Chinese architecture and city planning. • Modern architecture and Avant-guard. •
Buddhist art and architecture. • Guqin and literati art. Courses Taught.
Shuishan Yu, PhD Associate Professor Office: 120 Meserve Phone: (617) 373-5736 Email:
[email protected] Education: Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle, 2006, Art History M.E., Tsinghua University, Beijing, 1997, Architectural History B.Arch., Tsinghua University, Beijing, 1994, Architecture Major Fields • Chinese architecture and city planning • Modern architecture and Avant-guard • Buddhist art and architecture • Guqin and literati art Courses Taught • World Architecture II • Chinese Architecture • Western Architecture I & II • Buddhist Art and Architecture • Chinese Art • Japanese Art and Architecture • Arts of Asia and the Islamic World • Introduction to China • Advanced Study of Chinese Culture • Applied Study in Guqin Performance Books and Book Chapters Chang’an Avenue and the Modernization of Chinese Architecture, University of Washington Press, Seattle, January 2013 Writing An Image: Chinese Literati Art, exhibition catalog, Rochester: Oakland University Art Gallery, 2009 “Revolution and Nostalgia: Chang’an Avenue, Liang-Chen Scheme and the Redefinition of Beijing’s Axis,” Sixty Years of Chinese Architecture (1949-2009): History, Theory and Criticism (Edited by Zhu Jianfei), pp. 018-032, Beijing: China Architecture and Building Press, 2009 “The Origins and Meanings of Standard Themes in Tibetan Buddhist Architecture,” in Fazang Wenku – A Collection of Chinese Academic Works on Buddhism, Vol. 76, pp. 107-302, Kaohsiung, Taiwan: Foguang wenhua, 2004 1
Articles and Conference Papers “Modern, Modernization, Avant-Garde, and Kitsch – And on the Collective Creation in Socialist Chinese Architecture,” Jianzhushi (The Architect) 154, December 2011, 33-38. “Ito Chuta and the Birth of Chinese Architectural History,” article under review for the JSAH (Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians), manuscript submitted on October 25, 2012. “Inbetween Avant-Garde and Kitsch: The Collective Creation in Socialist Chinese Architecture,” keynote lecture for the Conference on Chinese Architectural History, June 3-4, 2011, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. “To Counter the “Non-historical” – Early Writings on History of Chinese Architecture by Ito Chuta,” SAH 64th Annual Meeting, April 13-17, 2011, New Orleans, Louisiana. “In the Name of Modernization – The Design of Chairman Mao Memorial and the Rise and Fall of Hua Guofeng,” CAA 96th Annual Conference, Dallas, Texas, February 20-23, 2008. “Redefining the Axis of Beijing – Urban Planning during the Time of Revolution,” JUH (Journal of Urban History), May 2008, volume 34, No. 4, 571-608. “Liang-Chen Scheme and the Struggle for the Dominating Axis of Beijing,” Western Conference of the Association for Asian Studies 2004, October 1, 2004, Seattle, Washington. “Beijing’s Chang’an Avenue and the National Identity of China,” 57th Annual Meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians, April 14-17, 2004, Providence, Rhode Island “Limit, Passage and Chinese ·National ·Theatre: Paul Andreu Interview,” IAOC (Interior Architecture of China), Vol. 015, March, 2004 “The Construction of A High-Tech Savage: Art and Technology in the Experience Music Project,” World Architecture, Vol. 5, 2001 “Outline of the Historical Development of Tibetan Architecture and Architectural Decoration,” Architectural Journal, Vol. 6, 1998 “Color World of Traditional Tibetan Architecture,” Art Observation, Vol. 11, 1996 “Modern Dream of Climbing the Heaven,” Peking Real Estate, Vol. 2, 1996
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Book Reviews “Chinese Architecture and the Beaux-Arts edited by Jeffrey W. Cody, Nancy S. Steinhardt, and Tony Atkin”, China Review International, vol. 17, no. 3 “The Divine Nature of Power: Chinese Ritual Architecture at the Sacred Site of Jinci by Tracy Miller”, China Review International, Summer 2008 Music CDs Guqin Music: The Vibrant Rhythm of Ancient Heroes, 2012 Guqin Music: The Pure Sound of Mountain and Water, 2009
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