The course serves as an introduction to the subjects of study of East Asian art history. Through joint exercise of object description and discussion of selected readings, individual topics, including bronzes, Buddhist art, painting, calligraphy, ceramics, lacquer art, and architecture, will be presented and handled. The objective of the course is to provide initial insights into the pivotal genres, stylistic periods and theoretical terms of the field. The course is accompanied by a tutorial, where advanced students assist participants in utilizing and deepening the knowledge imparted in the introductory course. At the end of the semester participants finish the course by taking a written exam. Part of the two-semester introductory module, the course is followed by an introduction to methods of art history in the summer semester. In course sessions the instructor speaks mainly in English; participants can feel free to communicate either in English or German. close

China: - Craig Clunas: Art in China (Oxford History of Art), Oxford/New York, 1997. - Kulturstiftung Ruhr Essen (ed.): Das alte China, exh. cat., Essen: Villa Hügel, 1995. - Maxwell Hearn: How to Read Chinese Paintings, New Haven & London/New York, 2008. - Martin Powers, Katherine Tsiang (eds.): A Companion to Chinese Art, Hoboken, 2015. - Jessica Rawson (ed.): The British Museum Book of Chinese Art, London, 1999. Japan: - Stephen Addiss: How to Look at Japanese Art, New York, 1996. - Penelope Mason: History of Japanese Art, 2. ed., Upper Saddle River: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005. - Robert T. Paine, Alexander C. Soper: The Art and Architecture of Japan, New Haven, 1992. - Tsuneko S. Sadao, Stephanie Wada: Discovering the Arts of Japan: A Historical Overview, New York, 2003. Korea: - Kulturstiftung Ruhr Essen (ed.): Korea: Die alten Königreiche, exh. cat., Essen: Villa Hügel, 1999. - Soyoung Lee, Denise Patry Leidy: Silla: Korea's Golden Kingdom, New York, 2013. - Jane Portal: Korea: Art and Archaeology, London, 2000. - Roderick Whitfield (ed.): Dictionary of Korean Art and Archaeology, Seoul, 2004. - Hyunsoo Woo (ed.): Treasures from Korea: Arts and Culture of the Joseon Dynasty, 1392–1910, New Haven: 2014. Buddhist art: - Meher McArthur: Reading Buddhist Art: An Illustrated Guide to Buddhist Signs and Symbols, New York, 2002. - Hans Wolfgang Schumann: Buddhistische Bilderwelt: Ein ikonographisches Handbuch des Mahayana- und Tantrayana-Buddhismus, Köln, 1986. - Washizuka Hiromitsu, Park Youngbok, Kang Woo-bang (eds.): Transmitting the Forms of Divinity: Early Buddhist Art from Korea and Japan, New York: Japan Society, 2003. close