Art History 290mc - Colloquium: Topics in Art History-Meditations in Caves

The course is an introduction to Buddhist grottoes of East Asia. Students learn the historical trajectories of Buddhist grottoes, including the development of cave architecture, mural painting and sculpture. The course pays special attention to the site specificity of the visual imageries and their transmissions, commissions and functions. The case studies in this course range from the Kizil Caves and Mogao Caves in Northwestern China, to the Yungang Caves and Longmen Caves in the central plains and the Seokguram Caves in the Korean Peninsula. The course also considers the collecting, preserving and displaying of Buddhist grottoes in the contemporary world. Restrictions: ARH 290 may be taken for credit a total of 4 times with different topics. Enrollment limited to 20.

[CE] ARH 290 Limit