CHI 122 - Introduction to Chinese Visual Culture (in translation)

This course introduces students to different aspects of Chinese visual culture including traditional ink paintings, popular publications, propaganda posters, performance art, as well as cinema. We will explore broader themes, such as the representation of the natural world and its relationship to people; women, gender, and ethnicity in visual arts; and the formation of Chinese identity at home an abroad in the diaspora community. This course is taught in English.

Satisfies a requirement in the Art History major and minor.
Satisfies the Literature, Culture, and Cinema requirement of the Chinese Studies minor.
Satisifes a requirement in the East Asian Studies interdisciplinary minor.
Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts requirement.
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.