Short Description
· To build on the teaching provision at earlier levels of the degree course in History of Art;

· To maintain the breadth of the Honours provision in the History of Art Department by introducing students to a key artistic period in Chinese history;

· To examine the role of certain artistic forms and traditions in the development of ideas, images and perceptions of China from the 18th to 20th centuries;

· To trace the mechanisms and ideas that fuelled the market for Chinese works of art from the 18th-20th centuries;

· To familiarize students with the production and reception of art during the late-Qing and Republican periods both in China and in Europe

*Course content subject to change