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Spring 2023 | RELS 3415W Section 002: Art of India (54231)
- Instructor(s)
- No instructor assigned
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Enrollment Status:
Closed (0 of 0 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Indian sculpture, architecture, and paintings from the prehistoric Indus Valley civilization to the present day.
- 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/54231/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 August 2016
Spring 2023 | RELS 3415W Section 004: Art of India (54232)
- Instructor(s)
- No instructor assigned
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Enrollment Status:
Closed (0 of 0 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Indian sculpture, architecture, and paintings from the prehistoric Indus Valley civilization to the present day.
- 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/54232/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 August 2016
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