Arts of India, 2004 series

Starting from the monumental architecture of forts, mosques, palaces and tombs in the 16h century with guest lecturer Dr George Michell the series also looked at folk and tribal art, photography, decorative arts and textiles and contemporary art.

 
Term One

• 9 March - Sultanates of Northern India
  George Michell, Independent scholar
    
• 16 March - Rise of the Mughals
  George Michell
   
• 23 March - The Rajput Kingdoms 
  George Michell
   
• 30 March - South India under Vijayangara 
  George Michell
   
• 27 April - Fatehpur Sikri: synthesis and innovation in Indian palace design 
  Haema Sivanesan, Assistant Curator of Asian Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales
   
• 4 May - Stories of love, key genres in Rajput painting
  Haema Sivanesan
   
• 11 May - Images of ecstacy: art and bhakti  
  Haema Sivanesan
   
• 18 May - Art and ritual in the 'expanded' temples of South India  
  Haema Sivanesan
   
• 25 May - Tradition re-invented: the modern Bengal school  
  John Clark, Professor, Department of Art History and Theory, University of Sydney
   
• 1 June - Davangana imagery on Hindi temple architecture: a study of form, meaning and aesthetics 
  Gauri Parimoo Krishnan, Senior Curator for South Asia, Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore
   
• 8 June - When sculptures dance: connections between  Indian classical dance and sculpture  
  Dr Chandrabhanu, Director, Chandrabhanu Bharatalya Academy
   
• 15 June - Revision

 
 Term two

• 27 July - Earthly and spiritual aspects of Mughal textiles  
  Susan Scollay, Eastern and historic textile specialist
   
• 3 August - Rajputs empowered: paintings from Rajasthan in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria
  Carol Cains, Curator of South and Southeast Asian Art, National Gallery of Victoria
   
• 9 August - Indain trade textiles: the Powerhouse Museum collection 
  Christina Sumner, Curator of International Decorative Arts and Design, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
   
• 17 August - Buddhist illuminated manuscripts: from India to Tibet 
  David Templeman, Independent scholar
   
• 24 August - A collectors view of Indian folk and tribal art 
  Ace Bourke, Aboriginal art consultant, Shapiro Auctioneers
   
• 31 August - Anglo-India and colonial Australia: trade, society and the decorative arts 
  James Broadbent, Historian, curator and conservationist
   
• 7 September - The photographers gaze: seeing 19th Century India 
  Jim Masselos, Honorary Reader in History, University of Sydney
   
• 14 September - Mainstream and parallel cinema in India 
  Bruce McIntyre, SBS Editor and independent scholar
   
• 21 September - Lunligunga: an extended residency in Sri Lanka  
  Fiona Hall, Artist
   
• 12 October - Singing a different tune: tracing the traditions of Indian film songs 
  Anupam Sharma, Film producer
   
• 19 October - Edge of desire: recent art from India 
  Chaitanya Sambrani, Lecturer, Art History and Theory, Australia National University
   
• 26 October - Revision
   
• 2 November - Slide Test