Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Texts: Phillip Rawson, Art of Southeast Asia (Thames & Hudson paperback)
Helen Jessup, Art of Cambodia (Thames & Hudson paperback)
Course Reader ready at Copy Central on Bancroft,
Readings: * * required
*recommended if you have the time in Moffitt
others are for papers, general interest
all should be on reserve in Moffitt unless noted as follows
HA/ C=History of Art & Classics Seminar, Doe Library room 308 H (enter via elevator 2 or 3)
SSEALS=South & Southeast Asia Library Service, Doe Library 1st floor, SW corner
EAL=East Asiatic Library, Durant Hall
CLASS
1.Aug. 31, Introduction: rivers- Mekong, Menam Chao Phraya, Irawaddy, etc.
mountains- Mt. Meru to Krakatoa
languages: Austronesian, Mon Khmer, Vietnamese, Tai, Tibeto-Burmese
religions: Indigenous Animism (e.g. Phi-Thaiand; Nats-Burma, Neak Ta-Cambodia, etc.)
Indic: Buddhism: kyamuni Buddha; Bodhisattva
Theravdin, Mahyna, Esoteric (Vajrayna, tantric)
Hinduism (Brahmanism): Vedic--Indra, Brahma
iva (lingam) , Nandin
Um/Durg; Ganea
Vinu-avatars(e.g.Rma)
Lakm, Garua
Hari-hara
Islam
Christianity
4.Sept 9, Sumba
**J. Hoskins, "Arts & Cultures of Sumba," (course reader)
Susan Rodgers, Power and Gold
Jean-Paul Barbier and D. Newton, Islands and Ancestors.
14. Oct.14, Indigenous traditions and Early Hindu-Buddhist remains on the mainland
**Jessup 8-59
**I. W. Mabbett,"The 'Indianization' of Mainland Southeast Asia: a Reappraisal" (course rdr)
**Ang Choulean, People & Earth, (course reader)
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15. Oct 19, The Foundation of Angkor--Kulen, Preah Ko, Bakheng Phases
**Jessup 60-87
**N. Aeusrivongse, "The Devarja Cult and Khmer Kingship at Angkor"(course reader)
*B.P. Groslier, Art of Indochina, 87-105
*G. Coedes, Angkor An Introduction, Ch. VII, "Jayavarman II, Founder of Angkor"
H. Kulke, The Devaraja Cult (SSEALS)
J. Dumarcay, Phnom Bakheng (AH/C fDS521 E4V. 7)
17. Oct. 26, Ta Ko, Baphuon, outlying sites of the solar dynasty
** Jessup 135-159
** G. Coedes, "Temples or Tombs, Architectural Symbolism" (course reader)
* B.P. Groslier, Art of Indochina, 118-132
Sections, Nov. 1-2 : Angkor Wat, the Bayon, and the American Election?