Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

Upon completion of the course students should be able to:

• Explain how art of India and Southeast Asia from the Neolithic to the modern period is representative of the historical moment in which it was produced, acknowledging the interactions between social, cultural, technological, and/or economic factors and art.
• Utilize a critical vocabulary as a framework for discussing, creating and/or writing about art from India and Southeast Asia.
• Analyze the relationship between form, context and meaning in visual communication. 
• Articulate the relationships between art of India, the history of visual culture and world  history to enhance civic and global engagement.
• Apply insights gained from course content to visual culture encountered outside of the classroom.

Assessment tools may include:

• informal and formal responses to discussion questions

• analysis and evaluation of reading assignments

• visual and contextual analysis of art in writing assignments and exams

• journals assessing learning in and out of the classroom

• research projects resulting in papers or presentations

COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS:

• Analyze and work creatively with art historical data, using it to better understand the history of art and visual culture.

• Evaluate primary and secondary art historical sources, assessing their stakes and motives.

• Assess the ways in which art is impacted by the viewer’s vantage point.

• Articulate the relationship between art and its historical, social and political context.

• Recognize and differentiate various styles of art and evaluate how values and interpretations change over time.

• Recognize and identify parallels between the art historical past and the present.

• Conduct a formal analysis of a work of art and articulate the way its elements are interrelated.

• Research and write coherently about art history, using evidence to support arguments.

• Use knowledge gained in the course to study fine art, art history, design, anthropology or history at a four-year institution.

THEMES, CONCEPTS, AND ISSUES:

• Neolithic Art and Early Indus Valley Civilizations

• The Vedic Period

• Early Buddhist Art

• The Image of Buddha

• Buddhist Imperial Art and the Mauryan Empire

• Buddhist Populism and the Shunga Period

• The Kushan Empire

• Architecture as Cosmogram

• Buddhist Narrative Sculpture

• The Image of Hindu Deities

• Hindu Monuments

• The Satavahana Empire

• Gupta Dynasty and Classical Indian Art

• The Vakataka Dynasty

• Medieval India: Khajuraho

• Medieval India: Nalanda

• Southern Kingdoms: Pallava

• Southern Kingdoms: Chola

• Islamic Art of India

• The Mughal Empire

• Mughal and Rajput Painting

• Rajput Palaces

• The Colonial Period (The British Raj)

• Nationalism and Indian Art

• Modern and Contemporary Indian Art