"Indian Visual Culture as World Commodity" lecture by Prof Frederick Asher at School of Arts & Aesthetics ( SAA ), JNU, New Mehrauli Road > 4:30pm on 12th August 2011
Time : 4:30 pm ( Tea at 4 pm )
Entry : Free
Place : Auditorium, School of Arts & Aesthetics ( SAA ), Jawaharlal Nehru University ( JNU ), New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi - 110067
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Event Details : The School of Arts and Aesthetics is pleased to invite you to 'Indian Visual Culture as World Commodity' by Prof Frederick Asher, Professor, Department of Art History, University of Minnesota.
Dr Frederick (Rick) Asher is a major figure in the study of Indian art history. Known for his important early work on Gupta and Pala period art, his current research considers the architecture of contested religious space, issues related to art as commodity and patterns of trade.
In this talk he discusses the role and presence of classical Indian art beyond India, that is, Indian visual culture as part of a world system. He will argue that much as India borrowed visual ideas from distant parts of the world and, it exported ideas across the world to areas with which India was and remains connected, though in diverse ways through time. Following the work of Janet Abu-Lughod, who argues that India was central to a world system long before the age of European colonialism, as Immanuel Wallerstein had argued, Asher will extend that notion even further back in time, to the time of Aśoka, as well as forward to the present day. The various factors that stimulate the transmission of visual ideas which will be discussed in this lecture include: Appropriation of the Other, pilgrimage, trade in luxury goods, war, colonialism, and diasporas.
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Nearest Metro Stations - 'Hauz Khas(Yellow Line)' & 'Delhi Aerocity(Orange Line)'
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Event Details : The School of Arts and Aesthetics is pleased to invite you to 'Indian Visual Culture as World Commodity' by Prof Frederick Asher, Professor, Department of Art History, University of Minnesota.
Dr Frederick (Rick) Asher is a major figure in the study of Indian art history. Known for his important early work on Gupta and Pala period art, his current research considers the architecture of contested religious space, issues related to art as commodity and patterns of trade.
In this talk he discusses the role and presence of classical Indian art beyond India, that is, Indian visual culture as part of a world system. He will argue that much as India borrowed visual ideas from distant parts of the world and, it exported ideas across the world to areas with which India was and remains connected, though in diverse ways through time. Following the work of Janet Abu-Lughod, who argues that India was central to a world system long before the age of European colonialism, as Immanuel Wallerstein had argued, Asher will extend that notion even further back in time, to the time of Aśoka, as well as forward to the present day. The various factors that stimulate the transmission of visual ideas which will be discussed in this lecture include: Appropriation of the Other, pilgrimage, trade in luxury goods, war, colonialism, and diasporas.
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"Indian Visual Culture as World Commodity" lecture by Prof Frederick Asher at School of Arts & Aesthetics ( SAA ), JNU, New Mehrauli Road > 4:30pm on 12th August 2011
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