| Chinese Sculpture & Architet | ||||||
| Title: | Chinese Sculpture & Architet | |||||
| Course Number: | 328 | |||||
| College: | College of Arts & Sciences | |||||
| Instructor: | Kindall, Elizabeth J | |||||
| Time: | 1335 - 1440 | |||||
| Location: | O'Shaugnessy Education Center St Paul | |||||
| Room: | OEC 203 | |||||
| Credit Hours | Start Date | End Date | Days | Available | Enrollment | Maximum |
| 4 | 01/30 | 05/18 | M - W - F | 6 | 18 | 24 |
| Course Description: | ||||||
| This course will examine the historical development of Chinese sculpture and architecture from the Neolithic period to the 21st century. The issues to be addressed will include possible functions and the development of early tombs, sculpted burial goods adn imperial spirit roads; patronage, iconographic, and reception studies of Buddhist cave shrines and sculpture; the stylistic development of figural and animal sculpture; the development of both secular and religious Chinese architecture and garden design; the major figures and the "monuments" of sculpture and architectural studies; the development of Daoist sculpture; and the role of modern and contemporary sculpture and architecture in the public and private sphere. This course fulfills the human diversity and fine arts requirements within the core curriculum. | ||||||
