Arts of China: Cultural Crossroads in Asia

Course Components

• Core lecture series 1700 BC – the present: underpins all components of the programme.

• Study Trips: included in the basic fee, an international trip to China supplements regular visits to museums and collections throughout the year.

• Object-based study is central to our teaching: training relevant to the public and commercial art worlds; practical and research based study of materials and techniques, scientific analysis, style, dating, quality and authenticity.

• Cataloguing to auction house and museum standards: handling sessions, warehouse and museum visits; professional cataloguing exam.

• Gallery and Curatorial Studies: engage with current debates about curating and devise fresh approaches to the display of art works. Explore practices in art criticism developing skills to review exhibitions and produce reports.

• Culture and Ideology Seminars: the relationship between specific objects and broader debates around ancient and modern Chinese art are discussed in small groups. Students acquire the skills to deliver presentations and generate seminar discussion.

• Methodology Seminars: the analysis of technical, art-historical and interpretative texts which provide transferable skills for independent research and individual development.

• Thesis: your opportunity to create an exhibition on a small group of objects, independently researched and catalogued, where the key academic and professional skills learned on the programme are utilised.

Mode of Attendance : Full-time