Course Schedule
Dates	Weekly Topics, Readings and Web Resources
January 27^th.	Course Introduction: Diversity and Continuity Readings:  1. V. Dehejia, Introduction 2. Shashi Tharoor; India at 73 3. Timeline of Indian History Please Watch 1. India Today StudyQuestions Writing Response : The Idea of India
February 3^rd.	Early Art: Ancient India, Indus, and Vedic Period Readings:  1. Vidya Dehejia, South Asian Art and Culture 2. Philosophy of Indian and Art Please Watch 1. India The Empire of Spirit , StudyQuestions
February 10^th.^.	Experiencing Art: The Viewer, Art and the Artist in India Readings:  1. V. Dehejia, pp. 11-22 2. What is Sacred /Secular Art? Slides 1-4 3. Rasa, Indian Aesthetic Theory Please Watch: 1. The NavRasas 2. Music of NavRasas StudyQuestions Class Discussion; Assignment 1
February 17^th. Assignment 1 Due.	Darsan; The Visual In South Asia Readings:  1. Eck Diana Darsan, Ch. 1. Seeing the Divine 2. Aniconic And Visual Story Telling. 3. V.Dehejia, Buddhism and Buddhist Art Please Watch 1. UNESCO Sanchi Stupa 2. Aniconic Buddhist Art 3. Sanchi Stupa StudyQuestions
February 24^th.^.	Iconoism and Anthropomorphic image of the Buddha Readings: Partha Mitter, Buddhist Art, K.S. Brown, Life of Buddha Please Watch Ajanta Cave Paintings Sanskrit terms StudyQuestions
March 3^rd.	Advaita The Concept of Oneness Readings: The Concept of One. Unity In Diversity In Hinduism Diana Eck, The Nature of Hindu Images V.Dehejia, Hinduism and Hindu Art Please Watch: Tom Chi, Everything is Connected Shiva Nataraja Ardhnarishvara Please Watch the first 4 minutes StudyQuestions
March 10^th. Assignment II The Concept of One Class Discussion	The Sacred and Secular Art of the Temple. Readings: Sacred Geometry and Art of the temple The Sacred and Sensuous in Indian art Khajuraho Temples Please Watch Khajuraho Group of Momuments (UNESCO) Chola Temples StudyQuestions
March 17^th.	Visions of Paradise: The expression of power and Mughal Architecture Readings: V. Dehejia, The Luxury Of Mughal Art Calligraphy and Geometric Patterns Please Watch: Art of the Mughals Assignment Compare and Contrast analysis; https://writingcenter.fas.harvard.edu/pages/how-write-comparative-analysis Write a one-paragraph draft proposal for the above Assignment. StudyQuestions
March 24^th.	Writing workshop Assignment Compare and Contrast analysis; https://writingcenter.fas.harvard.edu/pages/how-write-comparative-analysis Work on Papers.
SPRING BREAK MARCH 27-April 4	NO CLASS Please Watch Legacy, To see everything in a historical perspective
April 7^th	Colonial Art, Architecture and Empire Readings: Partha Mitter, The British Raj, westernization and Nationalism Architecture and Empire Please Watch Colonial Architecture in Mumbai StudyQuestions
April 14^th Assignment DUE Compare and Contrast analysis;	Art After Independence Readings: Indian Art after Independence Modern Art In India Please Watch: Ten young Indian artists to watch Raghava K K ; My Five Lives of an Artist. Aparna Rao, High Tech art, with a sense of Humor StudyQuestions
April 21^st Creative art proposal due Today	Contemporary Art Scene Readings: Partha Mitter, Contemporary Art Contemporary art Art Summits and Biennales Please Watch: Dance to Change The World StudyQuestions
April 28^th	Class Presentations
May 5^th.	Class Presentations