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ARTH 203 - Architectural Modernities in China and Its Global Entanglement

FC ARHU CD
4 credits
This course examines architectural modernism in China from the late 19th century through the early 21st century. Students will explore how architectural modernity emerged in China as a result of transnational connections and domestic frictions. Topics include architectural modernism in Manchuria, Chinese architecture’s engagement with Beaux-Arts tradition, treaty port architecture, architecture and nationalism, socialist architecture in the Mao era, postsocialist reform, and export of China’s architectural modernism.

Prerequisites: one 100-level course in ARTH.


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