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Histart 136A

ART OF ANCIENT INDIA: INDUS VALLEY THROUGH 550 A.D. (4 units) Tuesdays & Thursdays, 12:30-2 106 Moffit, CCN: 05511 Joanna Wiliams

A survey of Indian art from the Indus civilization through 550 A.D. This class with focus on Buddhist architecture and sculpture with emphasis on the development of (pictorial) narrative, the evolution of style and iconography and problems of dating. (As)

Letters in bold following individual upper division course descriptions cite the History of Art major breadth requirement fulfilled by the course.  (As=Asian, An=Ancient, Me=Medieval, R=Renaissance, B=Baroque, Mo=Modern.)

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