Spring 2018 | RELS 3415W Section 001: Art of India (69793)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- ARTH 3014W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, East BankAnderson Hall 330
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (2 of 3 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Indian sculpture, architecture, and painting, from prehistoric Indus Valley civilization to present.
- Class Description:
This lecture and discussion course offers an introduction to 2000 years of art and architecture on the Indian subcontinent. It is divided into segments devoted to the art and architecture of Buddhism, the emergence and development of the Hindu temple, the art of Islamic sultanates, Mughal painting and architecture, colonial art, and the art of post-colonial and contemporary India. Resisting the impossible task of covering everything, we will instead hone in on specific objects in order to understand them in their broader cultural, religious, and social contexts. We will trace the ways in which common themes and problems appear in different art forms and in different places, and we will discover the ways in which seemingly disparate styles and objects may be productively understood in conversation with each other. We will work together to create an interpretive model that is synthetic, critical, and appreciative of the enormously diverse field that is South Asian Art. Lectures will move from explanatory descriptions of objects and histories that are covered in the textbook to critical interpretations of the historiographies that shape their contemporary reception. Class discussions and assignments are intended to encourage students to bring their own ways of looking at this art, to read critically in light of what they see, and to consider new approaches to the material. Because this is a writing intensive course, assignments focus on critical engagement with objects and scholarship, and clarity and strength of written arguments.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/69793/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 December 2017
Spring 2018 | RELS 3415W Section 002: Art of India (69798)
- Instructor(s)
- Layah Ziaii-Bigdeli (Secondary Instructor)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- ARTH 3014W Section 002
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Mon 01:25PM - 02:15PMUMTC, East BankBlegen Hall 210
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (2 of 2 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- Indian sculpture, architecture, and painting, from prehistoric Indus Valley civilization to present.
- Class Description:
- The course will cover the history of South Asian art, that is, the art of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, from the time of the Indus Valley Civilization to the present day.
This course focuses on the visual culture that we can call Indian or,more generally, South Asian. It looks at this material not in isolation but in a global context, for I believe that the world long has been linked in a system of exchange and exchange of trade goods, of religion, of cultural ideas, even way before the modern age. My primary objective is that you learn to think critically and express yourself with clarity. Through this knowledge, I assume you will be more effectively able to shape the world in which you live. As you'll see, there are not always clear and unambiguous answers to the questions I'll raise, but I will want you to find and evaluate evidence in order to support a point of view, any point of view that you might wish to hold and advocate. I also want you to see and understand a culture that may appear very different from the dominant one in the U.S. but a culture that nonetheless is increasingly intertwined with our economic and cultural life. In short, I would like you to learn to respect difference, not simply those things that are familiar and comfortable. I assume that students in the course have had no prior contact with either India or art history, but I will teach in such a way that you'll need to think about the material, not simply memorize it and reach a bit to grasp the ideas. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/69798/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 August 2016
Spring 2018 | RELS 3415W Section 004: Art of India (69800)
- Instructor(s)
- Layah Ziaii-Bigdeli (Secondary Instructor)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- ARTH 3014W Section 004
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Wed 10:10AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East BankBlegen Hall 205
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 1 seat filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- Indian sculpture, architecture, and painting, from prehistoric Indus Valley civilization to present.
- Class Description:
- The course will cover the history of South Asian art, that is, the art of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, from the time of the Indus Valley Civilization to the present day.
This course focuses on the visual culture that we can call Indian or,more generally, South Asian. It looks at this material not in isolation but in a global context, for I believe that the world long has been linked in a system of exchange and exchange of trade goods, of religion, of cultural ideas, even way before the modern age. My primary objective is that you learn to think critically and express yourself with clarity. Through this knowledge, I assume you will be more effectively able to shape the world in which you live. As you'll see, there are not always clear and unambiguous answers to the questions I'll raise, but I will want you to find and evaluate evidence in order to support a point of view, any point of view that you might wish to hold and advocate. I also want you to see and understand a culture that may appear very different from the dominant one in the U.S. but a culture that nonetheless is increasingly intertwined with our economic and cultural life. In short, I would like you to learn to respect difference, not simply those things that are familiar and comfortable. I assume that students in the course have had no prior contact with either India or art history, but I will teach in such a way that you'll need to think about the material, not simply memorize it and reach a bit to grasp the ideas. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/69800/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 August 2016
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