Date of recording:
September 28, 2018
Duration:
30:48 min
Lisa Hirkaler guides viewers in addressing East Asian Art in instructing AP Art History.
About the Speaker
Lisa Hirkaler, award-winning AP Art History teacher, Vernon Township High School Sussex County, New Jersey
Slides for Classroom Use
Teaching East Asian Art in AP Art History – PowerPoint
Recommended Reading
See the Learning & Teaching the Arts of East Asia Recommended Reading
AP Art History and Chinese Art by Lisa Hirkaler [Education about Asia]
A chronological arrangement of images make this resource essay applicable to World History and AP World History teachers and students as well.
Classroom Resources
The Ancient Art of Writing: Selections from the History of Chinese Calligraphy [National Palace Museum, Taiwan]
This exhibit explores the unique forms of calligraphy that developed to meet the need for recording information and ideas in China through the ages – a practice that still serves as a continuous link between the past and the present. Includes a brief introduction and three paintings from the Yuan and Ming dynasties
China’s Terracotta Warriors [Asian Art Museum of San Francisco]
Several lessons and activities on the Terra Cotta Warriors.
Chinese Buddhist Cave Shrines [Asian Art Museum of San Francisco]
Explores ancient Buddhist cave shrines in China, including the Longmen Caves, and discusses why the sites were created and the major sponsors and patrons. 4 min video.
Understanding History through Artifacts: Lady Dai’s Tomb [China Institute]
In this lesson students will derive historical knowledge from the comprehensive examination of the artifacts in Lady Dai’s tomb and draw conclusions about the noblewoman and the time period in which she lived.
10 Things You Didn’t Know about Katsushika Hokusai [British Museum]
Fun facts about Hokusai presented on Google Arts and Culture.
Art and China’s Revolution [Asia Society]
Reflects upon one of the most tumultuous and catastrophic periods in recent Chinese history — the three decades following the establishment of the Peoples Republic of China in 1949 to 1979. Features discussion of Chairman Mao Goes to Anyuan.
Asian Art OUTLOOK [Asia Society]
Serving as “an accessible and tangible starting point for discussion about the history, geography and cultures of Asia,” the site features 21 artworks from Asia Society’s permanent collection (7 from the Indian subcontinent, 7 from China, and 7 from Japan), with background text and viewing guide. Includes 8 additional lesson plans related to Asian art, history, and culture.
See also Asia in Art – Resources [AFE]
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