FAH101H1 Lecture Notes - Lotus Sutra, Fire Temple, Teaware
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Talk about exam will come back graded next monday; preliminary marking is completed, but final grades not yet assigned. Between the midterm for this course and reading period, we have had a long break from the real work of the course considering the artistic landscape of east asia. So, i would like to remind all of us myself included that we have been considering the artistic landscape of east asia, the patterns and practices of artistic production in the world of. China and her cultural and commercial satellites through a series of frameworks that include: artifact, technology, space, monument, and most recently metropolis. Before i turn to today"s topic of commerce, i would like to revisit some basic ideas of the metropolis, particularly in its east asian manifestation, and in particular in the case of. The metropolis of chang"an, -- and other metropolis might serve as a seat of the cosmos.
