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HAA 280K - Biocentric Art in Early China

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Eugene Wang Artefacts unearthed from ancient Chinese tombs gravitate toward a biocentric universe. Its enabling force is the vital energy (qi or pneuma), which structures the early imagination of both the microcosm of the body and the macrocosm of the...

HAA 186X - Chinese Sonic Painting: How to Picture Voice

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Eugene Wang Mondays, 9:00 am - 11:45 am Can paintings project voice? Can soundscape be pictured? The seminar explores the long-standing Chinese tradition of “sonic painting” that captures lyric voice. It seeks to go beyond the text/image paradigm by...

HAA 289s

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Buddhist Monuments of the World Yukio Lippit, Jinah Kim, Eugene Wang Tuesday, 1-3pm This graduate seminar examines architectural monuments of the Buddhist world, including sites in South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, Central Asia, China, Korea, and...

Film Screening, "Vigil and Memorial: Two Films by Wang Bing" - Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies

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Film Screening, "Vigil and Memorial: Two Films by Wang Bing" - Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies

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HAA 181M - Art of Qi

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Eugene Wang What is it that makes both the cosmos and us? Qi, loosely glossed as “vital energy,” is the Chinese answer. Commonly evoked in medicine, therapeutic care of mind and body, as well as martial arts, it actually underpins a wider spectrum of...

HAA 88

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China in Twelve Artworks Eugene Wang Monday/Wednesday, 11-12pm China is grasped through twelve artworks, spanning three millennia from the Bronze Age to the twentieth century. These artworks form both a timeline and a jigsaw puzzle with recurrent themes...

HAA 88 - China in Twelve Artworks

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Eugene Wang Mondays & Wednesdays, 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm China is grasped through twelve artworks, spanning three millennia from the Bronze Age to the twentieth century. These artworks form both a timeline and a jigsaw puzzle with recurrent themes, e.g., the...

HAA 283K – Syncretic Art in Early China

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Eugene Wang Arts in early China have a distinct disposition. They are also highly integrated. Subsumed under the governing notion of yue, they typically cohere into tightly choreographed mise-en-scenes, encompassing music, dance, props, and ritual...

HAA 18x

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Introduction to the History of Chinese Art Eugene Wang Tuesday/Thursday 12-1:15pm This course surveys Chinese art from antiquity to the recent avant-garde. Though the introduction follows a chronological order, it is also thematically motivated. We will...

HAA 83

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Buddhist Monuments Jinah Kim, Yukio Lippit, Eugene Wang Monday/Wednesday 12-1:15pm This introductory lecture course examines architectural monuments of the Buddhist world, including sites in South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, Central Asia, China...

HAA 282e

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Buddhist Cave Visualization Eugene Wang Thursday, 1-3pm The caves at Dunhuang are among the largest Buddhist cave complexes in the world, spanning the fourth to the fourteenth century. With 492 caves decorated with murals and sculptures, Dunhuang is the...