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Einführung in die Kunstgeschichte Ostasiens / Introduction to East Asian Art History
(Übung, BA, Pflicht, 9 ECTS)
Isabelle Leemann, M.A. & Alva Speth, M.A.
Mittwoch, 14:00–15:45 Uhr
Raum RAA-E-29
Das Modul richtet sich an Studienanfänger*innen ohne Vorkenntnisse. Im Rahmen des Moduls werden die wichtigsten Gattungen und Techniken in der Kunst Ostasiens (China, Japan und Korea) vermittelt. Ein weiterer Kerninhalt des Kurses bildet die Vermittlung von Grundlagen der Ikonographie ostasiatischer Kunst auf der Basis von ausgewählten repräsentativen Werkbeispielen. Diese Grundlagen werden im Kontext der kulturellen Traditionen Ostasiens besprochen und anhand von mündlichen und schriftlichen Aufgaben geübt. Auf diese Weise wird ein erster Einblick in den Gegenstand des Faches geboten.
This course is designed for beginners with no prior knowledge of the subject. This module introduces the most important genres and techniques in the arts of East Asia (China, Japan and Korea). The course also focuses on building foundational knowledge in the iconography of East Asian art based on selected representative works. This fundamental knowledge will be discussed in the context of cultural traditions of East Asia, and it will be applied through oral and written exercises. To summarize, this course provides a first insight into the subject matter of East Asian art history.
Propädeutikum Kunstgeschichte Ostasiens / Propaedeutics of East Asian Art History
(Übung, BA, Pflicht, 6 ECTS)
Dr. Stephanie Santschi
Freitag, 14:00–15:45 Uhr
Raum RAA-E-12
Das Propädeutikum Kunstgeschichte Ostasiens ist ein Pflichtmodul für Studierende ohne Vorkenntnisse in der Kunstgeschichte Ostasiens. Hauptziel ist es, die Studierenden mit den grundlegenden Praktiken der Kunstgeschichte vertraut zu machen, wobei der Schwerpunkt auf dem Studium der Kunst und visuellen Kultur Ostasiens, einschliesslich China, Japan und Korea, liegt.
Das Modul vermittelt den Studierenden die wichtigsten Forschungsansätze, die bei der Analyse visueller Objekte aus der Perspektive der Disziplin Kunstgeschichte Ostasiens verwendet werden. Die Studierenden werden mit den wichtigsten Forschungspraktiken und wissenschaftlichen Ausdrucksformen vertraut gemacht. Ihre analytischen Fähigkeiten wie kritisches Denken und wissenschaftliches Schreiben werden gestärkt, da diese für das Studium der Kunst und die Kommunikation von Forschungsergebnissen unerlässlich sind. Das erlernte praktische Wissen bildet die Grundlage für das weitere Studium und ist für alle nachfolgenden Module relevant.
Propaedeutics of East Asian Art History is a mandatory course for students who have no prior knowledge of East Asian Art History. Its key objective is to familiarize students with the fundamental practices of art history, specifically within the study of art and visual culture originating from East Asia, including China, Japan, and Korea.
This module introduces students to the most important research approaches used in the analysis of visual objects from the perspective of the East Asian Art History discipline. Students learn about essential research practices and various forms of scientific expression and become acquainted with key research practices and different formats of research communication. The course also aims to develop students' analytical skills such as critical thinking and academic writing, essential for the study of art and the communication of findings. This practical knowledge is fundamental to the rest of the degree and relevant in all subsequent modules.
Theories and Concepts in East Asian Art History – Objects and Power: Decolonizing East Asian Art History
(Seminar, BA, 6 ECTS)
Tomoë I. M. Steineck
Montag, 12:15–13:45
Raum RAA-E-29
This course explores the decolonization of museums, focusing on East Asian art in Swiss public collections. The translocation of East Asian objects to Europe during the colonial era, formation, and dispersion of collections after two World Wars, and their acquisition and display in public museums post-war raise complex issues of ownership, heritage, and cultural identity within global networks of power. These questions are relevant not only for the art world but also for the wider public as they pertain to democracy and global social justice.
The discourse on cultural decolonization has entered the public domain since the last turn of the millennium, leading to calls for repatriation of objects and restructuring or renaming museums, particularly those housing ethnological collections. There remains, however, the need for a more nuanced understanding of the goals and strategies applied in this context.
This course pays critical attention to diversity of factors and actors that have shaped formation and operation of East Asian art collections in Europe and current processes of their decolonization facilitating development of pertinent expertise for students specializing in different disciplines such as art history, heritage studies, East Asian Studies, cultural studies, or anthropology. It is also relevant for students from other fields, who will have a unique chance to develop an informed understanding of one of the major issues relevant for contemporary globalized world.
