| Monday, Oct 29 |
Theology and Early India |
TB113-1 |
| Ancient
India and Pakistan: Mohenjo-Daro; ; fertility deities and tree
worship; Brahmanism and Vedic Era; Jainism; Buddhism; Vedic
links to later Hinduism.
Introduction to Indian stupas, particularly Sanchi. |
video:
Hinduism (52 min.) |
| Tuesday,
Oct 30 |
Looking at Sculpture |
TB113-2 |
| Early
Kushan sculptures of the Buddha-Gandharan style and Mathuran
style; later Gupta style; further investigation of Theravada and
Mahayana Buddhism.
Looking at Hindu sculpture at Deogargh. Linking Buddhist
theology and sculpture; and Hindu theology and sculpture. |
Reading: Dehejia,
"After Alexander (4)," pp. 77-100 |
Due:
each present on one of the below:
- Basham, The Wonder that Was India, reading 1.
Religion (Vedic and Buddhism): pp. 234-289
- Basham, The Wonder that Was India, reading 2.
Religion (Hinduism): pp. 300-347
- Robinson, et al., The Buddhist Religion, reading 1
(chapter 1, pp. 4-20)
- Darsan, pp. 3-31
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| Wednesday,
Oct 31 |
Indian Cave Temples and
Comparative Religious Practice |
TB113-3 |
| Elephanta
(Hindu) temple
Khajuraho (mixed) temple
Ajanta -- Buddhist
Comparisons to the iconography and practice of
Western Religious Monuments. |
Reading:
- Dehijia, "Into the Mountainside (5)," pp.
101-134
- Schneider Adams, ch. 2 "Formalism and Style,"
pp. 16-35; ch. 3, "Iconography," pp. 36-57.
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| Due:
Tracing of map of Asia with countries and cities labeled. |
| Thursday,
Nov 1 |
Comparing Hindu and Buddhist
Elements in Indian and Cambodian Temples |
TB113-4 |
| Revisiting
Khajuraho, Deogarh, Sanchi
Angkor Wat, Bayon, Banteay Srei
video: Jewels in the Jungle (42 min) |
Reading: Dehejia:
"Sacred and Profane (7)," pp. 153-182; "Stories
in Stone (3)," pp. 49-76. |
| Due:
2 page visual assignment comparing the practice and iconography
of Shove Chapel and a doorway, window or apse sculpture in your
book. |
| Friday,
Nov 2 |
Islam in India: Expressing Power
through Gardens and Architecture |
TB113-5 |
| Mughal
art and architecture: Fatepur Sikri; Red Fort; Taj Mahal.
Textile images and material culture;
Mughal gardens, palaces, and imperial imagery. |
Reading:
- Dehejia, "Visions of Paradise: The Luxury of Mughal
Art (13)," pp.297-334
- Moynihan, Paradise as a Garden: ch. 13, pp.
130-147.
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| Monday,
Nov 5 |
Trade, Colonialism and Travel
Narratives |
TB113-6 |
| The
East India company and early European sea trade with India -
mechanics of trade.
Travel narratives, the opportunities and misunderstandings of
cultural contact.
Hybrid architecture in Goa and elsewhere |
Reading:
- E. M. Forster, A Passage to India, "caves"
section, pp. 132-166.
- one of these two different interpretations:
| OR |
Lionel Trilling, "A
Passage to India," pp. 11-27 |
| Malcolm Bradbury, "Two Passages to India: Forster
as Victorian and Modern," pp. 29-44 |
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| Due: Word
and image assignment, showing mix of styles and literatures. |
| Tuesday,
Nov 6 |
| India and Modernity |
note: you will not be tested on
today's material |
|
TB113-7 |
| Popular
religious motifs in calendars.
Modern India: Gandhi, Neru and Modern India in art. |
India,
Cambodia Test |
| Wednesday,
Nov 7 |
Tibet and Mandalas |
TB113-8 |
| Bonnie
Stapleton on presentations
The Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Architecture as a mandala;
Diamond mandalas; Womb mandalas, and others. |
Reading:
- Leidy and Thurman, Mandala, pp. 16-45
- Robinson, Buddhism (on Tibet), pp.136-153
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| Thursday,
Nov 8 |
Modes of Thought in Shang and
Zhou China |
TB113-9 |
| Shang and
Zhou tombs and bronzes. Early Daoism and Confucianism.
Krystyna Mrozek will do a presentation in library on
research tools. |
Reading:
- Sullivan, Arts of China, pp. 1-59
- Treasures from the Bronze Age of China, pp. 16-41.
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| Friday,
Nov 9 |
Denver Art Museum |
Reading:
- Sullivan, Arts of China, pp. 60-91.
- Wu Hong, Wu Liang Shrine, ch. 5, "The Walls:
Human History," pp. 58-78.
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| Monday,
Nov 12 |
The Role of the Patron in Qin
and Han China |
TB113-10 |
| Emperor
Qinís terracotta army. Mawangdui tomb.
The Han Wu shrines.
Tomb sculptures.
2-4 pm: China movie -- Puppeteer |
Reading:
- Martin Powers, Art and Political Expression in Early
China, pp. 246-278.
- Schneider Adams, "Contextual Approaches I:
Marxism," pp. 58-78.
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| Due:
Hand in a final paper outline. |
| Tuesday,
Nov 13 |
The Interweaving of
Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism in Six Dynasties and Tang
China |
TB113-11 |
| Nelson
Sarcophagus and Seven Sages tomb tile relief; comparing the Wu
shrines and the Seven Sages tiles. The painter Gu Kaizhi; the
Dunhuang Buddhist caves.
Tang Court Paintings; Wang Weiís garden and poetry; Travel
paintings, for example Minhuangís Journey to Shu;
representations of landscape. |
Reading:
- Sullivan, Arts of China, pp. 92-151.
- Sullivan, The Origins of Landscape in China, ch. 3
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| Video:
The Silk Road |
| Wednesday,
Nov 14 |
The rise of landscape painting
in the Five Dynasties and Northern Song Periods |
TB113-12 |
| Shifting
ideologies of landscape; sacred mountains. |
Reading:
Sullivan, Arts of China, pp. 152-193 |
| Due: Presentations
on Final Paper |
| Thursday,
Nov 15 |
Court versus Literati Aesthetics
in the Northern Song |
TB113-13 |
| Northern
Song-court art and literati subjects; Li Gonglin; the literati
(southern) painting style as opposed to the courtly (Northern)
style. |
Due:
Final Paper
No reading due. |
| Friday,
Nov 16 |
Women artists and poets --
looking at Li Chingzhao of the Song |
TB113-14 |
| Krista will
present on qualities of good writing.
Starting 11:15 am, Film: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. |
Reading:
- Li Chinzhao's writing and collection
- Schneider Adams, "Contextual Approaches II:
Feminism," pp. 79-100.
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| Monday,
Nov 19 |
Relationships between poetry and
painting -- Northern and Southern Song |
TB113-15 |
| Emperor
Huizong the the Northern Song; more on Li Chingzhao of the
Northern Song; also Zhao Danian and Li Gonglin of the Northern
Song; and Ma Yuan of the Southern Song. Comparing Northern Song
and Southern Song porcelains.
Reviewing style issues. |
Reading: Schneider
Adams, "Biography and Autobiography," pp. 101-132. |
| Tuesday,
Nov 20 |
Final: Early China and Tibet Slide Exam |
| Take home
essay portion of exam, which may include comparisons to India,
Tibet and Cambodia. |
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