The Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon

Call for papers for international conference "Face to Face. The transcendence

of the Arts in China and Beyond", Lisbon, April 4-5, 2013 and/or an edited

volume of collected essays

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Call for Papers
"Face to Face. The transcendence of the Arts in China and Beyond"

Date and Place
4 -5 April 2013, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon, PORTUGAL

Organizers

Fernando Antonio Baptista Pereira

Associated Professor, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon

Rui Oliveira Lopes

Postdoctoral Researcher, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon

Deadline for Proposals: 30 September 2012
Conference Language: English / Portuguese

The Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon is pleased to announce the

International Conference from April 4 - 5, 2013, entitled "Face to Face. The

transcendence of the Arts in China and Beyond".

Conference Description

Face to Face. The Transcendence of the Arts in China and Beyond is a conference

that will bring a wide range of new perspectives on the artistic styles changes

of Chinese Arts, resulting from the artistic exchange and mutual interactions

with the arts, styles and techniques of other cultures in China itself and

beyond its cultural frontiers. Given to the long artistic traditions and the

multicultural sediment of Chinese arts it is critical to present a selection of

comparative perspectives on the legacy of other artistic traditions in the arts

of China, from the Bronze Age to Modern-day, crossing through ceramics,

metalwork, painting, sculpture, carving, prints, textiles, drama (theatre,

opera, shadow puppetry and cinema), and performing arts (music and dance).

Our goals for the conference are to raise awareness of the artistic exchange

and mutual influences between the Han Chinese arts and the arts from different

cultural backgrounds in China itself, as well as beyond its geographical and

cultural boundaries. We also aim to go through the issues on the construction

of artistic identity and the balance between permeability and hegemony,

tradition and innovation, convenience and misinterpretation. In addition, we

also intend to publish a book, which will include the extended versions of the

papers presented during the conference as well as other papers submitted by

other distinguished scholars.

The conference, as well as the book, will be organized chronologically in four

parts spanning a variety of perspectives on the Chinese arts in dialogue with

other artistic traditions, including but not limited to:

Artistic identities in contrast. The arts along the Silk Road and the

South China Sea Routes (Pre-Imperial to Tang dynasty)


Early Sino-Western cultural contacts and artistic exchange during the

late Bronze Age, focusing ceramic and metalwork techniques and

decorations from the crossroads of Central Asian cultures and

regional cultures of the Yellow River Valley, through the Gansu

Corridor;

Exotic goods from the Silk Road and their impact in Chinese artistic

traditions;

The artistic impact of the East China Sea Route and the transfer of

artistic knowledge to Korea and Japan;

Religious imagery introduced into China via Silk Road (Buddhism,

Zoroastrianism, Manicheism, Nestorianism and Islam) and the

confluence with local religious arts (Dunhuang caves and Yungang

grottoes);

Buddhist art and Greco-Bactrian heritage in Chinese Buddhist art /

Central Asian (Songdian, Bactrian) motifs in Chinese ceramics;

Exchange of Buddhist Art in the South Sea;

Princely gifts and royal treasures as a demonstration of power and

sovereignty between nations.

From the artistic sophistication of the Song to the legacy of the Mongol

invasion (Song and Yuan dynasties)

From the regional styles to the unity fundamentals of art;

The aesthetic sophistication of ceramics and the variety of classic

wares as a result of international commerce and the refined taste

of the Imperial court;

Art the ethnicity in the arts of the Yuan dynasty;

Chinese painting, Zen (Chan) Buddhism and the Zen (Chan) Buddhist

painting of Japan;

Artistic exchange between China, Korea and Japan;

Distinctive styles and motifs of Chinese textiles in Southeast Asia

and the exchange with the Liao, the Xi Xia, the Tibetan Plateau

and the Himalayas;

The Chinese arts and the arts of the conquers (Liao, Jin and Yuan

dynasties);

-Artistic relations between China and Islamic world.

-The artistic exchange between China and Europe in Late imperial China

(Ming and Qing dynasties)

The impact of Chinese porcelain in the world;

The legacy of the European perspective and oil painting in China;

European artists in China and the Chinese arts in Europe;

Enamel and Cloisonne;

The influence of copperplate prints in the arts of China;

China trade;

Chinoiserie and Orientalism in European decorative arts.

China Today. Modern and Contemporary Chinese Art in a global context

(Post-Imperial period)

Between the traditions and the new trends of Chinese art (Shanghai

School and the New Culture movement);

Chinese art and artists in the Western World during the 20th and the

21th centuries;

-The influence of Chinese art and aesthetics in Western art;

Art and Socialism;

The Chinese visual arts, media and performance in a global context;

Chinese contemporary art and the art market.

Please send abstracts of proposed papers for 20-minute presentation and / or

for the edited book (paper title and author information must be sent in a

separate file) to rui.o.lopes@gmail.com by 31 July 2012. The abstracts should

not exceed 500 words and will be analyzed by a committee of experts under

double-blind review system. Papers accepted for the conference will be

published in a book. The committee may accept proposed papers only for the

edited book. The organization will notify applicants of its final decision by

3rd of September 2012.

Final papers for the book should be submitted by 31 December 2012, following

the Harvard System of Referencing. Paper length should be between 5000-10000

words, including abstract, references, tables and figures.

Book release date: April 4, 2013

For further information please send an email to Rui Oliveira Lopes

(rui.o.lopes@gmail.com)

Rui Oliveira Lopes

Faculty of Fine Arts

University of Lisbon