New Course ST 2016! EASTD 150 CERAMIC ARTS OF KOREA – PLACENTA JARS, POTTERY WARS AND TEA CULTURE
Spring 2016
Conference Course
0600 (Seminar room at Harvard Art Museum), Th 1:00pm – 2:59pm
Instructor: Dr. Maya Stiller, mstiller@fas.harvard.edu
In this course, students will examine how the availability of appropriate materials, knowledge of production/firing technologies, consumer needs and intercultural relations affected the production of different types of Korean ceramics. A hands-on approach to the examination of ceramic objects in the collections of the Harvard Art Museums and an introductory tour in the art of pottery making at the Harvard Ceramics Studio will complement classroom studies. After completing this course, students will have mastered methods of material culture analysis that can be applied to any other visual and material culture field for a deeper, multidimensional understanding of the history and culture of a society.
December 10, 2015