Section 1:  MAKING HISTORICAL AND CONCEPTUAL OUTLINES 

	Roy Craven's introductory art-history textbook is short enough 
for you to skim through completely over the next week-end.  I recommend 
that you do so, in order to become familiar with the broad outlines and 
categories of the history of art in South Asia.  You then will be more 
easily able to refer back to appropriate sections and specific images as 
the course progresses.
	It is also important to realize, however, the artifice of the 
categories we apply, and some of the implicit assumptions we make, as an 
author creates a history.  
	As a first written assignment, for the first Section next 
Thursday, I would ask each of you to begin to make one Outline, using proper 
outline form (i.e., I./ A./ 1./ a./ etc.), of the major periods, 
categories, or divisions of Indian art as you find them in Craven's text. 
	I would then ask you to take time to make a brief analysis of 
what sort of issues these Categories are based on (dates/period, regions, 
dynasties/patrons, typology, Style, etc.?).  If you wish, you may compare 
these Categories to those you know from Art 101/2:  i.e. Ancient, 
Medieval, Baroque;  Roman, early Christian, etc.;  Impressionism, 
"Modern," etc.)  This Outline will be discussed in the first class 
Section on 12 September. 
	It should then be possible to make a second Outline of the same 
material, using these "conceptual categories".  (As an example, the 
"Indus-Valley Civilization" might be the opening category in an 
Historical Outline of South Asia, but be placed as a sub-category under 
"Regional" or "Chronological" in a Conceptual Outline.)  The final 
version of both Outlines will be due in class on Tuesday 17 
September.  Each of these Outlines should need to be no longer than 2-3 
pages.


SUPPLEMENTARY READING FOR FIRST TWO WEEKS OF CLASS :	
	Irwin, John.  "Ashokan Pillars: Symbolism," Burlington Magazine, 
111 (1976): 734-53.  (FA; reserve)
	Kramrisch, Stella.  "The Representation of Nature in Early 
Buddhist Sculpture," in Exploring India's Sacred Art, ed. Barbara Miller, 
pp. 123-29.  
	Mitra, Debala.  "Life of Buddha" and "Monuments" in Buddhist 
Monuments, pp. 1-20. (SARR)
	Srinivasan, Doris.  "The So-Called Proto-Shiva Seal from 
Mohenjodaro," Archives of Asian Art 29 (1975-76): 44-58.