Lectures on European Cultural History (歷史專論)

Course documents, Slides of the lectures, Bibliography

Targets (教學目標)

• Familiarise students with European Culture through an analysis of examplary case studies.
• Introduce students to key cultural achievements in Art, science and technology.
• Show the importance of cross-fertilisation between cultures.
• Give examples of contacts between Chinese and European cultures.

Outline (教學內容綱要)

The class consists of lecture sessions.

• Outline of the geography of Europe
• Outline of the history of Europe
• Germanic Art of the Early Middle Ages
• Science in the Middle Age
• Romanesque sculpture
• Marco Polo
• Flemish painting
• Renaissance architecture
• Engineers of the Renaissance
• Art of Gardens
• "Chinoiseries"
• Encyclopedia of Diderot and d'Alembert and the Academies
• The jesuits in China
• Modern architecture
• European Union

Assessment (評量)

Mid-term, final exam and participation during the class.

References (教材上網資訊)

• J.M. Roberts, The penguin history of Europe, London, 1996
• Pierre Riche, L'Europe barbare de 476 a 774, Paris, 1989
• A.C. Crombie, Augustine to Galileo, London, 1959
• W. Sauerlaender, Sculpture medievale, Paris, s.d.
• Lassaigne, Argan, Le quinzieme siecle de Van Eyck a Botticelli, Geneve, Paris, New-York, 1955
• Peter Murray, The architecture of the italian Renaissance, 3d ed., 1986
• Nicolas Pevsner, An outline of European architecture, Penguin, London, 1948
• Bertrand Gille, les ingenieurs de la Renaissance, Paris, 1964
• G. Van Zuylen, Tous les jardins du monde, Paris, 1994
• A.C. Ross, A vision betrayed, the jesuits in Japan and China, 1542-1742, Edinburgh, 1994
• Joseph Needham, La science chinoise et l'Occident, Paris, 1973
• A. Colquhoun, Modern architecture, Oxford, 2002

Office Hours (課業輔導時間)

On appointment