Images

Humanities 230: For lecture images on ritual, click here.

Please note: I encourage you to explore the links to a very large number of digital image databases listed on the Course Resources page and to browse the books on main reserve (the catalog entitled The Three Emperors is worth a leisurely look in any case). Enjoy!

Maps

1795 map of the Qing state (click here)
aerial map of the Forbidden City (click here)
plane map of the Forbidden City (click here)
schematic city map of Beijing (click here)

Databases & Print reproductions

ARTStor
500,000 images, mainly European and North American.

Craig Clunas, Art in China
This survey book, on reserve, can be used in conjunction with this digital database to search for images dating from neolithic China through today.

Conference PDFs:

Paintings

Prints and Photographs

Beijing architecture

Course resources

Click here for an extensive list of electronic resources and PDF files on citations, digital image databases and archives, the Chinese language, museum collections, time chart of periods and dynasties.
Click here for a bibliography of books related to the course (also linked as further reading).

Lisa's office hours are on Monday after conference and by appointment.
Office location: Library 321.
Telephone: x7364
Email: claypool@reed.edu