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Curriculum VitaeWang, YingDept. of Art History |
Ying Wang teaches the arts of Asia, including Chinese, Indian, and Japanese art. Her research interests are gender issues and the bronze culture of China during the Bronze Age. She has edited books and museum catalogues on bronzes and jades. She is also interested in painting and her book, Identification and Connoisseurship in Ancient Chinese Painting, focuses on the history and problems of identification and collection of Chinese ink painting. She studied Buddhist art and worked at various Buddhist caves in China. She works on 20th century Chinese art as well. Her recent research is rank and gender in the carved bone artifacts at Anyang, the royal center of the Shang dynasty (15th-11th century BCE.).
Education
| 1994-2000 | Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh, Department of the History of Art and Architecture, Dissertation title: "Rank and Gender in the Bone Art at Anyang of the Shang Dynasty" |
| 1987-1990 | MA in Art History. The Central Academy of Fine Art (Zhongyang Meishu Xueyuan), Beijing. |
| 1981-1985 | BA in Art History. The Central Academy of Fine Art (Zhongyang Meishu Xueyuan), Beijing |
Employment
| 2000-2002 | Assistant Professor. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Department of Art History. Courses taught: Art History--Asian Art, Arts of China, Chinese Painting, Art and Architecture of China, Hidden Dragon--Image and Meaning in Chinese Art (freshmen seminar), Bronze Age Culture of China and the Northeast Asia (graduate colloquium) |
| 1999-2000 | Visiting Instructor (one year replacement). University of Utah, Department of Art and Art History. Courses: Art History of Asia, Arts of China (upper division), Bronze Culture of China (seminar) |
| 1994-1999 | Teaching Fellow. University of Pittsburgh, Department of the History of Art and Architecture. Courses taught: Chinese Art, Introduction to Asian Art Course Assistant (including recitations): Introduction to Asian Art, Greek Art, Roman Art, Twentieth Century Chinese Art (graduated and undergraduate), Yuan Dynasty Chinese Painting (graduate seminar)
Assistant in the Visual Resource Library, researched and entered data in the Embark image database program, and assistant to reconstruct Chinese slides collection Assistant in the Frick Fine Arts Gallery of the University of Pittsburgh Research Assistant of Prof. K. M. Linduff |
| 1990-1994 | Editor. Wenwu Press (Cultural Relics Press), Beijing, P. R. China. Edited books and catalogues in Chinese archaeology and museum collections (see below)
Instructor. University of Sciences and Technology of Beijing, Department of Industrial Design. Courses taught: Art History of China, Art History of the West, 20th Century Chinese Poetry, Classical Chinese |
Fellowships and Academic Awards
2002-03, Research Committee Fund of Graduate School, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
1998, Nominated as one of the most influential individuals of the University of Pittsburgh
1996, Friends of Frick Fine Arts Travel Grant, University of Pittsburgh
1996, Visiting Scholar of the Academia Sinica of Taiwan, Institute of Philology and Histology.
Jan.-Sept. 1995, Fellowship of European Visiting Scholars, Swedish Institute
Lectures (selected)
2003
The Society for American Archaeology, Milwaukee, "Status and Styles in the Bronze Art at Anyang"
Asian Study Association of America, New York, "The Shang and its Northwest Relatives."
Music China Project, founded by the Wisconsin Humanity Council, "Arts along the Silk Road", "Recent Archaeological Discovery", "Literati and Chinese Painting"
Center of Jewish Culture, Milwaukee, "20th Century Chinese Art"
2002
Archaeological Institute of America, Milwaukee, "Silk, Power and Status in the Shang China"
Asian Studies Association of America, Washington DC, April 5: "Bone spatula as male power indicator in the tombs of Taixi, Shang China"
Midwest Art History Society, Milwaukee, WI, April 19: "Function of Style"
National Consortium for Teaching About Asia (NCTA), Freeman Foundation, Feb.19: "Themes and Standard Subjects in Chinese Painting,"
2001
Asian Study Association of America Annual Conference, Chicago. "Royal Hunting on the Shang Border."
Wisconsin Archaeological Society, Milwaukee, "Hunting of the Kings."
2000
Tanner Humanities Center, University of Utah, "Changing Values, Twentieth Century Chinese Art."
Cleveland Symposium. Cleveland Art Museum, "Carved Bones of the Late Shang Center Anyang."
