U.C. Berkeley History of Art

Histart 136C

ART OF ANCIENT INDIA: INDIAN MINIATURE PAINTING (4 units)

This course will consider the rich diversity of paintings in South Asia made mainly for books and albums to be viewed in private. These include texts of the Buddhists and Jains (originating in palm-leaf manuscripts), the detailed images of the Mughals (illustrating their own history and Persian tales) Rajput pictures (of devotional, courtly, and romantic subjects), and various mélanges of the colonial period. The time-frame is the 12th through 19th centuries. In sections and for papers, we will draw upon the recently expanded collections of the Berkeley art museum. The course will require a research paper or painting project, as well as a midterm, and a final exam. (As)

Letters in bold following individual upper division course descriptions cite the History of Art major breadth requirement fulfilled by the course. (As=Asian, An=Ancient, Me=Medieval, R=Renaissance, B=Baroque, Mo=Modern.)