Unfolding the Principle of Color Decoration in Yingzao Fashi

Monday, May 20, 2013
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Bunche Hall 11377
 
A talk by Li Luke 李路珂, Tsinghua University
 

The Building Standard, Yingzao fashi, of the 12th-century, is one of the oldest surviving manuals on building. It was considered a key document on Chinese architecture. This document has been studied by many eminent Chinese architectural historians, but generally from the point of view of construction, whereas the aspect of colored decoration has usually been overlooked. Nonetheless, without a deep understanding of decoration, we cannot really grasp the whole picture of Song Dynasty buildings, let alone its aesthetics, even though some of them have survived.

Li Luke is trained in architecture. She received her bachelor's degree in Architecture in 2001 and her doctorate degree in Architectural History and Theory in 2007 at Tsinghua University in Beijing. In 2007 she joined the faculty at Tsinghua University to teach The History of World Modern Architecture and the Yale/Tsinghua Joint Design Studio in Beijing.

International Animals：Images of Lion and Tiger in Chinese Archaeological Findings

Tuesday, May 21, 2013
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Bunche Hall 10367
 

A talk in Chinese by Li Ling 李零, Peking University
 

Based on archaeological evidence, Li Ling traces the images of the lion and tiger in Chinese arts to Iranian culture. He first mapped the distributions of tiger and lion in Iranian arts, and moved to examine three different names of lion in Chinese arts and literature when the image of lion was imported from Iran to China. He then analyzed the various artistic expressions of lion and tiger in Chinese arts and conclude with the implication that Qin-Han Empire and Persian Empire are more comparable than Qin-Han Empire and Roman Empire.
 

Li Ling is a Professor in the Dept. of Chinese Language and Literature and Director of the Center for Chinese Thought and Culture Studies at Peking University.  
 

Prof. Li Ling will speak in Chinese with English interpretation by Prof. Lothar von Falkenhausen.

This talk is part of the “China Beyond the Headlines” lecture series, generously supported by Mr. Stephen Lesser.