Introduction: Art as a lens of history has often been discredited due to its seemingly frivolous nature and our society’s value in the arts. Yet when taking ancient Chinese art in review one sees the depth and wealth of information gleaned. The fashions of the different periods serve as an indicator of ancient China’s socio-political… Continue reading Draft: Outline and paragraph
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Week 9
For this week’s class we discussed inkstones, ancient Chinese text binding, stamps, etc. I found all of this not in my area of interest, though our discussions of inkstones were what intrigued me most. A question posed in class was why Prof. Ko insisted on “trying her hand at the processes and creating the objects… Continue reading Week 9
Week 7 Blog Post
I found that Week 6’s lessons were more comprehensible to me and easier to grasp, as we discussed the issues of currency and value. The resources I focused on were [Money on the Silk Road, Chinese Money in Global Context] Though I must admit that the chronology of when all of the different types of… Continue reading Week 7 Blog Post
