History of Chinese Costumes | 中国服饰七千年

Offered By: Tsinghua University via edX

Course Description

Overview

This course is based on the content of Tsinghua University's premium course "History of Chinese Clothing" taught by Dr. Jia Xizeng. It invites China's best historical experts, collectors and restoration groups to learn from material life and social aesthetics through a large number of rich archaeological objects and image materials. From the perspective of change, it interprets the historical development, cultural connotation and symbolic meaning of Chinese clothing, compares and displays the artistic style, clothing styles, cutting structures, and craft details of traditional Chinese clothing, analyzes the techniques and paths for the transformation of traditional Chinese clothing elements into fashion, and provides numerous examples of famous teachers. The successful cases of big-name fashion design with historical elements build a bridge between Chinese costume history and fashion design, and help students learn the history of traditional Chinese costume, understand ancient Chinese fashion, and effectively use the elements of Chinese costume history to learn and apply what they have learned. Fashion design has great practical significance and reference value.

Syllabus

Chapter 1 Original Clothing and Teeth Decoration
Chapter 2 God-given Xia Shang
Chapter 3: Zhou Dynasty, a model of ritual and music
Chapter 4: First Entering the Dharma Ritual in Qin and Han Dynasties
Chapter 5 Hu Feng Sinicized the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties
Chapter Six: The Weather of Great Powers in the Sui and Tang Dynasties
Chapter 7 Elegance and Luxury in the Song Dynasty
Chapter 8 Nomadic Style Yuan Dynasty
Chapter 9 Splendid and Hua Zhang Ming Dynasty
Chapter 10 Court Style: Qing Dynasty
Final exam questions

Taught by

Xizeng Jia