This introductory course does not require any specific skills, but knowledge of one East Asian language is of benefit. Study visits to auction houses and museums are planned.
Chinese Painting in the 20th century: Activism, Politics, and Art
(Vorlesung, BA/MA, 3 ECTS)
Prof. Dr. Sarah Fraser (Heidelberg University)
Mittwoch, 10:15–12:00
Online via Zoom
This lecture course surveys the critical transitions in art and painting beginning with the Shanghai School in the late Qing dynasty continuing through the Political Pop movement in the 1990s. Lectures will also cover the Lingnan School 1890s-1920s; artist’s trained in France and Japan 1910-1930s; Woodcut Movement (1930s); Traditional painting (1930s); The Nanjing Decade; Art During Wartime (1938-45); Beginnings of Socialist Realism, 1950s PRC; Arts of the Cultural Revolution; New Wave (1970s-80s); and a public lecture and class on the origins of contemporary art in the 1990s.
HS24 Chinese Painting in the 20th Century Syllabus (PDF, 452 KB)
Topical Readings in East Asian Art History
(Selbststudium, MA, 6 ECTS)
Prof. Dr. Ewa Machotka
2nd week of January, exam dates will be arranged individually with the students
The aim of this course is to expand and deepen the students’ knowledge about content, discourses, theories, and methodologies in the field of East Asian art history. The course is based on individual study of research literature selected by the instructor, and literature tailored to one's own research interests and research project (selected by a student and approved by the instructor). The students are expected to read and critically reflect on secondary sources in English and individually selected texts (optionally in one of the East Asian languages: Chinese, Japanese or Korean). They should be prepared to discuss these materials during the examination.
Upon booking this module through the regular module booking system, students are kindly requested to additionally register with the Assistants during the second week of the teaching period, using the provided registration form available on OLAT.
Einführung in die Kunstgeschichte Japans / Introduction to Japanese Art History
(Übung mit regionalem Schwerpunkt, BA, 9 ECTS)
Prof. Dr. Ewa Machotka & Dr. Stephanie Santschi
Dienstag, 14:00–15:45 Uhr
Raum FRE-D-15
Das Modul bietet eine Einführung in die japanische Kunstgeschichte. Mittels Werkbespielen vom Neolithikum bis zur Gegenwart vermittelt es Studierenden wichtige Kunstformen, Medien, Techniken und Gattungen. Neben Einbettung in Strömungen und Entwicklungen der Kunstgeschichte Japans werden die Werke im Zusammenhang mit jeweiligen historischen und sozialen Kontexten diskutiert.
Die Studierenden erarbeiten Kenntnisse der wichtigsten Kunstformen Japans und können Werke anhand der besprochenen Beispiele identifizieren und ihren historischen und sozialen Kontexten zuordnen. Sie kennen und verstehen die wichtigsten Kunstströmungen Japans, die sozialen und kulturellen Entwicklungen der Gesellschaft sowie die historischen Perioden, und sind in der Lage, Werke ausführlich zu beschreiben und die darin angewandten künstlerischen Techniken zu benennen. Sie können diese Kenntnisse mündlich und schriftlich mit den korrekten Fachbegriffen bezeichnen und deren Inhalte vermitteln.
The module offers an introduction to Japanese art history. It uses examples of works from the Neolithic period to the present to convey important art forms, media, techniques and genres to students. In addition to relating them to key trends and developments in Japanese art history, the course continuously discusses the works as part of their respective historical and social contexts.
Students acquire country-specific knowledge of the most important art forms in Japan and can identify works based on the examples discussed and categorize them in their historical and social contexts. They know and understand the most important art movements in Japan, the social and cultural developments in society and the historical periods. They can describe works in detail and name their artistic techniques. In addition, they can describe this knowledge orally and in writing using the correct technical terms and convey its content.
History and Historiography of East Asian Art – Imag(in)ing Japan: Land-Landscape-Land Art
(Seminar, MA, 9 ECTS)
Prof. Dr. Ewa Machotka
Montag, 14:00–15:45
Raum RAA-E-12
This seminar examines the interplay between images and imaginings of space and place in Japan across different media and scopic regimes throughout history, from antiquity to the present. While engaging with the pivotal notion of landscape, considered one of the canonical genres in Japanese art, it encompasses a broader spectrum of artistic interactions with the land, diverse visual technologies, and their social functionalities.
