Art History: The Dao of Chinese Painting
This course will take place on Tuesdays, Sept. 15, 22, 29, and Oct. 6, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. at the Mercer Public Library, with David Barnhill.
“Art History: The Dao of Chinese Painting” will introduce students to the thousand-year history of Chinese landscape painting. Students will learn the religious views that are the foundation of the art and the aesthetic ideas and ideals that developed out of them. Through slide lectures, students will be
introduced to the major painters and painting styles that were prominent through the many centuries of this enduring art form.
There will be four sessions, each two hours long:
- Introduction to Chinese religions, aesthetics, and the painting of the Northern Song Period (960-1127).
- Landscape painting in the Southern Song (1127-1279) and Yuan (1271-1338) Periods.
- Landscape painting in the Ming Period (1368-1644).
- Landscape painting in the Qing Period (1644-1912) and the 20th century.
Requirements: The only requirement is an interest in the topic and an openness to study artistic and religious traditions quite different from those in the West. Informational handouts will be uploaded before the classes onto the course website at www.feuniversity.org. The slides of Chinese painting shown in class will be made available to the students..
This class is limited to 12 students.
Register by Aug. 31 to get a $5 Early Bird discount off the regular registration price of $45!
Instructor: David Barnhill