Introduction To The Histories Of Art Iii

AY2015/2016 Semester 1

Intended as a companion course to DD1004, this course surveys the dominant art-historical traditions in Southeast Asia, through a study of their architecture, sculpture, painting, pottery, textiles and metal objects. Their materials, forms and varied functions are studied as well as the broader contexts of their manufacture. The period studied spans from c2000BC to c1400AD and will consider ways by which Buddhist and Hindu worldviews are represented in architecture and sculpture. Monuments such as Borobudur, Prambanan, and the temples in Angkor are analysed as projections of political and religious power.