[Soasiastudents] New Spring course

[Priti Ramamurthy]

*Prof. Khullar has *reserved spots in the class for SIS students; please 
email Jim Donnen (jdonnen@) for the SISA add code.  Grads can take the 
course as ART H 521*
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Spring 2010 *

*ART H 400 B: Art and Empire in South Asia, 1750-1900
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Prof Sonal Khullar
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*MW 10:30-11:50*

*Art 004
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*This course will survey transformations in the visual arts between the 
Mughal and the British empires in modern South Asia.  While previous 
generations of art historians tended to regard this period as one of 
decline in artistic patronage and production, we shall consider emerging 
interdisciplinary --from history, anthropology, literary studies, and 
art history--- scholarship on the rich and diverse array of images and 
objects produced in South Asia from the late eighteenth to the early 
twentieth century.  We shall consider changes in artistic production, 
patronage, publics, and viewing protocols in the contexts of the court 
and bazaar.  We shall examine the emergence of new technologies and its 
impact on visual forms, media, and genres, focusing on the exchange 
between photography, print, and painting.  We shall explore the role of 
institutions of art --the art school, the museum, and the related 
disciplines of art history, archeology, and architecture-- and the 
professions and practices they engendered.  Throughout we shall assess 
how the materials of our study --both visual and textual--- reframe the 
relationship of concepts such as authenticity and hybridity, tradition 
and modernity, colonialism and nationalism.*

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