CLASS WILL MEET ON FRIDAY

We'll begin work on Hindu temples, starting with the Mamallapuram temples (1-20) and then moving on to the Rajararajeshvara Temple (also known as the Brihadishwara Temple) at Thanjavur (1-21)

ALSO: CLASS WILL NOT MEET IN McDONALD -- WE WILL BE BACK in WILLIAMS HALL 245 (where we were last week) -- SEE YOU THEN




Links:

• Brihadishwara Temple at Wikipedia
• Unesco site
• Templenet.com

Shiva (day 2)

Shiva Nataraja

• Here's one at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
• And another one at the Asia Society
  

Shiva (day 1)

<<>>





(Shiva Trimurti a better choice for journal)

• Hinduism (Wikipedia) -- general introduction
  
• hindunet.org
  
• Shiva (Wikipedia) -- many useful links
  
• Elephanta Caves (Wikipedia)
• Elephanta Caves (templenet.com)
  

Buddha Statues (Sarnath & Beyond)

• Wikipedia article on Sarnath
• Buddhanet article on Sarnath
• Gupta period Standing Buddha (Metropolitan Museum)

Buddha Statues from Gandhara & Mathura

• Buddhism and Buddhist Art (Metropolitan Museum article)
• Greco-Buddhist Art (Wikipedia)
• Early Buddhist Art (National Museum, New Delhi) gallery
• The Art of Buddhism (Sackler Gallery)
• Mathura Standing Buddha (Metropolitan Museum)

REMINDER: ROOM CHANGE this WEEK

PLEASE REMEMBER that our class MEETS in WILLIAMS 245 this whole week!

REMINDER: Friday

Friday: take class time to produce a turn-in copy of a journal entry for one day. I strongly encourage you to try this with the Stupa at Sanchi!

Remember, journal entries have a sketch and answers (as complete as possible) to the basic questions:

• What is it?
• What is it for?
• Who made it? When and where?
• What's it made of? How?
• Why is it made like that?

the Great Stupa at Sanchi

• article at Wikipedia
• Unesco World Heritage page
  
• images & information at Great Buildings Online
• many images at the Berger Foundation
• Quicktime 360 images at 1001 Wonders
• "The Hill of Sanchi" at Buddhanet
• Buddhanet's "Basic Buddhism Guide"

INDIA assignments

Week 4:
M: Ghana akuaba (11-10)
W: Great Stupa, Sanchi (1-5, 6, & 7)
F: (Class does not meet) : prepare sample journal entry

Week 5: --CLASS MEETS in WILLIAMS 245--
M: More on the Stupa + Rock-Cut Monastic Halls (1-8, 13)
W: Buddha from Gandhara (1-9)
F: Buddha from Sarnath (1-12)

Week 6:
M: Shiva I (1-16, 17)
W: Shiva II (1-24)
F: (Class does not meet) : assignment will be given

akuaba

• one at the Metropolitan Museum (w description)
  
• one at the British Museum
  
• one at the Indianapolis Museum of Art

These should be enough. But if you want, just search Google for "akuaba" and you'll also find plenty of them for sale. Even ones made of chocolate.

ALSO: Just a reminder that we won't be meeting this coming Friday. Look here for the assignment.

Dogon Seated Couple

One page on this work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
And another page.

Related essay on "Couples in Art" (also Metropolitan MoA)

Kongo Nail Figure (nkisi n'kondi)

Mangaaka Power Figure: A comparable Nkisi Nkondi at the Metropolitan Museum (with a good explanation)
An article on the ritual use of the Mangaaka Figure

And another example at the Metropolitan Museum

Six different ones at the Brooklyn Museum

And a dog-form one at the World Museum in Liverpool

Be ready to answer the questions -- especially "what is it for?"