“Transcending Transience: Art and Culture of Late Ming Jiangnan” Symposium

April 26, 2025

Organizers

Department of Fine Arts & Art Museum, CUHK

Date: 26 April 2025 (Sat)

Time: 10:00 17:15

Venue: Harold and Christina Lee Gallery, Lo Kwee Seong Pavilion, Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)

Language: Mandarin

Format: On-site participation only

Registration: Click here  (Successful registrants will receive a confirmation email)

Click here to view the e-programme and abstracts

 

Organizers: Department of Fine Arts and Art Museum, CUHK

 

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Registration   (10:00-10:15)

 

Opening ceremony  (10:15 – 10:25)

 

Keynote Speech  (10:25 – 11:15)

 

Prof. CHI Jo-hsin  Adjunct Professor, Graduate Institute of Museum Studies, Fu Jen Catholic University

Title: “Examples of Artisans and Their Works in the Late Ming Period”

 

Panel One  (11:30 – 12:45)

 

WAN Chui Ki Maggie  Associate Professor, Department of Fine Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Title: “Florid Surface: The Fashion for Brocade Patterns in Late Ming Jiangnan”

 

ZHAN Zhenpeng  Associate Professor, Department of History (Zhuhai), Sun Yat-sen University

Title: “Portable Treasures of Sumptuous Craftsmanship: Lacquered Containers and the Material Culture of Late Ming China”

 

TONG Yu  Associate Curator, Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Title: “In Seek of Late Ming Jewellery”

 

Panel Two  (14:00 – 15:35)

 

JIANG Fangting  Associate curator, Hong Kong Palace Museum

Title: “Literati Asserting their Individuality as Seen in Late-Ming Paintings – Taking Chen Hongshou’s Elegant Gathering as an Example”

 

CHEN Fong-fong  Assistant Professor, Department of History, Academy of Chinese, History, Religion and Philosophy, Hong Kong Baptist University

Title: “The Representation of Gentlewomen in the Four Arts of Imperial China”

 

ZHAO Dankun  Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Southeast University

Title: “Beauties in the Floating World: The Visual Inscription of Females in the Interwoven Contexts of Late Ming Culture”

 

XIAO Lang  Assistant Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Arts, Macau University of Science and Technology

Title: “Faces of Power: A Study of Dragon Robe Ornamentation and Ming Dynasty Imperial Portraits”

 

Panel Three  (15:50 – 16:40)

 

XU Ke  Lecturer, College of Fine Arts, Capital Normal University

Title: “Real Scenery and Illusory Space: Wu Bin, Huang Xiangjian and the Scenic Images of the Late Ming Dynasty”

 

JIANG Qiumeng  Research Associate, Arts College, Sichuan University

Title: “The Interplay with Painting Manuals: On Xiao Yuncong’s Landscapes

 

Panel Four  (16:40 – 17:05)

 

WANG Guanyu  Associate Curator (Antiquities), Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Title: “Putting Jiangnan into the Global Matrix: The Production and Consumption of Ceramics in the Late Ming Period”

 

Conclusion  (17:05-17:15)

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Enquiries:

aeo.finearts@link.cuhk.edu.hk / 3943 7620

 

For more details, please refer to the Chinese page.