This course explores in survey fashion the artistic products of the leading religions and philosophies of Asia, from Islam, Hinduism, Jainism and early Buddhism in India, Southeast Asia and the Islamic World, to Daoism, Confucianism, Shinto and Mahayana Buddhism in China, Korea and Japan.

Focusing on sculptural and architectural work, the course offers students introductory yet intensive object-based study. It also provides associated contextual learning, investigating themes such as court life of the Indian and Persian sultanates and the Mughals; civil and military East Asian court life; and the European opening-up of trade with China and Japan from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries.

The course concludes with a review of contemporary art and its markets in India, Iran, Southeast Asia, China and Japan.

Course dates
17 January - 6 May, 2011

Course fees
£7,150

For details on how to apply, please visit admissions page

Faculty
James Malpas
Dr. Anne Farrer
Julia Hutt
Gordon Lang


Sotheby's Institute of Art brochure/catalog
Download our brochure/catalog 2010-2011.

For more information on Semester programmes, please e-mail Federica Galoppo or call +44 (0) 20 7462 3241.