Study Trips

Field Trips in Taiwan
In our courses, interpretation of artworks is usually based on digital photographs, films or visual materials in books. The direct physical experience of artworks and monuments, their spatial conditions and materiality, is indispensable to get a closer insight into the works’ nature and qualities. We are therefore eager to enrich our classroom training with visits to museums and galleries. We further undertake field trips within Taiwan to study Chinese, colonial, and contemporary architecture.

International Study Trips
In the last ten years, we regularly organized international study trips to the following countries: Japan, China, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and Spain. The journeys could include joint workshops and seminars with students of the destination countries, or international students’ conferences. Our students benefit from the opportunity to create their personal networks at an early stage of their professional career.

See Where We Went

Trip

Guide Professor

Time

Location

Introduction

“Specialized Study on Images and Texts in Chinese Painting” Overseas Teaching and Academic Collaboration Exchange

Lin Li-Chiang

13-18th Nov., 2024

Tokyo, Japan

This trip involves leading students to art museums and galleries in the Tokyo area of Japan, visiting important exhibitions, and applying for access to art collections. Additionally, we will visit the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia at the University of Tokyo and engage in academic exchange with its faculty and students.

Visual Arts in Italy 2024 Renaissance, Baroque, and Beyond

Candida Syndikus, Valentin Nussbaum

9-23th June., 2024

Venice and Rome

The opportunity to visit the Biblioteca Hertziana in Rome and the Iuav in Venice. The cities of Rome and Venice constitutes in this regard two contrasting and exemplary sites where it will be possible to understand across several centuries the development of visual arts (painting, sculpture, architecture, and contemporary creation).

Modern East Asian Art History Research

Tsai Chia-Chiu

13-18th Nov., 2023

Tokyo and Yokohama, Japan

Leading students to art museums, galleries, and institutions such as art universities in the Tokyo area, we will investigate significant exhibitions and art collections. Additionally, we will engage in academic collaboration and exchange with the faculty and students of the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia at the University of Tokyo.

Visit and Exchange at Sichuan Fine Arts Institute

Tseng Su-Liang

8-16th Oct., 2023

Chongqing、Chengdu、Changsha、Shanghai, China

Combining the expertise of the leading faculty in ceramics history, art economics, art appraisal, and museology, this trip includes visits to local art museums, antique markets, art academies, and the art market, offering a practical, experiential overseas learning journey.

Modern East Asian Art History Research

Tsai Chia-Chiu

19-24th Dec., 2019

Kyushu, Japan

Japan has played an important role, both directly and indirectly, as a medium for Taiwanese and Chinese art. Many Taiwanese artists of the previous generation studied in Tokyo, where they received modern art education and, through exhibitions at the time, learned about classical Eastern or modern art while practicing sketching. Therefore, this course takes advantage of the opportunity for overseas teaching to guide students in tracing the development of art history, visiting relevant exhibitions, and understanding the formation of modern East Asian art history. Students will also be led to Kyushu University’s Graduate School of Art and Design to present their research, enhancing their research depth and presentation skills.

2019 Italy Museums and Exhibitions: History, Curating, and Architecture

Candida Syndikus, Valentin Nussbaum

11-18th Nov., 2019

Venice and North Italy

Strategic base of the trip was the city of Venice, where historical sites, museums and exhibitions have been visited. Additionally, four day trips to Padua, Verona, Bologna and to some smaller localities of cultural relevance on the Venetian mainland have been undertaken. It was possible to present a rather complete and in-depth view of the journey’s destinations.

“The Notion of Sacred and Secular Space in Japanese and Western Architecture”—The Case of Nagasaki, Japan

Candida Syndikus, Fukuda Miho

1-4th Oct., 2019

Nagasaki, Japan

Visit architectural sites in Nagasaki, Japan, to explore the differences between sacred and secular spaces within architecture, and understand how sacred spaces are defined and represented in different cultures. The visit will also include an exchange with Osaka City University.

