On September 29, 2024, the USC U.S.-China Institute hosted a workshop at the Huntington’s Chinese garden, offering K-12 educators hands-on insights into using the garden as a teaching tool. With expert presentations, a guided tour, and new resources, the event explored how Chinese gardens' rich history and cultural significance can be integrated into classrooms. Interested in learning more? Click below for details on the workshop and upcoming programs for educators.
From Cathay to khita’i: The Development of "chinoiserie" in Mongol Iran
Ladan Akbarnia gives an overview of khita'i — an apparently Chinese or far eastern - inspired aesthetic.
When:
May 6, 2008 12:00am
Tuesday, May 6
6:30-8 PM
This illustrated lecture gives an overview of khita’i—an apparently Chinese or far eastern-inspired aesthetic revealed in the form of motifs such as lotuses, peonies, scrolling cloud bands, fantastical creatures like dragons and simurghs, as an artistic phenomenon generated by the Mongol connections between China and Greater Iran and its development in the Iranian world.
Ladan Akbarnia is Hagop Kevorkian Associate Curator of Islamic Art at the Brooklyn Museum.
$10 member and Brooklyn Museum member
$15 non-member
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