- amiller@southwestern.edu
- 512.863.1057
- Fine Arts 238
Allison R. Miller
Associate Professor of Art History
Expertise
Chinese art and archaeology
Ph.D., Harvard University, 2011
B.A., University of Chicago, 2003
Research Interests:
Chinese art and archaeology; early imperial court art and political culture; intellectual history of the Qin and Han dynasties; ritual; material culture; the theory and function of ornament; technical art history; aesthetics
Biography:
Allison R. Miller specializes in the art and archaeology of early China and investigates the relationship of visual forms to political history and contexts of artistic production. Her interdisciplinary research examines the form and material of Chinese art (paintings, murals, sculpture, textiles) and architecture (palaces, tombs, and temples) in relation to early aesthetics, modes of production, political and intellectual history, and archaeological contexts. Her book, Kingly Splendor: Court Art and Materiality in Han China, was published by Columbia University Press in 2020.
Courses:
05-014 Confucius Says: the Moral Life Examined (Freshmen Seminar)
71-024 Introduction to Art History: East Asian
71-214 Arts of China
71-224 Arts of Japan
71-234 Ancient Chinese Art and Civilization
71-254 Landscape & Environment in Chinese Art
71-264 Art in China Since 1911
71-814 Theory and Methods of Art History
71-824 Capstone Research Seminar
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