Literature and Legend 2

2008 Arts of Asia course
Term 1: 4 March - 3 June 2008
Term 2: 5 August - 28  October 2008
Tuesdays 1 - 2pm
Domain Theatre, Lower Level 3

From the 100 chapters of the Chinese Journey to the West, otherwise known as Monkey magic to the brevity of Japanese haiku, from the ancient Chinese Book of Songs to contemporary anime, Literature and Legend 2 paints a sweeping picture of the influence of the word in the arts of China and Japan. Specialist lecturers each week introduce iconic texts and their social, religious and historical backgrounds. The full range of arts are represented including poetry in ink painting, the decorative arts of ceramics and lacquer and kabuki actors in ukiyo-e prints. 

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TOSA Mitsuoki (Japan 1617-1691)
Scene from The Tale of Genji 'Asagao' Chapter 20  17th century
hanging scroll, ink and colour on silk; 39.6 x 86.2cm
Purchased 2004
 

Program:
 

Term 1: CHINA  

• 4 March - Word, space and painting in Chinese art.
  Edmund Capon, director
   
• 11 March - Image and imagery in the ancient Chinese Book of Songs.
  Jeffrey Riegel,  professor and head of School of Languages and Cultures, University of Sydney 
   
• 18 March - A survey of Chinese pictorial expression through myth, poetry and popular story.
  Haruki Yoshida, independent researcher 
     
• 1 April - From the historical Xuanzang to the Myth of Monkey Magic.
  Daniel Kane, professor and head of Chinese studies, Macquarie University
   
• 8 April - Literary allusions in Chinese decorative arts.
  Jackie Menzies, head curator of Asian art
   
• 15 April - Picturing the Peach Blossom Spring and Daoist grotto heavens.
   Liu Yang, curator of Chinese art
   
• 22 April - Poetic inspirations in Chinese painting.
  Mae Anna Pang, senior curator of Asian art, National Gallery of Victoria
   
• 29 April - Chinese aesthetics and the Grand View Garden in the Dream of the Red Chamber.
  Yiyan Wang, lecturer, School of Languages and Cultures, University of Sydney 
   
• 6 May - Contemporary film and social change in Western China.
  Stephanie Hemelryk Donald, director and professor of International Studies, University of Technology Sydney
   
• 13 May - In praise of blandness: Song dynasty literary master Su Dongpo.
  Chye Hong Lim, PhD candidate, Chinese Studies, University of New South Wales
   
• 20 May - 'I am Legend': Body + Art + Attitude in Chinese Contemporary Art.
  Dr Thomas J. Berghuis, Senior Research Curator and Research Fellow, Centre of Contemporary Art & Politics, 
  College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales and Casula Powerhouse.
  *Please note there has been a change of program
   
• 27 May - Term 1 Revision
   
• 3 June - Term 1 Slide Test

Term 2: JAPAN

• 5 August - Where the Sun Goddess came to Earth: Ise Shrine and the legend of Amaterasu.
  William H. Coaldrake, Foundation Professor of Japanese, University of Melbourne
   
• 12 August - Virtuous women, galant heroes: depiction of love in the Tale of Genji.
  Khanh Trinh, curator of Japanese art
   
• 19 August - E-maki: The tradition of Japanese narrative painting.
  Haruki Yoshida, independent researcher
   
• 26 August - Tiptoe through the irises: Tales of Ise and Rimpa romanticism.
  William H. Coaldrake, Foundation Professor of Japanese, University of Melbourne
   
• 2 September - Literary allusions in Japanese decorative arts.
  Jackie Menzies, head curator of Asian art
   
• 9 September - Narrative in the Esoteric Buddhist art of Japan.
  James Bennett, curator of Asian art, Art Gallery of South Australia
   
• 16 September - The art and life of Rengetsu – Japanese Buddhist nun, poet, calligrapher, painter and potter.
  Melanie Eastburn, curator of Asian art, National Gallery of Australia
   
• 23 September - One Hundred Poets: A source of inspiration through the centuries.
  Gary Hickey, lecturer, Asian art history and curatorship School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne
   
• 30  September - China in the Floating World: The illustrations of the 108 heroes of the Suikoden.
  Khanh Trinh, curator of Japanese art
   
• 7 October - Dan-Kiku-Sa—A Kabuki triumvirate in Japanese woodblock prints.
  Amy Newland, independent scholar of Japanese woodblock prints
   
• 14 October - Sexual robots and plastic humans in anime.
  Philip Brophy, artist, performer, writer, composer, curator
   
• 21 October - Term 2 Revision
   
• 28  October  - Term 2 Slide Test