H.B.’s South Asia InstituteProject Presentation

Product 1—Slide list◦ Decide on monuments/artworks◦ Gather full identification information

Product 2—Slides◦ Search ARTSTOR data base◦ Select images and load into files

Following images from net

Products and Dissemination Venues

Some Buddhist Works:

Asoka, column and capital, c. 332-185 B.C.E.

The Great Stupa, Sanchi, India. [3rd century B.C.E./-early 1st century C.E.

Seated Buddha Preaching the First Sermon. Sarnath, India5th century C.E., sandstone,

The Beautiful Bodhisattva Cave [1], Ajanta, [C. late 5th century C.E.]. Wall painting

Evolution of Stupa to PagodaPagoda, [Shanghai,] China. Buddhist 10th century C.E. [977] Song Dynasty

Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN (1913-present) 2,000 (160 ft)

Some Hindu Works:

Shiva Temple, Khajuraho, c. 1050 C.E.

Sun Temple, Konark, 13th century C.E.,

Shiva Temple, Hampi, 13th century C.E.

Shiva as Lord of the dance, 11-12th century, C.E

Shiva as Lord of Lords in rock-cut temple, Elephanta, 6th century, C.E..

Contemporary Practice of Traditional Art

Ramayana theater production, movie stills, Delhi-6, Rakeysh Mehra, 2009

Contemporary Monuments:

Mayawati, Ambedkar Park, Dalit, and other Monuments, Luckow, Uttar Pradesh, 2007-2009 ?

Some Muslim Works:

Qutb Minar, Delhi, India. Muslim, c. 1200 C.E,

Quwwat al Islam (The Might of Islam) Mosque, Delhi, India. Muslim, c. 1200 C.E. and complex

Taj Mahal, Agra, 17th century

Themes of reconciliation in the films Bollywood as an Integrated

industry/medium:◦ Hindu and Muslim actors and actresses play

heroes and heroines opposite to one another in love stories

◦ Hindus play Muslims and Muslims play Hindus ◦ Audience aware of all levels of integration

Bollywood Film Works of Reconciliation:

(films TBD)

Chadha, Gurinder, It’s a Wonderful Afterlife, film, 2010

Chadha, Gurinder, Bride and Prejudice, film, 2004

Chadha, Gurinder, Bend It Like Beckham, film, 2002

Diaspora Film Works of Reconciliation:

Art 490 Nonwestern Survey Art 355 Contemporary Art LIBA 497 Women, Art and Society Art 490 Public Art Friday Night in the Forum Film Series

◦ Collaborate with EB (Eric Braysmith)◦ 35 mm. stadium seating

Product Dissemination—Primary Venues:

Aesthetics/rasa◦ Patnaik, Priyadarshi , Rasa In Aesthetics : An

Application Of Rasa Theory To Modern Western Literature, New Delhi: D. Printworld Ltd., 2004, pps. 1-68.

The body◦ Kasulis, Thomas P. and Roger T. Ames, eds. Self

as Body in Asian Theory and Practice, n.P. State University of New York Press, 1993, pps. 3-145.

Product 3—Student Projects:

Hell◦ Filippi, Gan Giusseppe, Eng. Trans. Antonio

Rigopoulos, Mrtyu: Concept of Death in Indian Traditions, from series: Reconstructing Indiana History and Culture, no. 11, New Delhi: D. Printworld Ltd., 1996, pps. 179-190.

Pilgrimage◦ Bigelow, Anna. Sharing the Sacred: Practicing

Pluralism in Muslim North India, New York: Oxford University Press, 2010.

Product 3—Student Projects:

Banaras/site◦ Eck, Diana L. Banaras: City of Light. New York:

Columbia University Press, 1999.

Product 3—Student Projects:

Indian Graphic Novels◦ Sen, Orijit, River of Stories (Narmada valley dam

protest movement), 1994.◦ Bannerjee, Sarnath. Corridor. New Delhi, India:

Penguin Books India, 2004.◦ Kapur, Shekhar. Devi, Liquid Comics,

Liquidcomics.com, 2008.

Product 3—Student Projects:

Indian Graphic Design and Calendar Art ◦ Mathur, Gaurav, “Signboards as Mirrors of

Cultural Change,” Design Issues, Autumn 2005, Vol. 21, No. 4, pps. 78-93.

◦ Jain, Kajri, Gods in the Bazaar, Durham: Duke University Press,2007.

Product 3—Student Projects:

Rastogi, Yogendra

Nath ,M.C. Jagan, Lakshmi, 1980’s

Mahalo to:◦ Arindam◦ Peter◦ Speakers◦ Classmates◦ Johnson (UH tech god)◦ Jeff (UH tech god)

H.B.’s South Asia InstituteProject Presentation