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The Visualization of Dream of the Red Chamber: the Grand Prospect Garden in Nineteenth Century China
This talk from the UC Berkeley Center for Chinese Studies examines the ways the Grand Prospect Garden is visualized in the wood-block prints and paintings of the nineteenth-century.
When:
September 23, 2016 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Where
Speaker: Wei Shang, Du Family Professor of Chinese Culture, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University
Panelist/Discussant: Sophie Volpp, East Asian Languages and Cultures and Comparative Literature, UC Berkeley
China's Worlds Lecture Series
This talk examines the ways the Grand Prospect Garden is visualized in the wood-block prints and paintings of the nineteenth-century. It seeks to shed new light on the use of modern lenses in the visual interpretation of Dream of the Red Chamber and its broader ramifications on the visual culture of the time.
In honor of SF Opera's premiere of Dream of the Red Chamber
Sponsor: Center for Chinese Studies (CCS)
Event Contact: ccs@berkeley.edu, 510-643-6321
Cost:
Free and Open to the Public
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