器物文化

臺北科技大學 114-2 學期課程，課號 355304。

課程大綱

This course explores world history through significant visual and material cultural artifacts from civilization. In the past, when historical research was dominated by written records, understanding art, visual languages, and material culture was considered a complex and specialized field with high barriers to entry. The course is designed based on the concept of "time as the warp, materials as the weft," introducing the scope and diversity of material culture studies. By incorporating diverse museum collections, objects, materials, and documents, this course aims to break through the boundaries of academic specialization, making material culture to be the part of aesthetics education for a broader audience. The course not only allows students to engage with the latest scholarly developments but also encourages them to recognize that culture can be narrated not only through textual sources, but also through material and visual culture, which are equally vital mediums for recording and interpreting the past.

課程進度

Week 1 (2/26) Course Introduction Week 2 (3/05) Overview of Objects (Discover Your Personality Through Cultural Artifacts) Week 3 (3/12) The Birth of Pottery: Painted and Black Pottery in the Neolithic Era Week 4 (3/19) Bronze Ritual Vessels and Ritual Culture in the Xia, Shang, and Zhou Dynasties (Seminar/Topic Discussion) Week 5 (3/26) Bronze Ritual Vessels and Ritual Culture in the Xia, Shang, and Zhou Dynasties (Seminar/Topic Discussion) Week 6 (4/02) The Archaeological Discovery of the Terracotta Warriors of Qin Week 7 (4/09) Tang Sancai (Seminar/Reflection Discussion) Week 8 (4/16) Field trip to museum (tentative, selected from exhibitions) Week 9 (4/23) Midterm Exam: Analysis of Artifacts or Exhibition Cases (Group Presentations & Discussions) Week 10 (4/30) Song Ceramics and Literati Aesthetics Week 11 (5/07) Representative Kilns and Artistic Features of Song Ceramics Week 12 (5/14) Maritime Trade Artifacts and Global Interaction (Seminar/Topic Discussion) Week 13 (5/21) Antique Glass and Aesthetic Development Week 14 (5/28) Field trip to museum (tentative, selected from exhibitions) Week 15 (6/04) The Aesthetics and Symbolism of Decorative Motifs (Seminar/Topic Discussion) Week 16 (6/11) The Aesthetics and Symbolism of Decorative Motifs (Seminar/Topic Discussion) Week 17 (6/18) Final Presentations Week 18 (6/25) Review and Feedback

評量方式

Attendance: 20% Class Participation & Discussion: 20% Midterm Report: 30% Final Report: 30%

教材

【遵守智慧財產權觀念，請使用正版教科書，不得使用非法影印教科書】 使用外文原文書：否 The Magic of Kneaded Clay, Yu Pei-jin (edited 2014). Published Sep 2014. National Palace Museum. ISBN 9789575627126 What Objects Mean: An Introduction to Material Culture, Arthur Asa Berger, Published June 1, 2014. Routledge. ISBN 9781611329049 Material culture in the social world, Dant Tim, Published 1999. McGraw-Hill Education (UK). ISBN 9780335198214