HISTART 243-001

Introduction to South Asian Art: Home and the World

180 Tappan
MW 1:00-2:30pm
3 Credit Lecture
Cross listed with ASIAN 243-001

Studying the visual arts of South Asia constitutes a gateway toward understanding the entirety of the intellectual and cultural heritage of humanity, from antiquity to the present day. The assemblages of objects and images produced and used in South Asia – Buddhist stupas, sprawling temple-cities, embroidered textiles, Mughal paintings, Satyajit Ray films and much else – represent more than the inheritance of South Asia, home to a fifth of the world's population. In addition to introducing these objects and images, this survey course will also explicate how they are equally the heritage of many other cultures because many of them have emerged from encounters with other mediums and with other civilizations, which, in turn, have been reflected, reshaped, and reformed by the art of subcontinent. This course includes field trips to art and archaeology museums and rare book libraries in the Ann Arbor area.

Estimated Cost of Materials: Less than $50

HISTART Categories for concentration distributions: 1. Ancient, 4. Modern and Contemporary, C. Asia, D. Europe and the US

This course satisfies the LSA Humanities (HU) requirement.