Beyond Chinoiserie:
Artistic Exchanges between China and the West during the late Qing Dynasty
(c1795-1911)
Friday, October 30 – Beck Rooms, Walsh Library, Seton Hall University
8:30-9:30 Coffee
9:30-10 Opening of Proceedings
Welcome: Deirdre Yates, Dean, College of Communication and the Arts, SHU
Aims of the Workshop: Petra Chu (Seton Hall University) and Jennifer Milam (U of Sydney)
10-11:15 Keynote address
Introduction of Keynote speaker: Dietrich Tschanz
Keynote: Elizabeth Chang (University of Missouri), “ Cultivating Chinoiserie: Organic Life and Exotic Design”
11:15-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-12:30 Panel Discussion
“The Question of Exchange: Cross-Disciplinary and Cross-Cultural Approaches” Jennifer Milam (University of Sydney); Elizabeth Chang (University of Missouri); Stacey Sloboda (Southern Illinois University)
12-30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-3 Session 1: Chaired by Juergen Heinrichs, Seton Hall University
Patricia Johnston (College of the Holy Cross, Worcester MA), The China Trade and Emerging Imperial Aesthetics in Federal America
Kristel Smentek (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Etienne Délécluze: Chinese Painting and Nineteenth-Century French Art
Joyce Lindorff (Temple University), The Role of Music in George Macartney’s Embassy to China
Questions and Discussion
3:30-5 Session 2: Chaired by Martha Easton, Seton Hall University
Meredith Martin (New York University), Staging China and Siam in 1860s Paris
Elizabeth Emery (Montclair State University), Appraising French Women “Collectors” of Chinese Art in Fin-de-siècle France: Methods and Challenges
Questions and Discussion
5-6 Reception
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Saturday, October 31 - Beck Rooms, Walsh Library, Seton Hall University
8:30-9:30 Coffee
9:30-11:30 Session 3: Chaired by Charlotte Nichols, Seton Hall University
Maggie Cao (Columbia University), Copying in Reverse: China Trade Painting
Sarah Cheang (Royal College of Art, London), Fashion and Chinoiserie: Material Translations between China, Japan, and Britain
Tara Zanardi (Hunter College), Fabricating the “Manton de Manila” as National Dress
Questions and Discussion
11:30-12:30 Panel Discussion
Introduction (Katherine Paul): "Some Ching enameled vases in the Newark Museum.”
“The Centrality of the Object in Artistic Relations between China and the West.” Petra Chu, (Seton Hall University); Katherine Paul (Newark Museum); Kristel Smentek (M.I.T.); Mei Rado (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
12-30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-3 Session 4: Chaired by Dong Dong Chen, Seton Hall University
Roberta Wue (University of California, Irvine), Xugu Abstracts
William Ma (University of California, Berkeley), Carving between Cultures: The Woodcarving Workshop at the Shanghai Jesuit Orphanage,
Questions and Discussion
3:30-5 Visit Newark Museum Asian collections with Dr. Katherine Paul, Curator of Asian Art, Newark Museum (transportation on your own).
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REGISTRATION INFORMATION:
Attendance at the workshop is free of charge, but we do ask that you register for catering purposes.
8:30-9:30 Coffee
9:30-10 Opening of Proceedings
Welcome: Deirdre Yates, Dean, College of Communication and the Arts, SHU
Aims of the Workshop: Petra Chu (Seton Hall University) and Jennifer Milam (U of Sydney)
10-11:15 Keynote address
Introduction of Keynote speaker: Dietrich Tschanz
Keynote: Elizabeth Chang (University of Missouri), “ Cultivating Chinoiserie: Organic Life and Exotic Design”
11:15-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-12:30 Panel Discussion
“The Question of Exchange: Cross-Disciplinary and Cross-Cultural Approaches” Jennifer Milam (University of Sydney); Elizabeth Chang (University of Missouri); Stacey Sloboda (Southern Illinois University)
12-30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-3 Session 1: Chaired by Juergen Heinrichs, Seton Hall University
Patricia Johnston (College of the Holy Cross, Worcester MA), The China Trade and Emerging Imperial Aesthetics in Federal America
Kristel Smentek (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Etienne Délécluze: Chinese Painting and Nineteenth-Century French Art
Joyce Lindorff (Temple University), The Role of Music in George Macartney’s Embassy to China
Questions and Discussion
3:30-5 Session 2: Chaired by Martha Easton, Seton Hall University
Meredith Martin (New York University), Staging China and Siam in 1860s Paris
Elizabeth Emery (Montclair State University), Appraising French Women “Collectors” of Chinese Art in Fin-de-siècle France: Methods and Challenges
Questions and Discussion
5-6 Reception
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Saturday, October 31 - Beck Rooms, Walsh Library, Seton Hall University
8:30-9:30 Coffee
9:30-11:30 Session 3: Chaired by Charlotte Nichols, Seton Hall University
Maggie Cao (Columbia University), Copying in Reverse: China Trade Painting
Sarah Cheang (Royal College of Art, London), Fashion and Chinoiserie: Material Translations between China, Japan, and Britain
Tara Zanardi (Hunter College), Fabricating the “Manton de Manila” as National Dress
Questions and Discussion
11:30-12:30 Panel Discussion
Introduction (Katherine Paul): "Some Ching enameled vases in the Newark Museum.”
“The Centrality of the Object in Artistic Relations between China and the West.” Petra Chu, (Seton Hall University); Katherine Paul (Newark Museum); Kristel Smentek (M.I.T.); Mei Rado (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
12-30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-3 Session 4: Chaired by Dong Dong Chen, Seton Hall University
Roberta Wue (University of California, Irvine), Xugu Abstracts
William Ma (University of California, Berkeley), Carving between Cultures: The Woodcarving Workshop at the Shanghai Jesuit Orphanage,
Questions and Discussion
3:30-5 Visit Newark Museum Asian collections with Dr. Katherine Paul, Curator of Asian Art, Newark Museum (transportation on your own).
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REGISTRATION INFORMATION:
Attendance at the workshop is free of charge, but we do ask that you register for catering purposes.