Kathlyn Liscomb

PhD University of Chicago
Professor
Chinese Art, Art Theory and Historiography

Fine Arts Building 125
By appointment| Phone 250-721-7950
kliscomb@uvic.ca

Research Areas

• Chinese art history
• Art Historiography

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• Art Theory

Courses

2009-2010
HA 372A: Later Chinese Art: Part I
HA 501: Colloquium in Theories and Practices

2008-2009
HA 270: Religion, Philosophy, and the Arts in China and Japan
HA 338: Special Topics in Premodern Asian Art
HA 371: Early Chinese Art
HA 411: Advanced Seminar in World Historis of Art
HA 501: Colloquium in Theories and Practices

Brief Biography

Dr. Kathlyn Liscomb received her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Chicago. She teaches aspects of the cultural histories of China and Japan, with some courses exploring cultural interconnections across multiple regions of the world. In her research, she seeks to understand Chinese cultural practices by studying art works in diverse media and their connections witha awide range of literature, for example, poetry, dramas, vernacular fiction, histories, and religious texts.

Selected Publications

Books and Exhibition Catalogues

"Learning from Mt. Hua: A Chinese Physician's Illustrated Travel Record and Painting Theory". Res Monographs in Anthropology and Aesthetics, no. 3, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1993.

"China and Beyond: The Legacy of a Culture", assisted by Elizabeth Jane Markus. Exhibition catalogue. Victoria: Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery, University of Victoria, 2002.

Essays in Scholarly Books

"Poet-Icons in Print: The Larger Picture,” Colloquies on Art & Archaeology in Asia No. 23: The Art of the Book in China (London: Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 2006): 83-104.

Articles

"Wang Fu's Contribution to the Formation of a New Painting Style in the Ming Dynasty." Artibus Asiae 48 (1987): 39-78.

"The Eight Views of Beijing: Politics in Literati Art." Artibus Asiae 49 (1988-89): 127-152.

"The Role of Leading Court Officials as Patrons of Painting in the Fifteenth Century." Ming Studies, no. 27 (1989): 34-62.

"Before Orthodoxy, Du Qiong's (1397-1474) Art-Historical Poem." Oriental Art 37 (1991): 97-108.

"A Physician's Defense of his Incurable Obsession with Painting: Wang Lü's Preface to his Painting Models Album." RES: Anthropology and Aesthetics 21 (Spring 1992): 26-36.

• A slightly different version occurs as ch. 3 in the above cited book.

"Shen Zhou's Collection of Early Ming Paintings and the Origins of the Wu School's Eclectic Revivalism." Artibus Asiae 52 (1993): 215-252.

"A Collection of Painting and Calligraphy Discovered in the Inner Coffin of Wang Zhen (d. 1495 C.E.)," Archives of Asian Art 47 (1994): 6-34.

"The Power of Quiet Sitting at Night: Shen Zhou's(1427-1509) Night Vigil," Monumenta Serica 43 (1995): 381-403.

"Social Status and Art Collecting: A Comparison of the Collections of Shen Zhou and Wang Zhen," The Art Bulletin 78 (1996): 111-136.

"Li Bai, a Hero Among Poets, in the Visual, Dramatic, and Literary Arts of China," The Art Bulletin 81 (September 1999) 354-389.

“Foregrounding the Symbiosis of Power. A rhetorical strategy in some Chinese commemorative art,” Art History, vol. 25, no. 2 (April 2002): 135-161.

"Iconic Events Illuminating the Immortality of Li Bai,” Monumenta Serica, vol. 54 (2006): 75-118.