Past Events

“Archaeology, Artifacts and Art” 2024-25 Lecture Series: Prof. LAI Delin (2024/12/3)

Sponsored by Simon Suen Foundation, the “Archaeology, Artifacts and Art” 2024-25 Lecture Series will be held from November 2024 to August 2025. The Academy will curate a series of lectures on archaeology, history, artifacts and art in collaboration with experts and scholars locally and abroad, including esteemed researchers art collectors as well as connoisseurs. With the splendor of the pantheon, we endeavor to embark on a journey of discovery with international academics and students from different backgrounds. The Academy is honoured to invite Professor LAI Delin to speak with the below details:

Ming and Qing Narrative Painting and the Architectural Space of Jiangnan Gardens

2024/12/3 | 15:30–17:30 |Conducted in Putonghua

Prof. LAI Delin
Professor and Head of Art History Program
Morgan Endowed Chair in Art and Architectural History
University of Louisville

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, Chinese architecture exhibited an unprecedented pursuit of spatial richness, interest, and novelty, particularly in the architectural design of Jiangnan gardens, leading to their prototypical transformation from landscape gardens to courtyard gardens. Focusing on the visual cultural context of the late Ming and mid-Qing, the lecture explores how narrative paintings, including novel illustrations and erotic albums, inspired spatial imagination and visual construction of architecture, and contributed to the development of garden design in reality, thereby enriching the “picturesque” tradition of Chinese gardens.

Participation
Registration: https://forms.office.com/r/zn50kRU23q
In-person Venue: Hong Kong Baptist University Jao Tsung-I Academy of Sinology (SWT 702, Level 7, Shaw Tower, Shaw Campus)
Online: ZOOM: https://hkbu.zoom.us/j/98147765164?pwd=astx7IPvJSyuyNjD0yhTzteVdJOQ6b.1
Meeting ID: 981 4776 5164
Passwords: 572309

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