Key topics: Traditional Chinese art forms: calligraphy (书法), ink painting (水墨画), ceramics, Classical Chinese literature and the Four Great Classical Novels (四大名著), Traditional Chinese music, instruments, and opera (京剧, 昆曲), Contemporary Chinese art and its global reception, Aesthetic philosophy in Chinese culture (harmony, balance, nature), Architecture and urban design in Chinese tradition and modernity, Cross-cultural aesthetic comparison between Chinese and Western art traditions.
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