Lecture -
It was the semi-final day of culture today. We looked into the sculptural development through ages. Most of it is associated with the religious and architectural development. Thus, we focuses more on the aspects and phases which were not covered earlier. We talked about Harappan, Mauryan and Kushana sculpture in quite detailed manner. However we skipped through Gupta and other Deccani/Southern sculptural development summarily. When we reached Chola, we devoted a considerable time to Chola Bronze. We also talked about the lost-wax method. It was followed by a small presentation on the history of Indian coinage - a part of sculpture to a certain extent.
And then we turned our attention to Indian Aesthetics. I was actually a little wary earlier about the prospects of this topic being well received. However, the experience was successful beyond my imagination and proved to be quite useful. We talked about the Indian view of looking at the arts, their meaning, their purpose. We started with Satyam Shivam Sundaram, a kinda Indian Value Theory. We then talked about Rasa Theory in short and then went on to discuss Bharata's Natyashastra, Anandvardhana's Dhvanyaloka and Abhinavgupta's commentary on Natyashastra. The discussion on the Natyashastra went on for about 20-30 minutes wherein we discussed the theory of origin, Tandav-Lasya, Abhinay ways, theory of Music, and musical instruments, their classification, and finally the Rasa theory in detail. And we finished with Ashta-Nayikas. I hope the discussion gave you an idea about how to look at Indian thought as well as to put the things in perspective for analysis.
In the last leg, we started with Classical Dances. After a brief introductory discussion we started picking the dances one by one. However, due to time limit, we could not finish all the dances today. We will continue with the rest tomorrow.
General Instructions -
Tomorrow will be the last lecture on the culture. By the end it will be almost 22-23 hours of culture. We should all understand that India is a huge country and its impossible to feel all the aspects of her manifestation let alone teaching in the class. However, I have tried to touch upon all the relevant aspects insofar as the exam is concerned. Still, some part will remain untouched. I will give a list of all such topics in the class tomorrow. I expect you all to go through those topics on your own before the exam at least once.
We discussed about the Modern part of the History today and the feedback was to concentrate more on pre-Congress part of it. It was finalised to give 60% of the time to pre-Congress time and rest to the Congress era.
Exam -
I think you have had enough time by now to go through the Ancient NCERT. We will have our first exam on this Saturday on Religion. Be prepared.
It was the semi-final day of culture today. We looked into the sculptural development through ages. Most of it is associated with the religious and architectural development. Thus, we focuses more on the aspects and phases which were not covered earlier. We talked about Harappan, Mauryan and Kushana sculpture in quite detailed manner. However we skipped through Gupta and other Deccani/Southern sculptural development summarily. When we reached Chola, we devoted a considerable time to Chola Bronze. We also talked about the lost-wax method. It was followed by a small presentation on the history of Indian coinage - a part of sculpture to a certain extent.
And then we turned our attention to Indian Aesthetics. I was actually a little wary earlier about the prospects of this topic being well received. However, the experience was successful beyond my imagination and proved to be quite useful. We talked about the Indian view of looking at the arts, their meaning, their purpose. We started with Satyam Shivam Sundaram, a kinda Indian Value Theory. We then talked about Rasa Theory in short and then went on to discuss Bharata's Natyashastra, Anandvardhana's Dhvanyaloka and Abhinavgupta's commentary on Natyashastra. The discussion on the Natyashastra went on for about 20-30 minutes wherein we discussed the theory of origin, Tandav-Lasya, Abhinay ways, theory of Music, and musical instruments, their classification, and finally the Rasa theory in detail. And we finished with Ashta-Nayikas. I hope the discussion gave you an idea about how to look at Indian thought as well as to put the things in perspective for analysis.
In the last leg, we started with Classical Dances. After a brief introductory discussion we started picking the dances one by one. However, due to time limit, we could not finish all the dances today. We will continue with the rest tomorrow.
Supplementary
Handouts -
- Mathura vs Gandhara
- Additional quasi-classical dances
- Contemporary Dance
- Puppetry – a form of theatre
- Martial Arts
- UNESCO World Intangible Heritage List
- Sample Questions
General Instructions -
Tomorrow will be the last lecture on the culture. By the end it will be almost 22-23 hours of culture. We should all understand that India is a huge country and its impossible to feel all the aspects of her manifestation let alone teaching in the class. However, I have tried to touch upon all the relevant aspects insofar as the exam is concerned. Still, some part will remain untouched. I will give a list of all such topics in the class tomorrow. I expect you all to go through those topics on your own before the exam at least once.
We discussed about the Modern part of the History today and the feedback was to concentrate more on pre-Congress part of it. It was finalised to give 60% of the time to pre-Congress time and rest to the Congress era.
Exam -
I think you have had enough time by now to go through the Ancient NCERT. We will have our first exam on this Saturday on Religion. Be prepared.
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