The Hindu Heritage J. Carter Bewildering in its variety, complex in its intricacies, comprehensive in its interpretations of the religious life, the religious heritage of Hindus provides the subject of this course. Special attention is given to the rise of bhakti, the powerful devotional expressions of men and women in India that has come to characterize much of the Hindu heritage of our time. ARTS 103, Arts of Asia P. Kaimal Arts of Asia, like ARTS 101 and 102, is an introduction to the field of art history as well as a survey of the architecture, sculpture and painting of Asia. Through Asian art from Neolithic times to the present, from China, India, Japan, Persia, Korea, Central Asia, Java, Cambodia and Vietnam, this course demonstrates what distinguishes these artistic cultures from each other and from various European artistic traditions. This course also introduces the vocabulary, techniques and patterns of thinking students will need in advanced art history courses.
Priority is given to first-year students and sophomores.
This survey of the Buddhist, Hindu and Muslim arts of India from the second millennium B.C. until the twentieth century A.D. examines architecture, sculpture and painting. Special attention is devoted to elements of Indian culture that lend Indian art its distinctive character. This course studies the experiences and struggles of Asian-Americans in their search for their hyphenated identities and their place in the United States. H. Ross CORE 167, Japan Y. Aizawa, Z. Cipris, G. Hudson, T. Kato, L. Philip, M. Takenoya CORE 170, Malaysia and Singapore M. Peletz CORE 178, Sri Lanka CORE 179, Tibet CORE 180, Women in China G. Bien ENGL 335, Asian American Literature L. Philip A study of Asian American literature and its major themes. Works of fiction, nonfiction and poetry by contemporary Asian American writers are studied and placed in the larger context of American literature.