Traditional Chinese Art in Spain: Collecting, Dissemination and Influence
September 18, 2024
from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm (Beijing Time)
This program is the result of a collaborative research project between Guangzhou University and the University of Zaragoza through the Alliance of Guangzhou International Sister-City Universities Alliance. Professors and researchers from the School of Humanities of Guangzhou University, the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the University of Zaragoza and the Museum of Zaragoza participated in this project
The main objective of this program is to provide an overview of the development of traditional Chinese art collecting in Spain from the 16th century to the first decades of the 20th century (specifically until the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939) providing a global vision of the main artistic manifestations of traditional Chinese art (ceramics and porcelain, lacquered pieces, bronzes, ivory pieces, paintings, papers, textiles including clothing and accessories, fans and other objects) currently held in museums and public and private institutions in Spain.This program will also show how Chinese culture and art became known in Spain over time (exhibitions, books, magazines, etc.) and what its impact or influence was on Spanish artistic and cultural manifestations especially in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.
Professor Elena Barles Baguena, Program Leader, holds a BA and PhD in Art History from the University of Zaragoza (Extraordinary BA and PhD awards). She is anIncumbent Professor in the Department of Art History at the University of Zaragoza and teaches the subjects Art of East Asia (Degree in Art History), as well as various subjects on East Asian Art and its presence and influence in the West (Art and interculturality. Europe, America and East Asia: reception, relations and exchanges, Master’s Degree in Advanced Studies in Art History). She was Director of the Department of History of Art, coordinator of the Degree in History of Art, coordinator of the Doctorate Programme in History of Art and is currently Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts at the University of Zaragoza. She is the author of numerous publications: books, articles, papers and presentations at national and international conferences on the presence and influence of Japanese and Chinese art in Spain. She has directed and supervised several doctoral theses on these fields of study. Together with Dr. Almazán, she has curated several exhibitions. She has had several research stays in Japan and the United Kingdom and has led numerous scientific and informative seminars and conferences on the art and culture of East Asian art. She is a corresponding academician of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Santa Isabel of Hungary (Seville) and of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Luis (Zaragoza). Her publications include a variety of topics related to the field.
