ASIAN 4442

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ASIAN 4442
Shadowplay: Asian Art and Performance

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

Shadowplay is a superb medium for storytelling. As with many performing arts in Asia, neither the highly stylized images of puppets, nor its musical, or linguistic complexity detract from its wide popularity. Why does an art that appears so obscure exercise such broad appeal? This seminar explores the playful and politically adept fluctuations of shadows across screens from India to Mainland and Island Southeast Asia. We will also briefly examine East Asian developments, particularly in China and Japan. In each of the countries where shadow theatre exists it has acquired its own repertory and a distinct technique and style of its own. This aesthetic has translated locally into paint, sculpture, architecture, cinema, and modern and contemporary installation art. Classes will meet regularly in the Herbert F. Johnson Museum.

When Offered Fall.

Distribution Category (ALC-AS, HST-AS) (CA-AG, HA-AG, LA-AG)
Course Subfield (SC)
Course Attribute (EC-SAP, EC-SEAP)

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  • 18859 ASIAN 4442   SEM 101

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    • W
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • McGowan, K