FREE Academy. Chinese Temples with Family Forms
Starting date: February 5, 2025
Key Points
- 4 lesson of 45 mins duration + final questions/talking
- Professional teaching stuff: Final survey for check your training level
- You will have Access to On Demand course lessons Recordings
- Final certificate of participation for participants who will attend all lessons
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Course Description
Explore the monumental dimensions and performance spaces of Confucian, Buddhist, and Daoist temples (plus cave sculptures and huge statues) with patriarchal, maternal, and supportive/trickster aspects, through the lenses of neuroscience and theatre.
Lesson 1 - Family Homes, Womblike Caves, and Giant Buddhas
February 5th, 2025
Explore Confucian home-temple-museums, Buddhist caves, and giant figures with patriarchal demands, yet nurturing spaces (in Guangzhou, Qufu, Jinan, and Leshan).
Lesson 2 - Yards, Tricksters, Offerings, and Memorials in Shanghai
February 12th, 2025
Consider courtyards, halls, and statues, with offerings sent through smoke to deities and ancestors, in various Buddhist temples of China’s largest city.
Lesson 3 - Cyclical, Open, and Natural Spaces in Hangzhou
February 19th, 2025
Discover the performance areas of Buddhist temples and caves, along hillsides, sometimes mixed with Daoist elements.
Lesson 4 - Shapes of Heaven and Earth
February 26th, 2025
Compare the vast Temples of Heaven and Earth as imperial religious sites, with a small Daoist temple that includes parental figures and tricksters.
Replay Lessons
FREE Academy - Chinese Temples with Family Forms Lesson 1 - 2025-02-05T18:55:04Z.mp4
FREE Academy - Chinese Temples with Family Forms Lesson 2 - 2025-02-12T18:57:20Z.mp4
FREE Academy - Chinese Temples with Family Forms Lesson 3 - 2025-02-19T18:59:26Z.mp4
FREE Academy - Chinese Temples with Family Forms Lesson 4 - 2025-02-26T18:57:38Z.mp4
Tutor: Dr. Mark Pizzato
Mark Pizzato, MFA, PhD, is a Professor of Theatre and Film at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He teaches a wide range of subjects, including art, architecture, music, dance, religious studies, communication, and anthropology. His latest book, *European Churches and Chinese Temples as Neuro-Theatrical Sites*, was published by Bloomsbury in 2024. He has authored six previous books exploring topics such as global theatre history, onscreen animal-human depictions, and the psychology of theater and cinema. Additionally, his short films have earned awards, and he is the self-published author of a sci-fi-farce novella, *Outer Space Speaks*, available on Amazon.
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