The course discussions will be organized around three focal points: 1) Mapping, ranging from ancient maps depicting Buddhist cosmology and early modern vernacular mapping to scientific cartography; 2) Landscapes including traditional genres like sansuiga (paintings of water and mountains) and shinkeizu (true-view pictures), as well as meishoe (images of famous places) found in ukiyo-e woodblock prints, and extending to modern fūkeiga paitings (landscapes) and export photography, and contemporary photography and installations by Hiroshi Sugimoto; and 3) Site-specific artistic interventions with land, ranging from the land-art of Mono-ha to present-day āto purojekuto (art projects) such as Echigo-Tsumari Art Field.
The course provides an opportunity to explore how diverse spatial concepts and ideologies shape visual representations of space and artistic engagements with the environment, while also considering how these images and artistic practices reciprocally influence the ways people see, perceive, and understand the world around them. Moreover, the course introduces students to theoretical frameworks in spatial art history, human geography, and postcolonial studies. It also serves as a platform for developing academic skills such as critical thinking, academic writing, and oral presentation, pertinent to students' final research projects, and relevant beyond academia.
Excursion: East Asian Art Collections in the Netherlands
(Exkursion, BA/MA, 9 ECTS)
Prof. Dr. Ewa Machotka
27.10.2024–1.11.2024 (detailed schedule TBA)
This course explores the rich and distinctive collections of East Asian Art preserved in the Netherlands on both practical and theoretical levels, including a workshop jointly organized with Leiden University students. Through a series of museum visits and object-handling sessions guided by museum curators and private collectors, it offers students a firsthand and practical opportunity to engage directly with art objects.
The history of East Asian collections in the Netherlands is intertwined with centuries of trade, diplomacy, and cultural exchange between the Low Countries and East Asia. While the Dutch East India Company (VOC) played a significant role in establishing economic, political, and cultural connections, it is not the sole agent of this exchange. These interactions facilitated the acquisition of East Asian objects, which subsequently found their place in private collections, royal cabinets of curiosities, and eventually, public museums and institutions. The course aims to provide insight into these rich histories and their lasting effects.
By facilitating direct engagement with art objects, this course aims to enhance students' skills in visual analysis, interpretation, and critical thinking. It also seeks to deepen their contextual understanding of objects in museum settings, exposing how art and material culture intersect with historical narratives and cultural practices. Moreover, it provides insight into the operation of cultural heritage institutions by acquainting students with museum practices, exhibition design, and curatorial methodologies, essential for students’ professional development.
The course will comprise of three in-class preparatory sessions and a four-day on-site program (six days including travel time) featuring visits to various locations including the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and the Museum of Ethnology in Leiden. Costs for travel and accommodation will be partially refunded.
The excursion cannot be booked via the module booking system. Please send a motivation letter by email (as an attachment in Word or PDF format) to Isabelle Leemann (isabelle.leemann@khist.uzh.ch) at the latest by September 17, 2024. In the motivation letter, please explain your interest in the excursion (ca. half a page) and include your current level (BA or MA) and your matriculation number.
If you are admitted to the module, you are required to participate in all three preparatory sessions:
The sessions take place on-site; the room information will be announced.
Students will be required to arrange travel and accommodation by themselves. Museum admission will be organized by the KGOA. Costs for travel (by train) and accommodation will be partially refunded.
HS24 KGOA_Excursion to NL_Tentative Syllabus_14.08.2024 (PDF, 225 KB)
KU-UZH Joint Workshop in East Asian Art History 2024
(Praktikum, BA/MA, 3 ECTS)
Prof. Dr. Ewa Machotka
This course offers an opportunity for students to actively engage in the "KU-UZH Joint Workshop in East Asian Art History 2024," fostering collaboration between Kansai University, Osaka, and the University of Zurich. Through participation in two workshops, hosted in Osaka and Zurich respectively, students will contribute to organizing events and present their research. They will receive feedback from peers and faculty members from both universities, enriching their academic experience.
Besides academic enrichment, this course offers practical benefits. Students will develop and enhance their organizational skills through active involvement in workshop planning and execution. This hands-on experience will provide students with transferable skills applicable in academia and beyond. Additionally, through the international character of the workshops that promote cultural exchange, students will expand their learning horizons and deepen their understanding of East Asian art history within a global context.
Research Colloquium in East Asian Art History
(Kolloquium MA/PhD Candidates, 3 ECTS)
Prof. Dr. Ewa Machotka
Dienstag, 12:15–13:45 (every 2-3 weeks)
Raum HAH-E-10
Research Colloquium in East Asian Art History offers a platform for MA students, doctoral candidates and postdoctoral researchers to develop their individual research projects. Participants will engage in the process of formulating research questions, identifying pertinent research materials and methodologies, and exploring relevant theoretical frameworks. They will have the opportunity to present their works in progress and receive feedback from their peers. Additionally, the colloquium will facilitate discussions on secondary sources relevant to both individual research projects and the broader field of East Asian Art History.
