Oct.9/2012
Lecture 3. Gupta Art and its influence on the Silk Road Outline :
1. Golden Age of Indian Buddhist Art : Gupta Period (320-550 CE) a. Gupta Culture --- Science, Mathematics, Medicine, Literature, Religion, Art b. Gupta Art in Ajanta Cave --Sculpture, architecture --Mural Paintings c. Buddha image in Gupta Art and its influence 2. Transmission of Buddhism & Buddhist Art along Silk Road a. Northern Routes (inland routes): Afghanistan, Central Asia, China b. Southern Routes (sea routes): South Asia, Southeast Asia ◎ Readings (★ required reading, must read) ★Leidy, Denise Patry, The art of Buddhism : an introduction to its history and meaning, Boston : Shambhala, 2008. Chap.3, [704.948943 L52 a] Foltz, Richard, Buddhism in the Iranian World, The Muslim World • Volume 100 • April/July 2010, p.204-214. Bussagli, Mario. 5000 years of the art of India, New York : H. N. Abrams, [1971], Chap.5,6,7,8. [709.24 B98 ] Thomas Knierim, Introduction to Buddhism, E-resources. http://www.thebigview.com/download/buddhism.pdf Higuchi, Tagayashu, Bamiyan : Buddhist Cave Temples in Afghanistan, World Archaeology, Oct95, Vol. 27 Issue 2, p282-302, Tucker, Jonathan, The Silk Road : art and history, London : Philip Wilson, 2003, Chap.3-4. [LB 915.16 T88] WAUGH, DANIEL C, THE SILK ROADS IN HISTORY. Expedition, Winter2010, Vol. 52 Issue 3, p9-22, 14p.
◎ E-Resources :
◎ Timelines of Art History http://www.art-and-archaeology.com/timelines/tl002.html ◎ Timeline of Indian History http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/timeline/timeline.htm ◎ Key Image Resources : 1. The Huntington Archive
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BSTC 2010 Introduction to Buddhist Art
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http://huntingtonarchive.osu.edu/database.php 2. V & A Museum : http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/b/buddhist-pilgrimage-sites-india/ 3. 32 attributes of the Buddha http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/i/iconography-of-the-buddha/
4. Professor
Sarah E. Fraser’s “Buddhist art in Asia”--India