Showing posts with label schedule. Show all posts
Showing posts with label schedule. Show all posts

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Schedule: Weeks 11 to 15

Week 11: Japan I
m: the Ameratsu Shrine at Ise : Shinto
w: Heian period painting : yamato-e
f: Muromachi period painting & Zen painting
Week 12: Japan II
m: Zen-style gardens
w: chaihatsu (tea house) * EXERCISE 3 DUE *
f: wabi-sabi
Week 13: Japan III
m: Japanese woodcuts : ukiyo-e
w: ukiyo-e : Hokusai's "Great Wave"
f: contemporary Japanese art -- one or two examples
Week 14: Aboriginal Australian art
m: Aboriginal Australian art : petroglyphs
w: Aboriginal Australian paintings
f: Aboriginal Australian paintings
Week 15:
m: course review
w: EXAM (10.15-12.15)

Friday, March 18, 2011

Schedule: Weeks 9 & 10

(Please note -- this is a slight rearrangement of the original syllabus, based on discussion in class today. It will buy us more time for Aboriginal Australian painting.) 

Week 9:  Islamic Art I 

M:  introduction to Islamic art & architecture :  the mosque 
W:  the mosque 2
F:   ***no class***

Week 10: Islamic Art II

M: decorative art in Islam 
W: the Taj Mahal
F:  the Taj Mahal




Monday, February 28, 2011

Schedule: Weeks 7 & 8

Week 7:  Chinese art I: concepts & materials

M:  First Emperor's Tomb (3-6) 
W:  Chinese jades (3-5)  and ceramics (4-5)
F:   Chinese calligraphy

SPRING BREAK

Week 8: Chinese art II: landscape painting

Friday, February 18, 2011

Daily Schedule for Weeks 6 & 7

Week 6:  representations of Hindu deities: Shiva / Hindu temples

M:  Shiva 1: Shiva as lingam & as Mahadeva (Elephanta temple [1-18]) 
W:  Hindu temple: concepts & forms: (1-22 & 1-24)
F:  
Shiva 2: Shiva Nataraja (1-25)

Week 7:  Chinese art I: concepts & materials

M:  First Emperor's Tomb (3-6) 
W:  Chinese bronzes (3-3) & jades (3-5)  
F:   Chinese 
textiles (3-7) and ceramics (4-5)

SPRING BREAK 

Week 8: Chinese Landscape Painting 

Friday, February 4, 2011

Daily Schedule for Weeks 4 & 5

Week 4:  Representations of the Buddha 

M:  Gandhara Buddha (1-10) and Buddhist Iconography
W: Buddhas from Mathura (1-12), Sarnath (1-15) Sukothai (2-11), 
F:  Buddhas from China (3-11; 3-14), Tibet, Japan + First Exercise DUE

Week 5: Buddhist Temples: from stupa to pagoda
M:  Great Stupa at Sanchi (1-7)

W: Chaitya Hall, Karle; Borobadur;
Schwedagon Pagoda (2-13)
F: 
Fougang Si Pagoda (3-23); and maybe Horyuji Temple Complex (5-9)

Week 6: Hindu Deities -- esp. Shiva