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Introduction to European
Architecture II
This lecture-only course offers a survey of
Western architecture from c. 1520. It provides
an introduction to the critical analysis of building
types. This lecture-only course considers such
matters as issues of style, the functions of
architecture, as well as the range of technical
methods employed by architects in the context
of infuential factors such as historical period,
geographic location, and the prevailing social,
political and religious environments.
Lecturers
Academic staff from the Department of History
of Art
How to apply
You may register and pay by credit/laser card
online at
after 6 August 2013 or you can
download an application form and send it with a
cheque/draft/postal money order made payable
to Trinity College no. 1 account to: Patricia
Stapleton, Extramural Administrator, School of
Histories and Humanities, room 3141,
Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2.
Applications may be made in person after
Tuesday, 6 August 2013, in room 3141, Arts
Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2 between
2.30
p.m. and 4.30 p.m. or by appointment
(
phone 01 896 8589).
Fee
€75 for the course. A concession rate of €45 is
available to second and third level students and
people whose primary source of income is social
welfare, health board or a government-
sponsored employment scheme.
Time and place
Tuesdays, 5 p.m. - 6 p.m., in the Emmet
Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2.
Please note times are subject to change, check
our website:
after 6 August 2013 for update
or text ‘INFO’ to 087 2572015.
Duration
The course comprises of one lecture per
week over one twelve-week term commencing
Tuesday, 14 January 2014. There is a one week
break (24-28 February 2014) when no lecture
will take place.
Art and Politics in South Asia:
the Mughal and British Empires
This lecture-only course will present a broad
historical analysis of the relationship between art
and authority in South Asia. We will explore the
uses of art and culture in two separate but
interconnected imperial states in India, viz. the
early modern Mughal empire (1526-1757) and
its successor the modern British empire
(1757-1947).
In general, we will take an
expansive view of art and culture in the public
arena(s), enquiring into the many related areas
where the arts and imperial policy interacted to
express political legitimacy and define authority
as well as to challenge it. At the same time we
will examine the various religious infuences on
Indian art during this period including Hinduism,
Islam, Hindu devotional and Muslim Sufi
traditions. We will also turn our attention to the
impact on art of secular and secularising
infuences ushered in during the colonial and
nationalist eras. Other important themes we will
explore concern those of the social content of
art and the concepts of audience and patronage
in art.
Lecturer
Professor Mridu Rai
