ARH 207 Weeks 1&2

Art History 207~~Fall 2000

Avalokiteshvar Padmapani

Avalokiteshvar Padmapani

Weeks 1 & 2

Tuesday,
Sept. 26 Introduction:
scope of course, study resources; geography of India;
formal concerns in the study of sculpture, painting, and architecture.
Ancient civilization of the Indus river valley: sources of Indian imagery.
Assignment:
Dehejia, p. 25 to top of p. 39
Sources...., Chapter 1: 'Cosmic and Ritual Order in Vedic Literature,' pp. 7-9;
p. 10 ('On Heaven and Earth'); pp. 12 - 15 (on Indra, The Sun and Dawn); pp. 20-21 ('The Origin of the World').

Thursday,
Sept. 28 The Vedic period:
Gautama Shakyamuni and the emergence of Buddhism.
Assignment:
Dehejia, pp. 39-48.
Sources.... pp. 33 - 39 ('The Real Self'); pp. 43 - 48 ('The Background of Jainism and Buddhism'); pp. 93-top of 99 ('Thervada Buddhism'); pp. 100 - 101 ('The Four Noble Truths'); pp. 105 - 114 (selections from the Milindapanha, on 'The Simile of the Chariot,' 'The Process of Rebirth,' 'Karma,' and 'The City of Righteousness'); and pp. 141 - 149 (selections from the edicts of the emperor Ashoka).

Tuesday,
Oct. 3 The Mauryan period: Buddhism, Asoka, and imperial and vernacular traditions of art.
The stupa at Bharhut
Assignment:
Dehejia, pp. 51-76 and 103-112.

Thursday,
Oct. 5 The Shunga and Andhra periods: the stupa as architecture and sculpture; the rock-cut chaitya and the tradition of rock-cut architecture in India.

Assignment:
Dehejia, pp. 79-96.

Sources....pp. 153 - top of 159 ('Mahayana Buddhism: The Greater Vehicle'); p. 160 ('The Bodhisattva'); pp. 169 - 170 ('The Good Deeds of the Bodhisattva'); pp. 175 - 176 ('Faith in Emptiness' and 'Karma and Rebirth').

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Tuesday, Sept. 26	Introduction: scope of course, study resources; geography of India; formal concerns in the study of sculpture, painting, and architecture. Ancient civilization of the Indus river valley: sources of Indian imagery. Assignment: Dehejia, p. 25 to top of p. 39 *Sources...., Chapter 1: 'Cosmic and Ritual Order in Vedic Literature,' pp. 7-9;* p. 10 ('On Heaven and Earth'); pp. 12 - 15 (on Indra, The Sun and Dawn); pp. 20-21 ('The Origin of the World').
Thursday, Sept. 28	The Vedic period: Gautama Shakyamuni and the emergence of Buddhism. Assignment: Dehejia, pp. 39-48. *Sources....* pp. 33 - 39 ('The Real Self'); pp. 43 - 48 ('The Background of Jainism and Buddhism'); pp. 93-top of 99 ('Thervada Buddhism'); pp. 100 - 101 ('The Four Noble Truths'); pp. 105 - 114 (selections from the Milindapanha, on 'The Simile of the Chariot,' 'The Process of Rebirth,' 'Karma,' and 'The City of Righteousness'); and pp. 141 - 149 (selections from the edicts of the emperor Ashoka).
Tuesday, Oct. 3	The Mauryan period: Buddhism, Asoka, and imperial and vernacular traditions of art. The stupa at Bharhut Assignment: Dehejia, pp. 51-76 and 103-112.
Thursday, Oct. 5	The Shunga and Andhra periods: the stupa as architecture and sculpture; the rock-cut chaitya and the tradition of rock-cut architecture in India. Assignment: Dehejia, pp. 79-96. Sources....pp. 153 - top of 159 ('Mahayana Buddhism: The Greater Vehicle'); p. 160 ('The Bodhisattva'); pp. 169 - 170 ('The Good Deeds of the Bodhisattva'); pp. 175 - 176 ('Faith in Emptiness' and 'Karma and Rebirth').