ClassInfo - Spring 2017 Art History Classes

Spring 2017 | ARTH 5777 Section 001: The Diversity of Traditions: Indian Art 1200 to Present (67207)

Instructor(s): Catherine Asher
Class Component:: Lecture
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person Term Based
Meets With:: EMS 5500 Section 001
RELS 5777 Section 001
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017

Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PM

UMTC, West Bank

Blegen Hall 415
Also Offered:: (Tentative) Spring 2022

Course Catalog Description:: Issues presented by sculpture, architecture and painting in India, from prehistoric Indus Valley civilization to present day.
Class Description:: This course will consider the development of Indian art and architecture from the introduction of Islam as a major political power at the end of the 12th century to the present. The Muslim rulers brought new traditions, for example, the tomb, of which the most famous example is the Taj Mahal built in the mid-17th century. We will study the developments leading to this magnificent structure as well as the schools of painting that are the products of Muslim and Hindu rulers. The course will also consider artistic production in the important Hindu, Sikh and Christian kingdoms that ruled India concurrently with the great Muslim powers. In the 18th century, colonial forces entered the Indian subcontinent, resulting in significant innovative artistic trends. We will discuss these as well as the subsequent nationalist schools that develop just before Independence prior to 1947. We will probe which forms and ideas seem to be inherently Indian, asking which ones transcend dynastic, geographic and religious differences and which forms and ideas are consistent throughout these periods of political and ideological change. This class will be a combination of lecture and discussion. Undergraduates will write a 8-10 page research paper; graduate students should see the instructor for requirements. Images will be available on the class Moodle web site.
Grading:: 88% Reports/Papers
12% Class Participation
Exam Format:: take home essays
Class Format:: 70% Lecture
30% Discussion
Workload:: 30 Pages Reading Per Week
20-25 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
Other Workload: 3 take home essays
Textbooks:: https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67207/1173
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:: 30 October 2009

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