Chinese Culture

• Ancient Chinese Architecture: Following Liang Sicheng’s A History of Chinese Architecture from antiquity to the Qing: timber frames, bracket sets and roofs; palaces, temples, pagodas, tombs and gardens; and the buildings you can still visit today.
• A History of Chinese Art: From Neolithic painted pottery, jades and bronzes to Qi Baishi and Zhang Daqian, with the emphasis on Chinese painting, above all landscape and literati painting.