Bachelor
2023/2024
Art of Mongolia and Tibet
Type:
Compulsory course (Mongolia and Tibet)
Area of studies:
Asian and African Studies
Delivered by:
Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies
Where:
Faculty of Humanities
When:
4 year, 1, 2 module
Mode of studies:
distance learning
Online hours:
20
Open to:
students of all HSE University campuses
Instructors:
Yana Leman
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
60
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The discipline "The Art of Mongolia and Tibet" is taught in the eighth semester in the fourth year. It is based on such disciplines as "The History of Mongolia and Tibet", "Tibetan Buddhism". The course is dedicated to the study of the artistic culture of Mongolia and Tibet. The field of consideration includes both the aesthetic approach in culture in general, and artistic practices as a specialized field of activity of artists and artisans. The main purpose of the course is to teach students to work with the material of the artistic culture of Mongolia and Tibet as a unique source that reveals the peculiarities of lifestyle, perception and worldview in a particular period of the history of the Mongols and Tibetans. The existence of artistic practices is considered in their relation to other areas of cultural activity and traditional knowledge. The main attention is paid to those monuments and phenomena of artistic culture that occupied a significant place in social processes and intellectual trends. Such for the Mongols and Tibetans is Buddhist art.
Learning Objectives
- to learn to work with the material of the artistic culture of Mongolia and Tibet as a unique source that reveals the peculiarities of the lifestyle, perception and worldview in a particular period of the history of the Mongols and Tibetans.
- familiarization with the basic techniques, formats and types and genres of Tibetan and Mongol art, traditional principles of classification of works and masters, basic concepts about the origin and significance of art, its position in the general system of knowledge
- getting a general idea of historical milestones and development processes in the artistic culture of the Mongols and Tibetans, acquaintance with its outstanding monuments and personalities
- developing of skills of autonomous work with sources on artistic culture (both monumental and textual)
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Able to use basic concepts of the origin and significance of art, its position in the general system of knowledge
- applies acquired knowledge when analyzing art monuments, creating descriptions of museum and private collections
- Able to determine the belonging of particular art objects to a certain style, direction of Mongolian and Tibetan art
- is familiar with the variety of forms and types of decorative and applied art of the Mongols
Course Contents
- Ancient Art of Central Asia
- Buddhist Art of Tibet and Mongolia
- Decorative and applied art of Mongolia
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Ancient art and its historiography, , 2011
- Buddhist architecture : with architectural drawings by the author, Phuoc, L. H., 2010
- Buddhist art : an historical and cultural journey, Beguin, G., 2009
- Buddhist art of Gandhara in the Ashmolean museum, Jongeward, D., 2019
- Buddhist philosophy : a comparative approach, , 2018
- Cave temples of Dunhuang : Buddhist art on China's silk road, , 2016
- Reading Buddhist art : an illustrated guide to Buddhist signs and symbols, McArthur, M., 2004
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- 20,000 years of fashion : the history of costume and personal adornment, Boucher, F., 1987
- Buddhist temples of Kyoto and Kamakura, Suzuki, B. L., 2013
- Buddhist treasures from Nara, Cunningham, M. R., 1998
- Chinese steles : pre-Buddhist and Buddhist use of a symbolic form, Wong, D. C., 2004
- Costume worldwide : a historical sourcebook, , 2008
- Early Buddhist architecture in context : the great stupa at Amaravati (ca.300 BCE-300 CE), Shimada, A., 2013
- Ecoes of the past : the Buddhist cave temples of Xiangtangshan, Tsiang, K. R., 2012
- Enduring bronze : ancient art, modern views, Mattusch, C. C., 2014
- Portraits of Chogen : the transformation of Buddhist art in early medieval Japan, Rosenfield, J. M., 2011
- Puja and piety : Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist art from the Indian subcontinent, , 2016
- The ancient geography of India : the Buddhist period, including the campaings of Alexander, and the travels of Hwen-Thsang, Cunningham, A., 2013
- The art of Ancient India : Buddhist, Hindu, Jain, Huntington, S. L., 2016
- The Baur Collection, Geneva : Japanese Buddhist textiles, Loveday, H., 2014