ARTH 376
The Path to Enlightenment: Zen and Zen Art In China and Japan
Spring 2014
Division I
Writing Skills
Cross-listed
REL 252 / ASST 376
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Class Details
This CRASS undergraduate seminar emphasizes writing, critical reasoning, and analytical skills. It explores a variety of Zen art forms {painting, sculpture, architecture, ceramics, tea ceremony, and gardens} as expressions or visualizations of the ideals and doctrines of Zen Buddhism in the context of Chinese and Japanese cultures. Highlights include Zen’s aesthetic principles as manifested in painting; dry gardens; the tea ceremony and its related art forms; iconographic development in Zen art; political functions of Zen in China and Japan’s samurai culture; and feminine motifs of the Bodhidharma (founder of Zen Buddhism) symbology;and gender transformation of Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara.
The Class:
Format: seminar
Limit: 19
Expected: 12
Class#: 3334
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Limit: 19
Expected: 12
Class#: 3334
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation:
midterm; oral presentations; short written assignments (2-3 pp); critiques &1oral presentation write-up (3-4 pp); 1 final paper oral presentation; final paper (10-15 pp); peer review essay (2-3 pp); contribution to discussions; attendance
Prerequisites:
none
Enrollment Preferences:
none, students who do not show up in the first class will not be admitted
Unit Notes:
does NOT satisfy the seminar requirement for the Art History major
Distributions:
Division I
Writing Skills
Notes:
meets Division 1 requirement if registration is under ARTH, CHIN or JAPN; meets Division 2 requirement if registration is under ASST or REL
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
ARTH 376 Division I REL 252 Division II ASST 376 Division II
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
ARTH 376 Division I REL 252 Division II ASST 376 Division II
Attributes:
ARTH pre-1800 Courses
ARTH Middle East, Asia and Africa Courses
ASST Interdepartmental Electives
INST East Asian Studies Electives
ARTH Middle East, Asia and Africa Courses
ASST Interdepartmental Electives
INST East Asian Studies Electives
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ARTH 376 - 01 (S) SEM Zen Art in China and Japan
ARTH 376 - 01 (S) SEM Zen Art in China and JapanDivision I Writing SkillsJu-Yu Scarlett JangW 1:10 pm - 3:50 pm
Lawrence 0033334
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