussion is expected of every student. If you
must miss a class, you are required to inform the instructor by or on the day of
your absence.
 There are four quizzes and a final examination. No makeup exams will be given
unless there is a documented, extenuating circumstance and I am notified before
the exam.
 One formal analysis paper, of no more than three pages in length, will be due on
October 19. Instruction will be distributed two weeks before it is due. Late paper
will be heavily penalized at the rate of one grade increment per day (i.e. an A to an
A-). If you ever have questions about the paper, consult A Short Guide to
Writing about Art (Sylvan Barnet, any edition, Valley Reserve N7476 .B37) or
me. Please ensure that your paper has been proofread for spelling and grammar.
Grading
 Participation and group discussion (20%)
 Five written assignments (15%)
 Four quizzes (35%): map and periods (5%), slide ID (10% x 3)
 Formal analysis paper (10%)
 Final examination (20%)
*Grading scale: A+ (100 – 97%); A (96.9 – 93%); A- (92.9 – 90%); B+ (89.9 – 87%); B (86.9 – 83%); B(82.9 – 80%); C+ (79.9 – 77%); C (76.9 – 73%); C- (72.9 – 70%); D+ (69.9 – 67%); D (66.9 – 63%); D(62.9 – 60%); F (Below 60%)
Link to Expectations for Student Conduct/Academic Honesty
We will follow the ethical principles outlined in the OSU policy on student conduct,
including academic honesty. It is your responsibility to know and follow this policy.
Here’s an excerpt from that policy concerning academic dishonesty:
(2) Academic or Scholarly Dishonesty:
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a) Academic or Scholarly Dishonesty is defined as an act of deception in which a
Student seeks to claim credit for the work or effort of another person, or uses
unauthorized materials or fabricated information in any academic work or research,
either through the Student's own efforts or the efforts of another.
b) It includes:
(i) CHEATING - use or attempted use of unauthorized materials, information or
study aids, or an act of deceit by which a Student attempts to misrepresent
mastery of academic effort or information. This includes but is not limited to
unauthorized copying or collaboration on a test or assignment, using prohibited
materials and texts, any misuse of an electronic device, or using any deceptive
means to gain academic credit.
(ii) FABRICATION - falsification or invention of any information including but
not limited to falsifying research, inventing or exaggerating data, or listing
incorrect or fictitious references.
(iii) ASSISTING - helping another commit an act of academic dishonesty. This
includes but is not limited to paying or bribing someone to acquire a test or
assignment, changing someone's grades or academic records, taking a test/doing
an assignment for someone else by any means, including misuse of an electronic
device. It is a violation of Oregon state law to create and offer to sell part or all of
an educational assignment to another person (ORS 165.114).
(iv) TAMPERING - altering or interfering with evaluation instruments or
documents.
(v) PLAGIARISM - representing the words or ideas of another person or
presenting someone else's words, ideas, artistry or data as one's own, or using
one's own previously submitted work. Plagiarism includes but is not limited to
copying another person's work (including unpublished material) without
appropriate referencing, presenting someone else's opinions and theories as one's
own, or working jointly on a project and then submitting it as one's own.
c) Academic Dishonesty cases are handled initially by the academic units, following
the process outlined in the University's Academic Dishonesty Report Form, and will
also be referred to SCCS for action under these rules.
Any form of academic dishonesty, such as cheating, will affect your grade and may lead
to an “F” grade in this course. Cheating on an exam will result in an “F” grade for that
exam.
In particular, make sure you understand what plagiarism is. Plagiarism does not only
mean using direct quotations without citing the source. Indirect quotation (or
paraphrasing) also requires that you cite the source. Make sure you distinguish between
your ideas and those of others; that way, you may engage in a meaningful discussion with
established ideas and have a chance to emphasize your own thinking.
