Research Interests:
- Chinese art – aesthetics and history
- Western art – aesthetics and history
- cross-cultural interaction between China and the West – aesthetics and history
- comparison between Chinese art and Western art – aesthetics and history
Representative Publications
Journal Articles & Book Chapters
2018 | Kwok, Elaine Yin Ning. “A Five-Dimensional Approach to Conceptualizing the Interplay of Image, Emotions, and Senses.” Visual Past: A Journal for the Study of Past Visual Cultures, Vol. 5, 2018: 239-259. |
2017 | Kwok, Elaine Yin Ning. “China; Architecture, Shanghai Art Deco.” The Grove Encyclopedia of Asian Art & Architecture, Grove Dictionary of Art, Grove Art Online, Oxford Art Online, Oxford University Press. |
2017 | Kwok, Elaine Yin Ning. “China, XVI: Art training.” The Grove Encyclopedia of Asian Art & Architecture, Grove Dictionary of Art, Grove Art Online, Oxford Art Online, Oxford University Press. |
2016 | Kwok, Elaine Yin Ning. “A Five-Dimensional Approach to Conceptualizing the Interplay of Image, Emotions, and Senses.” Studies in Visual Arts and Communication – an International Journal, the George Enescu University of Arts, Vol. 3(2). |
2015 | Kwok, Elaine Yin Ning. “Lay’s The Chinese as They Are (1841) as an Excellent Example Illustrating the Importance of Studying Art Reception in Art History.” Journal of the Association of Western Art History (Images and Histories), 43: 165-190. |
Current Research Projects
The European Reception of Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy after 1600 and before 1860 – aesthetics and history |
Chinese painting before 1900 – aesthetics and history |
Chinese art in the global world after 1900 – aesthetics and history |
Chinese art vs Western art before 1900 – aesthetics and history |
Courses Offered
CHES5145 | Chinese Art in the World after 1900: Aesthetics and History |
CHES5150 | Chinese Painting: Aesthetics and History |