Lecture/discussion—4 hours.  Thematic and chronological examination of 3000 years of Chinese art and culture from Neolithic through Tang Dynasty (10th c. CE).  Study of ceremonial and secular objects manifesting folk beliefs and belief systems of ancestor worship, Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism.  Offered in alternate years.

GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt | AH, VL, WC, WE.