Disability Notice
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Accommodations are collaborative efforts between students, faculty and Disability
Access Services (DAS). Students with accommodations approved through DAS are
responsible for contacting the faculty member in charge of the course prior to or during
the first week of the term to discuss accommodations. Students who believe they are
eligible for accommodations but who have not yet obtained approval through DAS
should contact DAS immediately at 737-4098.
Schedule
*As the class progresses, assignments and topics may be altered to fit the needs of students.
Week 1
1/5 M
1/7 W
Orientation
Monumental Landscape Painting
Fong, Wen C. Beyond Representation: Chinese Painting and
Calligraphy, 8th-14th Century (New York: The Metropolitan
Museum of Art, 1992), pp. 71-117.
Week 2
1/12 M
*Quiz 1
Map and Periods
Literati Art I: Li Gonglin
Bush, Susan. The Chinese Literati on Painting (Hong Kong: Hong
Kong University, 2012) [selection]
1/14 W
* Assignment 1
Realism in Northern Song Academy
Sullivan, Arts of China, Ch. 7.
Week 3
1/19 M
No class (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day)
1/21 W
* Assignment 2
Week 4
1/26 M
*Quiz 2
Slide ID
1/28 W
Week 5
The West Lake and Lyrical Landscape
Edwards, Richard. The World Around the Chinese Artist (Ann
Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1989), ch. 1, pp. 1353.
Imperial Images in Southern Song Painting
Lee, Hui-shu. “Art and Imperial Images at the Late Sung Court.”
In M. Hearn and J. Smith, eds., Arts of the Sung and Yüan (New
York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1996), pp. 249-269.
Art under Mongol Rule
Sullivan, Arts of China, Ch. 8.
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2/2 M
* Assignment 3
Literati Art II: Zhao Mengfu
Hay, Jonathan. “Khubilai’s Groom.” RES 17/18 (Spring/Autumn,
1989): 117-39.
2/4 W
Pictorial Style and Autobiography in Yuan Dynasty Painting
Vinograd, Richard. “Family Properties: Personal Context and
Cultural Pattern in Wang Meng’s Pien Mountains of 1366.” Ars
Orientalis 13 (1982): 1-29
Week 6
2/9 M
*Formal Analysis
Paper due
2/11 W
Week 7
2/16 M
*Quiz 3
Slide ID
2/18 W
Week 8
2/23 M
* Assignment 4
2/25 W
Week 9
3/2 M
3/4 W
Quiz 4
Slide ID
5
The Ming Revival: From the Forbidden City to the Great Wall
Waldron, ‘The Great Wall Myth”
The World of Shen Zhou and Literati Culture of the Ming
Edwards, Richard. The World Around the Chinese Artist (Ann
Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1989), ch. 2, pp. 57101.
Gardens and the Urban Environment in Suzhou
Stuart, Jan. “A Scholar’s Garden in Ming China.” Asian Art 3, no. 4
(1990): 31-51
Late Ming Complexities in Landscape and Figure Painting
Sullivan, Arts of China, Ch. 9.
Art in Market
Clunas, Craig. Superfluous Things: Material Culture and Social
Status in Early Modern China (Urbana and Chicago:
University of Illinois Press, 1991), Chapter 5, “Things in
Motion: Ming Luxury Objects as Commodities,” pp. 116-140.
Individualist Painters of the Qing Dynasty
Cahill, James. The Compelling Image, pp. 184-225
Eight Eccentrics
Chou, Ju-hsi. “Rubric and Art History: The Case of the Eight
Eccentrics of Yangzhou.” Phoebes 6:2 (1991)
Qianlong Triumphant and the Canon of Chinese Art
Sullivan, Arts of China, Ch. 10.
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Week 10
3/9 M
* Assignment 5
3/11 W
Final Exam
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Qing Court Art and Multiculturalism
Wu Hung. “Emperor’s Masquerade--`Costume Portraits’ of
Yongzheng and Qianlong.” Orientations 26, no. 7 (July/August
1995): 25-41.
The Crisis of the Tradition
Sullivan, Arts of China, Ch. 11.