Seminar
2024 Fall 1st Colloquium
Video：
Part01
Time：13:00-18:00, Spetember 28th
Address：C1 meeting room, Building C, CAUP Tongji University
Schedule
| 13:00 - 13:20 | Prof. Wilfried Wang | Tongji University | Introduction: Defining the Term Picturesque |
| 13:20 - 14:00 | Prof. Mo Xiaobu | Hangzhou Normal University | As Painting, as Calligraphy: Garden and Ancient Chinese Characters |
| 14:00 - 14:40 | Prof. Zhu Yuhui | Tongji University | From Canvas to Prison Walls: Shanshui and Landscape Space in Traditional Chinese Paintings |
| 14:40 - 15:20 | Dr. Zong Cong | Tongji University | Shanshui and Classic Imagery of Chinese Gardens |
| 15:20 - 15:40 | Break | |
| 15:40 - 16:20 | Prof. Valerio Paulo Mosco | Università IUAV di Venezia | Pictorial and Picturesque |
| 16:20 - 17:00 | Prof. David Leatherbarrow | Southeast University | Nature as it Ought to Be: the origins of English Picturesque |
| 17:00 - 18:00 | Roundtable Discussion |
2024 Fall 2nd Colloquium
Video：
Part01
Time：13:00-17:30, October 19th
Address：C1 meeting room, Building C, CAUP Tongji University
Schedule
| 13:00 - 13:20 | Prof. Wilfried Wang | Tongji University | Introduction: Varieties of the Picturesque |
| 13:20 - 14:00 | Prof. Giacomo Bruni | Huaqiao University | Shifting Paradigms: Zong Bing’s Essay in Dialogue with Early Western Thought and Artistic Traditions |
| 14:00 - 14:40 | Prof. Mo Xiaobu | Hangzhou Normal University | Fences and Boundaries: Gardens and Ancient Chinese Characters |
| 14:40 - 15:20 | Prof. Zhou Xiangpin | Tongji University | Artistic Conception of Paintings in Chinese Landscape Gardens |
| 15:20-15:30 | Break | |
| 15:30-16:10 | Prof. Elias Constantopoulos | University of Patras | Voyage to the Gardens of Antiquity |
| 16:10-16:50 | Si Han | Östasiatiska museet | Documenting Gardens: Osvald Sirén |
| 16:50-17:30 | Roundtable Discussion |
.jpg?v=2025?v=2025)
Schedule
| 10:00 - 10:05 | Prof. Wang Zhendong | Tongji University | Opening |
| 10:05 - 10:40 | Prof. Wilfried Wang | Tongji University | Ideas of the Picturesque |
| 10:40 - 11:20 | Prof. Felix Arnold | Deutsches Archäologisches Institut | Modeling Nature in Ancient Egypt |
| 11:20 - 12:00 | Prof. Giacomo Bruni | Huaqiao University | Between Immersion and Contemplation: Reflections on the Perception of Nature in Chinese and Western Art |
| 12:00 - 13:20 | Lunch | |
| 13:20 - 14:00 | Prof. Felix Arnold | Deutsches Archäologisches Institut | Gardening and the Natural Environment in Islamic Córdoba |
| 14:00-15:00 | Prof. José Canziani | Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú | Inca Landscape Architecture |
| 15:00-15:20 | Tea Break | |
| 15:20-16:00 | Prof. Mo Xiaobu | Hangzhou Normal University | Deciphering the Characters of “Painting” Gardens and Ancient Chinese Characters |
| 16:00-16:40 | Assi. Prof. Wu Hongde | Shanghai Jiaotong University | Roaming Views: Responsive Chinese Landscapes of the 14th–18th centuries |
| 16:40-17:20 | Prof. Gu Kai | Southeast University | The Development of the Picturesque in the Appreciation and Making of Chinese Gardens |
| 17:20-18:00 | Roundtable Discussion |
2025 Spring 4th Colloquium
Video：
Part01
Time：9:30-18:00, May 15th Central European Summer Time
Address：C1 meeting room, Building C, CAUP Tongji University
Schedule
| 9:30 - 10:15 | Prof. Wilfried Wang | Tongji University | Welcome and Introduction: Origins of sources and ideas |
| 10:15 - 11:00 | Prof. Mo Wanli | Tongji University | Development of characters如画 and 山水 |
| 11:00 - 11:45 | Dr. Zong Cong | Tongji University | Hunting Grounds in ancient China |
| 11:45 - 12:30 | Prof. Laura Parodi | Università degli Studi di Genova | Central Asian Gardens |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | Prof. Werner Oechslin | Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich | “Picturesque”, “Sublime” and other concerns about “beauty” and “passion” |
| 15:00-16:00 | Dr. Safa Mahmoudian | University of Vienna | Palace Gardens in Lower Mesopotamia: 8th-11th Centuries |
| 16:00-17:00 | Prof. Dede Fairchild Ruggles | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Islamic Gardens and Landscapes |
| 17:00-18:00 | Prof. Ömür Harmansah | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Sacred Landscapes and Palace Gardens in Ancient Western Asia: Architectural and Textual Evidence |
Schedule
| 9:00 - 9:45 | Prof. Wilfried Wang | Tongji University | Welcome and Introduction |
| 9:45 - 10:30 | Dr. Zong Cong | Tongji University | Hunting Grounds in ancient China |
| 10:30 - 11:15 | Prof. Jose Canziani Amico | Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú | Landscapes of the Moche Civilization |
| 11:15 - 12:00 | Prof. Qin Chiquan and Prof. Wu Hongde | Tongji University | Remapping Prominent Chinese Gardens in History |
| 12:00 - 15:00 | Lunch | |
| 15:00 - 16:00 | Prof. Giacomo Bruni | Huaqiao University | From Spectacle to Meditation：Rethinking the Picturesque across Cultures |
| 16:00 - 17:00 | Dr. Felix Arnold |Deutsches Archäologisches Institut | Hunting Grounds in Ancient Egypt |
| 17:00 - 18:00 | Prof. Valerio Paolo Mosco | Università IUAV di Venezia | Pittoresco |
Schedule
| Morning Session 9:30 – 12:00 |
Asst.Prof. Mo Wanli | Tongji University | Welcome |
| Prof. Wilfried Wang | Tongji University | The Picturesque in Architecture and Urban Design | |
| Prof. David Leatherbarrow | Southeast University | The (Picturesque) Roughness in Contemporary Architecture (online) | |
|
Afternoon Session 14:00 – 18:00 |
Prof. Wang Shu | China Academy of Art |
Mountain Backed, Water Gazed |
| Prof. Hans Dickel | FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg | The Picturesque in Modern Art | |
| Prof. Hermann Czech | The Picturesque in Application: Understood by way of Misunderstanding |
© 2025 SHANGHAI CURATORS LAB. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED