Art 3: Art in the Asian World

Prof. Pat ChirapravatiKadema Hall 186

Office hours M. & W. between 2.45 to 4.15 p.m.

www. csus.edu/indiv/c/chirapravati

Requirements

• 3 exams: Feb. 23, March 2, and May 16

• Term paper: 1 OBJECT from the Crocker Art Museum; it is due on March 16

• Class attendance: allows only 4 absences

Asia

• South Asia: India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh

• Himalayas: Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan• Southeast Asia: Mainland SEA, i.e., Thailand,

Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Singapore, Malaysia; Insular SEA, Indonesia, The Philippines, Brunei

• East Asian: China, Japan, Korea

Religious of Asia

• Buddhism: Hinayana, Mahayana, Vajrayana

• Hinduism: Saivism and Vaishnavism

• Islam

• Animistic practices

• Daoism

• Shinto

Ethnicity

• Indo-European

• Mongoloid

• Malay

• Hinu