Activities:

• Field trip to the Freer and Sackler Galleries — meet @ 10:00 at the ground-level entrance (Mall side) to the Sackler Gallery (1050 Independence Avenue SW / Smithsonian Metro stop on the Blue/Orange Lines)
• Presentation by  Ms. Lorraine Torres, docent of the Galleries
• Class discussion

Readings:

Background:

1. Sullivan, Michael. "Chinese Art and Its Impact on the West", in Paul S. Ropp, ed., Heritage of China:  Contemporary Perspectives on Chinese Civilization
2. Sickman, L., and A. C. Soper. Art and Architecture of China (Hammondsworth, 981)
3. Silbergeld, Jerome.  Chinese Painting Style:  Media, Methods, and Principles of Form  (Seattle:  University of Washington Press, 1982)
4. Chang, Arnold.  Painting in the PRC:  The Politics of Style (Boulder: Westview Press, 1980)
5. Andrews, Julia F.  "Traditional Painting in New China:  Guohua and the Anti-Rightist Campaign," Journal of Asian Studies 49.3 (August 1990), pp. 555-586
6. Croizier, Ralph.  "Art and Society in Modern China — A Review Article," Journal of Asian Studies 49.3 (August 1990), pp. 587-602
7. Orientations [monthly magazine for collectors and connoisseurs of Oriental art — published in Hong Kong]
8. Clark, John.  "Official Reactions to Modern Art in China Since the Beijing Massacre", Pacific Affairs, 65.3 (Fall 1992), pp. 334-352
9. Stille, Alexander.  "Letter From China:  Faking It" [Why do the Chinese value a well-made replica as much as an original masterpiece?], The New Yorker, 15 June 1998, pp. 36-42