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Claudia Brown joined the art history faculty at the Herberger College School of Art, Arizona State University in 1998. Recently, she served a four-year term as director of the ASU Center for Asian Studies.
Prior to coming to ASU Herberger College of the Arts, Professor Brown served as curator of Asian Art at the Phoenix Art Museum since 1979. She continues to serve as consultant Research Curator for Asian Art at Phoenix Art Museum, and published two of the museum’s exhibition catalogs, "Weaving China’s Past: The Amy S. Clague Collection of Chinese Textiles" (2000) and "Minol Araki" (1999).
While finishing her doctoral work in the history of Chinese art at the University of Kansas, Brown worked at the National Palace Museum, Taiwan, and taught at California State University Long Beach.
Professor Brown's art historical exhibitions, organized for the Phoenix Art Museum and other institutions, have been shown widely, including international venues at the Museum für Ostasiatiche Kunst, Berlin (1995); Musée Cernuschi, Paris (1999); Hong Kong Museum of Art (1993); and the Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo (1988). Nationally, Brown's exhibitions have been presented at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1985); the China Institute in America, New York (1990 and 2003); the Denver Art Museum (1992); Honolulu Academy of Arts (1993); and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum at Harvard University (1991).
Her research and teaching interests lie in later Chinese painting and decorative arts, museums and exhibitions. She has lectured in China, India, Korea and Taiwan. Her book, "Great Qing: Painting in China, 1644–1911," was published by University of Washington Press in 2014. She is currently working on a book on the arts of the Qing dynasty.
Ph.D. History of Chinese Art, University of Kansas
Her research and teaching interests lie in later Chinese painting and decorative arts, museums and exhibitions.
Professor Brown’s recent publications include:
Clarity and Luster: New Light on Bronze Mirrors in Tang and Post-Tang Dynasty China and Myriad Points of View: New Research on Ming and Qing Paintings in the Roy and Marilyn Papp Collection, which appeared in 2005-06. Her articles appeared in Between the Thunder and the Rain: Chinese Painting from the Opium Wars to the Cultural Revolution, 2000; Beyond Yixing: The Ceramic Art of Ah Leon, 1998; and Worlds Within Worlds: Chinese Scholars’ Rocks from the Richard Rosenblum Collection, 1997. She was co-author of Transcending Turmoil: Painting at the Close of China's Empire, 1796-1911, 1993; and The Elegant Brush: Chinese Painting under the Qianlong Emperor, 1735-1795, 1985.
Professor Brown contributed to an exhibition catalog published by Harvard University Art Museums in conjunction with Yale University Press, A Tradition Re-defined: Modern and Contemporary Chinese Ink Paintings from the Chu-tsing Li Collection, 1950–2000 (2007), and to an exhibition catalog published by Bard Graduate Center with Yale University Press, Cloisonné: Chinese Enamels from the Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties (2011).
Her book, Great Qing: Painting in China, 1644–1911, is in production at the University of Washington Press.
Spring 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ARS 394 | Special Topics |
ARS 475 | Chinese Painting |
ARS 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ARS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ARS 575 | Approaches to Chinese Painting |
ARS 590 | Reading and Conference |
ARS 591 | Seminar |
ARS 592 | Research |
ARS 595 | Continuing Registration |
ARS 599 | Thesis |
ARS 690 | Reading and Conference |
ARS 700 | Research Methods |
ARS 790 | Reading and Conference |
ARS 792 | Research |
ARS 795 | Continuing Registration |
ARS 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ARS 472 | Art of China |
ARS 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ARS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ARS 574 | Studies in Japanese Art |
ARS 590 | Reading and Conference |
ARS 591 | Seminar |
ARS 592 | Research |
ARS 595 | Continuing Registration |
ARS 599 | Thesis |
ARS 690 | Reading and Conference |
ARS 692 | Research |
ARS 790 | Reading and Conference |
ARS 792 | Research |
ARS 795 | Continuing Registration |
ARS 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ARS 590 | Reading and Conference |
ARS 595 | Continuing Registration |
ARS 690 | Reading and Conference |
Spring 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ARS 493 | Honors Thesis |
ARS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ARS 592 | Research |
ARS 595 | Continuing Registration |
ARS 599 | Thesis |
ARS 795 | Continuing Registration |
ARS 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ARS 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ARS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ARS 590 | Reading and Conference |
ARS 592 | Research |
ARS 595 | Continuing Registration |
ARS 599 | Thesis |
ARS 692 | Research |
ARS 790 | Reading and Conference |
ARS 792 | Research |
ARS 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ARS 590 | Reading and Conference |
ARS 690 | Reading and Conference |
Spring 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ARS 475 | Chinese Painting |
ARS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ARS 575 | Approaches to Chinese Painting |
ARS 591 | Seminar |
ARS 595 | Continuing Registration |
ARS 599 | Thesis |
ARS 690 | Reading and Conference |
ARS 792 | Research |
ARS 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ARS 201 | Art of Asia |
ARS 473 | Art of Japan |
ARS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ARS 574 | Studies in Japanese Art |
ARS 590 | Reading and Conference |
ARS 591 | Seminar |
ARS 595 | Continuing Registration |
ARS 599 | Thesis |
ARS 692 | Research |
ARS 790 | Reading and Conference |
ARS 792 | Research |
ARS 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ARS 590 | Reading and Conference |
ARS 690 | Reading and Conference |
Spring 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ARS 475 | Chinese Painting |
ARS 493 | Honors Thesis |
ARS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ARS 575 | Approaches to Chinese Painting |
ARS 591 | Seminar |
ARS 599 | Thesis |
ARS 690 | Reading and Conference |
ARS 692 | Research |
ARS 700 | Research Methods |
ARS 792 | Research |
ARS 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ARS 394 | Special Topics |
ARS 473 | Art of Japan |
ARA 484 | Internship |
ARS 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ARS 493 | Honors Thesis |
ARS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ARA 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ARS 574 | Studies in Japanese Art |
ARA 584 | Internship |
ARS 590 | Reading and Conference |
ARS 591 | Seminar |
ARS 592 | Research |
ARA 592 | Research |
ARS 599 | Thesis |
ARS 690 | Reading and Conference |
ARS 692 | Research |
ARS 790 | Reading and Conference |
ARS 792 | Research |
ARS 799 | Dissertation |
Spring 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ARA 394 | Special Topics |
ARS 394 | Special Topics |
ARS 475 | Chinese Painting |
ARA 484 | Internship |
ARS 493 | Honors Thesis |
ARS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ARA 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ARS 575 | Approaches to Chinese Painting |
ARS 590 | Reading and Conference |
ARS 591 | Seminar |
ARS 592 | Research |
ARS 599 | Thesis |
ARS 690 | Reading and Conference |
EPD 700 | Research Methods |
ARS 792 | Research |
ARS 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2016 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ARS 394 | Special Topics |
ARA 394 | Special Topics |
ARS 473 | Art of Japan |
ARA 484 | Internship |
ARS 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ARS 493 | Honors Thesis |
ARS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ARA 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ARS 574 | Studies in Japanese Art |
ARA 584 | Internship |
ARS 590 | Reading and Conference |
ARS 591 | Seminar |
ARS 592 | Research |
ARA 592 | Research |
ARS 599 | Thesis |
ARS 690 | Reading and Conference |
ARS 692 | Research |
ARS 790 | Reading and Conference |
ARS 792 | Research |
EPD 792 | Research |
ARS 799 | Dissertation |