Join us on 20 October for a talk on the ‘Five Famous Wares of the Song Dynasty” with Professor Sabrina Rastelli.
Sabrina Rastelli is Professor of Chinese Art and Archaeology at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice where she has been teaching since 1999. Her research interests are focused on two main areas: the first is Chinese ceramics, especially from the Tang to the Yuan dynasty, with particular emphasis on their archaeology, technology and art history. Her PhD thesis (published as a book in 2008, The Yaozhou Kilns: A Re-evaluation) was entirely dedicated to Yaozhou ceramics. The second research area concerns the history of Chinese art, analysed and interpreted according to the contextualisation method. The first volume of this new history of Chinese art (from Neolithic times to the Tang dynasty) was published in 2016, while the second is under research.
She has curated, co-curated or participated in the organisation of important exhibitions of ancient Chinese art: Cina. Nascita di un impero (2006), China at the court of the emperors. Unknown masterpieces from Han tradition to Tang elegance (25-907) (2008), Il Celeste Impero: dall’armata eterna alla Via della Seta (2008), I due imperi. L’aquila e il dragone (2010). She was consultant (and one of the authors) for the Greater China section for the Institute of the Italian Encyclopaedia Giovanni Treccani on Contemporary Art (2021).
The talk will be held on ZOOM and members will be sent the log-in details in early October. Members who have a copy of the book on Song Ceramics published by the society in 1983 (in conjunction with the exhibition held that year), will enjoy adding to their knowledge with Professor Rastelli’s updates on new discoveries since the book’s publication.