Architecture in Japan and the West Characteristics, Interaction, Synthesis

Candida Syndikus, Fukuda Miho

25-29th Sep., 2018

Kyoto-Osaka, Japan

Focusing on the Kyoto-Osaka area, this visit includes meetings with several universities and tours of traditional Japanese homes as well as post-Meiji period residences. The goal is to observe how local architecture was influenced by the West, leading to changes in architectural design thinking.

Cultural and Artistic Exchange between China and Japan during the Ming Dynasty

Lin Li-Chiang, Lai Yu-Chih

14-23th May., 2018

Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Japan

Visit several universities and explore relevant museums and art galleries in Japan to understand how Ming Dynasty painting and contemporary Japanese painting exchanged influences and impacted each other.

文藝復興和巴洛克時期的藝術和建築中的空間和儀式(1400-1650)

Candida Syndikus

12-25th Sep., 2017

Rome, Vatican City, Florence, Venice

(under-construction)

Visit to Archaeological Sites of Northern Chinese Porcelain and Gold-Silver Artifacts

Tseng Su-Liang

2-9th Jun., 2017

Zhengzhou、Xi’an、Luoyang、Dengfeng, China

Visit archaeological sites, museums, and archaeological research institutes in northern China to understand the development of northern Chinese ceramics and gold-silver art, as well as their subsequent influence.

Modern East Asian Art History Research

Lin Li-Chiang, Wang, Cheng-Hua, Tsai Chia-Chiu

10-16th Dec., 2016

Tokyo, Japan

(under-construction)

International Architecture and Japan—Exchange and Reciprocity

Fukuda Miho

10-16th May., 2016

Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe, Japan

(under-construction)

二戰後現代主義之藝術與建築發展

Candida Syndikus, Valentin Nussbaum, Fukuda Miho

10-19th Nov., 2015

Tokyo, Japan

Visit important art museums and architectural sites in Tokyo to understand how post-World War II cultural exchanges between Japan and Europe/America shaped Tokyo’s cultural landscape. The visit will clarify the context of visual arts and the development of modernism in post-war Japan within a cross-cultural framework.

Art and Cultural Exchange between China and Japan during the Ming Dynasty

Lin Li-Chiang, Wang, Cheng-Hua, Tsai Chia-Chiu

30 Oct.-8 Nov., 2015

Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Japan

During the Ming Dynasty, China and Japan had frequent diplomatic, trade, cultural, and artistic exchanges. Books, paintings, and crafts were important mediums of exchange between the two countries. This overseas teaching visit will take students to important art museums and cultural institutions in Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka, where they will view significant Chinese and Japanese artifact collections to gain a deeper understanding of the exchanges during that period.

18至20世紀的西方建築與藝術工藝

Candida Syndikus, Tzeng, Shai-Shu

22 Jun.-5 Jul., 2014

Berlin, Vienna

Visit important museums and architectural sites in Berlin and Vienna to develop the ability to identify and analyze 18th to 20th-century architecture and art, distinguishing materials, techniques, and stylistic characteristics. The visit will also include an exchange with the Department of Art History at the Berlin University of Technology.

The Development of Modern Japanese Painting and Gardens

Tzeng, Shai-Shu, Fukuda Miho

23 Nov.-2 Dec., 2013

Tokyo, Kyoto, Japan

Explore the impact of modernization on traditional Japanese art by visiting important museums and galleries to view paintings, as well as touring garden architecture for field visits and research. The study will focus on how garden elements are interconnected and play a role in both painting and landscape architecture.

The History of Korean and Japanese Gardens—Towards Establishing the History of Asian Gardens

Fukuda Miho

15-22th Dec., 2012

Kyoto, Nara, Japan

Through the study of ancient to modern Japanese gardens, this course guides students in understanding the original design and spatial planning of Japanese gardens, as well as the theories behind them. The course will also engage in a dialogue with Professor NISHIGAKI Yasuhiko’s course “History of Korean Gardens” at Kyoto University to explore the cultural significance behind Korean and Japanese gardens.

Chinese Painting Study Tour

Wang, Cheng-Hua

6-14th Dec., 2012

Hong Kong, Shanghai, Suzhou

Visit important museums and art galleries in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Suzhou to view significant paintings from various dynasties and cultivate the ability to appreciate and critique artworks.

(under-construction)