List of Publications
Books
Connoisseurship of Ancient Chinese Painting (Zhongguo guhua jianshang). Guilin: Lijiang Press, 1995 (in Chinese)
Books (Co-authored)
Masters of World Art (shijie huatan de dashi men). Beijing: The Youdian Press, 1989. 2nd ed. 1991. Chapters 1, 2, 4, 6 (in Chinese)
Catalogue Entry
The Great Treasures of Chinese Fine Arts (Zhong-guo meishu quanji). Beijing: People's Fine Arts Publishing House, 1986 (in Chinese). Two entries.
Mt. Sumeru (Xumishan shiku). Introductory material and technical drawings, maps, diagrams, and notes. Beijing: Wenwu Press, 1989 (in Chinese)
Articles
"Elite Women in Death at Anyang, Shang Dynasty," Accepted by AltaMira Press, in the series "Gender and Archaeology," Sara Nelson Ed.
"Gender Archaeology of the 90's". Accepted by the Honor Book for Professor Li Xueqin, 1999. Beijing: Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (in Chinese).
"A Study of the Carved Bones of the Shang Dynasty (Shangdai diaogu yanjiu)," Art Research (meishu yanjiu), 4 (1994), 65-68 (in Chinese).
"Wu Changshuo, A 'Modern' Artist (xiandai huajia Wu Changsho)," Wenfang Sibao. 2 (1991), 23 (in Chinese).
"Connoisseurship of `The Nightly Revels of Han Xizai' (Han Xizai yieyiantu Shangxi)," Chinese Education News (Zhongguo jiaoyu bao). January 13 (1991), 3 (in Chinese).
Catalogue Edited
The Jade Collection of the Tianjin Art Museum (Tianjin yishu Bowuguan Cangyu). Honk Kong & Beijing: Dayie Press & Wenwu Press, 1993 (in Chinese)
Volumes Edited:
Quintessence of Art through the Dynasties (lidai Jingzui dadian). 28 vols. Tianjin: Social Science Publishing House of Tianjin, 1990. Sections on artists of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (in Chinese)
Book Design
Chinese Bronzes: A selection from European Collections (Ou-zhou cang Zhongguo qingtongqi yizhu). By Li Xueqin and Sarah Allan. Beijing: Wenwu Press, 1996 (translated and edited the Chinese)
Member of Editing Team
The Great Treasures of Chinese Bronzes (Zhong-guo qingtongqiu quanji), sixteen vols., Beijing: Wenwu Press, 1990-1997.
Responsible for the major works on
Vol.5, The Bronze Art of the Western Zhou (Xizhou-1), pl.1-202.
Vol.6, The Bronze Art of the Western Zhou-1 (Xizhou); pp. 1-192, p1.1-70
Vo1.7, The Bronze Art of the Western Zhou-2 (Xizhou);
Vol. 15, The Bronze Art of the Western Zhou-3 (Xizhou); pp. 1-75, pl.1-176
Responsible for sections of: Vol.1, The Bronze Art of the Xia and Shang (Xia Shang), pp.1-47, pl.1-168. Vol.2, The Bronze Art of the Shang Dynasty (Shang-1), pp.1-68, pl.1-144. Vol.3, The Bronze Art of the Shang Dynasty (Shang-2), pp.1-95, pl.1-216.
Duties: on the board of the editorial group of Wenwu Press and participated in all committee meetings at Beijing, Changsha of Hunan, and Shanghai, to design the format of the volumes, to select regions of collections, to choose authors to write introductions, as well as to design on the numbers and types of artifacts to be selected for each volume. Worked independently at Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Hunan, Jiangxi, and other provinces to organize authors, worked jointly with museum curators and staffs to choose artifacts, visited the archaeological sites, directed photographers, and edited entry data written by a great number of authors.
Book Reviews:
1998, "Li, Zhiping ed. Christianity and Modernization of China. Taipei: Yuzhouguang Press 1994." in Digest. University of Maryland: American Association for Chinese Studies, The Institute for Global Chinese Affairs
1998, "Liu, Tseng-chuan. The Relationship Between Ancient China and Rome. Taipei: Wenshizhe (Literature, History, & Philosophy) Publishing House, 1995." in Digest, University of Maryland: American Association for Chinese Studies, The Institute for Global Chinese Affairs
Translations
Catalogue:
2001, "Reading Dong Xiaoming's Ink Lotus" by Fan Jingzhong, and "The Ink Art of Dong Xiaoming" by Jin Shangyi, in the catalogue Ink Painting of Dong Xiaoming, sponsored by Shenzhen Painting Academy and the Unite Nations, New York and Shenzhen, (Chinese to English)
1991, Chongqing Museum (Chongqing Bowuguan). Wenwu Press. Beijing, (Chinese to English).
