(BA) (4-year-programme) - The University of Hong Kong

108Ming dynasty, Manchu identity and Qing expansionism, export trade art, Western impact on prints,intra-Asian paintings, and visions of the “East” in the global art world.Assessment: 100% coursework.FINE2056.Museum studies workshop (6 credits)This course aims to give students an introduction to the principles and practises of working in an artmuseum. The course will be conducted by curatorial staff of the University Museum and Art Gallery.Students majoring in Fine Arts will be given first preference, but other students fulfilling theprerequisite may apply. Any students wishing to apply for admission to FINE4005 (Museum studiesinternship) should take this course in their second or third year.Assessment: 100% coursework.Prerequisite: One 1000-level Fine Arts course.FINE2057.Arts of West, Central and Southern Africa (6 credits)This course explores some of the artistic practices and material culture found in West, Central andSouthern Africa. It provides a general introduction to the topic and offers a selective overview of thediversity of practices, styles and mediums. The course is organized geographically beginning withWest Africa; from the earliest evidence for sculptural traditions and the rise of centralized structuresof authority, to the variety and richness of the artistic and material culture traditions found in thisregion. It proceeds on to Central and Southern African communities and concludes with someexamples of contemporary art practice and the ways in which the twentieth century has been a time ofgreat change for visual culture in Africa.Assessment: 100% coursework.FINE2061.Contemporary Chinese art (6 credits)This course examines the broad historical development of contemporary Chinese art in relation to itssocio-political contexts. Emphasis will be put on major exhibitions and artworks made and exhibitedat different stages of its development. In addition to stylistic characteristics, issues concerning artcensorship, art criticism and art market will be explored. Works made by local and cross-borderartists will be examined.Assessment: 100% coursework.Prerequisite: One 1000-level Fine Arts course.FINE2062.Land and garden in Chinese art (6 credits)This course examines the history and significance of land and its depiction in China from the fifth tothe twentieth century. We will examine the cultural circumstances that promoted landscape to one ofthe most important subjects in Chinese art. Emphasis is placed on historical and interpretive issuesthat are important to the analysis of artwork and meaning.Assessment: 100% coursework.FINE2065.Introduction to Islamic art and architecture (6 credits)Since the advent of Islam in 622 CE, people from a vast region from Spain to Central Asia, fromRussia to India and to Sub-Saharan Africa have constructed Muslim identities through artisticexpressions. This course will familiarize students with visual material from the Islamic world for the