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Instructor: Dr. Catherine Pagani Office: 309 Garland Hall Mondays, 1:00-3:15 pm |
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ARH 455
The Arts of Buddhism
Course Syllabus
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Instructor: Dr. Catherine Pagani Office: 309 Garland Hall Mondays, 1:00-3:15 pm |
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This seminar course will examine the rich and varied tradition of Buddhist art in Asia and will focus on the artistic products of India, China, Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia, Tibet, and Nepal. While this course is not intended to provide a comprehensive in-depth study of the subject, it will offer students the opportunity to become familiar with the major artistic monuments and styles. Students are expected to present a seminar and produce a research paper of moderate length. In addition, there will be small assignments given throughout the semester. Students are also expected to participate in classroom discussions and are encouraged to suggest further areas for study. The textbooks for this course may be purchased at the University Supply Store: Fisher, Robert E. Buddhist Art and Architecture. London and New York: Thames and Hudson, 1993. Frédéric, Louis. Buddhism. Flammarion Iconographic Guides. Paris and New York: Flammarion, 1995. Seminar presentations The topics for this course will be divided equally among all students. Each week, one student will lead the seminar discussion for one hour, first by presenting information gained from the readings, which may also include a critical examination of sources, and then by engaging the rest of the seminar group in a discussion of the topic. The student may assign readings one week prior to presentation of the seminar. The rest of the group will prepare for class by completing the readings beforehand and developing two discussion questions based on the readings. Suggested readings and questions will be given. These are by no means comprehensive and need not be strictly followed; students are encouraged to develop their own ideas in consultation with the instructor. Research papers Students will be required to submit a research paper of approximately 10 double-spaced, typed pages, not including endnotes, bibliography and illustrations. This paper is due on 23 November 1998. Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Noble Ross Reat, Buddhism: A History (Berkeley: Asian Humanities Press, 1994), Introduction and Chapter 1. Week 4 Stella Kramrisch, "Emblems of the Universal Being," in Exploring India's Sacred Art, edited by Barbara Stoler Miller (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1983): 130-140. Y. Krishan, "The Emergence of the Buddha Image, Gandhara Versus Mathura," Oriental Art, n.s. vol. XXXIV, no. 4 (Winter 1988/89): 255-275. W. Zwalf, "The Buddha Image," in Buddhism: Art and Faith, edited by W. Zwalf (London: British Museum, 1985): 91-103. Week 5 Jane Duran, "The Stupa in INdian Art: Symbols and the Symbolic," The British Journal of Aesthetics, January 1996: 66. Roy W. Perrett, "Symbols, Icons and Stupas," The British Journal of Aesthetics, October 1996: 432. Stella Kramrisch, "The Representation of Nature in Early Buddhist Sculpture (Barhut-Sanchi)," in Exploring India's Sacred Art, edited by Barbara Stoler Miller (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1983): 123-129. Adrian Snodgrass, The Symbolism of the Stupa (New York: Southeast Asia Program, 1985). A.L. Srivastave, Life in Sanchi Sculpture (**: Humanities Press, 1983). K.M. Srivastava, "The Marvels of Sanchi," Arts of Asia, vol. 27, no. 2 (March/April 1997): 102-116. Week 6 Stella Kramrisch, "Ajanta," in Exploring India's Sacred Art, edited by Barbara Stoler Miller (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1983): 273-307. Stella Kramrisch, "Figural Sculpture of the Gupta Period," in Exploring India's Sacred Art, edited by Barbara Stoler Miller (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1983): 181-203. Y. Krishan, "The Emergence of the Buddha Image, Gandhara Versus Mathura," Oriental Art, n.s. vol. XXXIV, no. 4 (Winter 1988/89): 255-275. Pratapaditya Pal, The Ideal Image: The Gupta Sculptural Tradition and its Influence (New York: The Asia Society, 1978). Week 7 James O. Caswell, "Buddhas of Cloud Hill," Archaeology 49 (1996): 60-65. James O. Caswell, Written and Unwritten: A New History of the Buddhist Caves at Yungang (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1988). Victor Segalen, The Great Statuary of China (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1972). Laurence Sickman and Alexander Soper, The Art and Architecture of China. Third edition. (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1968). Wu Hung, Monumentality in Early Chinese Art and Architecture (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1995). Week 8 Lilla Bikfalvy Russell-Smith, "Thousand Buddha Temples of Dunhuang," Middle Way, vol. 71 no. 1 (May 1996), 37- . Amy McNair, "Early Tang Imperial Patronage at Longmen," Ars Orientalis, vol. 24 (1994), 65-81. Jeannette Mirsky, "Discovering the Ancient Treasures in 'Caves of the Thousand Buddhas'," Smithsonian, (May 1977), 94-103. Henrik H. Sorensen, "Sculptures at the Thousand Buddhas Cliff in Jiajiang, Sichuan Province, " Oriental Art, vol. 43 (Spring 1997), 37-48. Marsha Weidner (ed.), Latter Days of The Law. Images of Chinese Buddhism 850-1850 (Lawrence, KS: Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, 1994), see catalogue entries on Tang material. Roderick Whitfield, "Visions of the Buddha World: Paintings from Dunhuang," Apollo (July 1984), 14-17. Roderick Whitfield and Anne Farrer, Caves of the Thousand Buddhas: Chinese Art from the Silk Route (New York: George Braziller, 1990). W. Zwalf, Buddhism: Art and Faith (London: The British Museum, 1985), 197-199; catalogue entries 284, 290, 291, and 292. Week 9 Week 10 Yutaka Mino, The Great Eastern Temple: Treasures of Japanese Buddhist Art from Todaiji (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1986).
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