home | courses | ha 192a

Histart 192A

INDIAN ART: PROBLEMS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONSERVATION IN SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA (4 units)

The great monuments of the past are threatened by weather, by the forces of worldwide appreciation and by the art market.  Unexcavated sites are in even greater jeopardy.  Is the solution protection by UNESCO as World Heritage sites?  What is our responsibility as students of art history?  We will consider together some of the sites that have caught the attention of journalists. Students should have familiarity with a monument in some part of the region, either from courses or from travel.  This is not a seminar on the nuts and bolts of conservation, but rather on theoretical and ethical issues raised in protecting remains of the past on the other side of the globe.

 

home | dept info | faculty | courses| undergraduate program | graduate program | events