Advanced Topics in Asian Languages and Cultures (390-0-20)

Topic

City and Court in Colonial India

Instructors

Yuthika Sharma

Meeting Info

Kresge 4354 Art Hist. Sem. Rm.: Tues, Thurs 12:30PM - 1:50PM

Overview of class

AY24:
COURT COMPANY BAZAAR: ART, URBANISM AND THE MARKETPLACE IN COLONIAL SOUTH ASIA
This seminar unpacks the entangled histories of colonial, imperial, court art, architecture and the marketplace from 18th-early 20th century South Asia. It examines the role of images and spaces as sites of social and cross-cultural encounters, and for constructions of racial difference. The course addresses key shifts within visual culture, urbanism, patronage and collecting practices engaging with a wide of media from drawings, paintings, prints, ivory souvenirs and photographs. Focusing on South Asia's transition from a court dominated culture to its colonization as a British Indian dominion, the course will address the broader framework of the modernity-tradition bind, the rise of nationalism, and the struggle for independence.

Teaching Method

Lecture
Discussion section
Readings
Class participation

Evaluation Method

Paper, final
Attendance
Class participation
Readings
Writing assignments
Paper, mid-term

Class Attributes

Advanced Expression
Literature and Arts Foundational Discipline
Literature & Fine Arts Distro Area
Global Perspectives on Power, Justice, and Equity