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2021Academic Year Short Course Review「Construction of Paradise: Principles of Chinese classical garden」
From 10-21 May 2021, students of the China Centre of the Prince’s School of Traditional Arts completed a two-week course entitled ‘Construction of Paradise: Principles of Chinese classical garden’ taught by Prof. Ye Fang, comprising one module of study. Under the guidance of tutor Ye Fang,…
2021Academic Year Short Course Review「The Language of Nature Design Motifs」
From May 24 to June 4, The Language of Nature: Design Motifs Short Course was be delivered online by Tutor Mahrukh Bashir in Yuan Centre, with supporting and translating by Tutor Assistant. The students learnt about the art of creating traditional Islamic patterns inspired…
2021Academic Year Short Course Review「Mineral Pigment Painting in Buddhist Art」
From June 7th to June 18th, "Shape and Color on the Silk Road: Buddha Statues and Rock Colors" was held in Yuancenter. The course mainly involved the theoretical part and hands-on practice of rock color painting in Dunhuang art. This course is tutored by Wang Xueli, associate researcher of Dunhuang…
2021Academic Year Short Course Review「Geometry of Space」
From December 6th to December 8th, Yuan center's 3D Structural Geometry Workshop held in Eslite Bookstore (Suzhou) ended successfully. The workshop was directed by artist Adam Williamson (Adam Williamson), and he He is also an outstanding graduate of the Crown Prince Foundation Academy of…
Lecture Review | Illuminating The Page: A Tradition Of Gildedmanuscripts
Last Saturday (January 8, 2022), the theme lecture on the course "Language of Nature: Design Elements" hosted by PSTA Yuan Centre ended successfully in Eslite Bookstore. The theme of this lecture is - Book Color Ornament - Tradition of Illuminated Manuscripts, with professional manuscript…
Short Course Review「The Order of Nature: Geometry and Patterns」
In the morning of October 14, 2019, the Opening Ceremony of the second school year was hosted at the main hall of the historical house of the Peng’s Family in the old town of Suzhou. The traditional Confucius Ritual was conducted under the China Centre board director Mr Johnson Chang and Ye Fang,…
Decoding Royal Traditional Arts: Youth Summer Camp
The first week of the two-week programme, Decoding Royal Traditional Arts: Youth Summer Camp, opened at Yuan Centre, Suzhou on August 5th. This summer programme for Chinese youth marks the first collaboration between The Prince’s Foundation School of Traditional Arts China Centre and The…
End of year show in Suzhou, China
This June we held the first end-of-year show at our new China Centre in Suzhou. The exhibition showcased paintings and craft objects created by our full-time and part-time students. They include studies of Chinese patterns, hand woven textiles, ceramic tiles, marquetry boxes, Islamic Illumination…
Short Course Review「The Order of Nature: Geometry and Patterns」
From October 22 to November 2, 2018, Ms. Delfina Bottesini from The Prince's Foundation School of Traditional Arts taught the first course 「The Order of Nature: Geometry and Patterns」 in China Centre. The following is the complete transcript of the interview for Ms. Delfina Bottesini. Q: …