Cognitive Art History — What Makes the Color Red?

Date and Time

February 24, 2023
01:00PM - 06:00PM EST

Location

485 Broadway: Lower Lecture Hall, CAMLab Cave

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Friday, February 24. 2023
Room 427, 485 Broadway
1-6 PM I Workshop


Saturday, February 25, 2023
CAMLab Cave, Lower Level of 485 Broadway
10-12 PM I Discussion

 

Presentation 1:
The Origins of Chinese Writing: Some Considerations on Form and Color"
Paola Dematte, Professor of Chinese Art and Archaeology, Department of Theory + History of Art + Design
Rhode Island School of Design

Presentation 2:
"Seeing Red in the Shang-Zhou Times"
Tao Wang, Pritzker Chair of Arts of Asia, Executive Director of Initiatives in Asia, and Curator of Chinese Art
The Art Institute of Chicage

Presentation 3:
"Red Color from Shang to Qin: Archacology, Anthropology, and Paleography"
Kuang Yu Chen, Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University

Student Presentation:
"Color and Ascension to Heaven: Revisiting the Mawangdui Diagram of the Mourning System"
April Peng, PhD Student, Department of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University