AHIS125g Arts of Asia: Antiquity to 1300 Spring 2016 Monday & Wednesday 8:30-9:50 am WPH B27 Instructor: Sunkyung Kim, Ph. D. Email: [email protected] Office: VKC 351 Office Hours: by appointment (W 10:00-10:30 am) T.A.: Samantha Burton, Ph. D. [email protected] COURSE DESCRIPTION This course is an introduction to the arts of Asia, focusing on India, China, Korea and Japan. The course covers from the Neolithic period to 1300 C.E. and the lectures are divided into three units: 1) Art in the Tomb; 2) Art in the Temple; and 3) Art at Court and in the Life of the Elite. Lectures within each unit are organized chronologically with minor modifications of geographic considerations. The main objective of this class is to instruct students in the basic vocabulary of Asian art, as well as to encourage them to observe visual objects more deeply, to think more critically, and to write more effectively. Students are required to complete weekly readings and to participate actively in section discussions. In addition, two mid-terms and one final exam in class will be given. REQUIRED TEXTS Assigned Readings (available online) RECOMMENDED TEXTS (on reserve in the Leavey Library) Barnes, Gina Lee. China, Korea, and Japan: the Rise of Civilization in East Asia (London: Thames & Hudson, 1993). Barnes, Gina Lee. Archaeology of East Asia : the rise of civilization in China, Korea and Japan (Oxbow Books, 2015). Chung Yang-mo et al. Arts of Korea (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998). Clunas, Craig. Art in China (Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 1997).1 Huntington, Susan L. The Art of Ancient India (New York: Weather Hill, 1985). Ledderose, Lothar. Ten Thousand Things: Module and Mass Production in Chinese Art (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2000). Lee, Sherman E. A History of Far Eastern Art. Fifth edition (New York: Prentice Hall and Harry N. Abrams, 1994). Mason, Penelope. History of Japanese Art (New York: Prentice…