This course contains 14 segments:
A brief history of Western culture
Judaism, an introduction
Roots of Hinduism
Principal deities of Hinduism
Beliefs made visible: Hindu art in South Asia
Explore Hinduism through clips of significant sites in South Asia and interviews with members of the Bay Area South Asian community. Learn more about Hinduism on the Asian Art Museum's education website.
Introduction to Buddhism
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This course contains 14 segments:
A brief history of Western culture
Judaism, an introduction
Roots of Hinduism
Principal deities of Hinduism
Beliefs made visible: Hindu art in South Asia
Explore Hinduism through clips of significant sites in South Asia and interviews with members of the Bay Area South Asian community. Learn more about Hinduism on the Asian Art Museum's education website.
Introduction to Buddhism
This course contains 14 segments:
A brief history of Western culture
Judaism, an introduction
Roots of Hinduism
Principal deities of Hinduism
Beliefs made visible: Hindu art in South Asia
Explore Hinduism through clips of significant sites in South Asia and interviews with members of the Bay Area South Asian community. Learn more about Hinduism on the Asian Art Museum's education website.
Introduction to Buddhism
The Historical Buddha
Beliefs made visible: Buddhist art in South Asia
Explore Buddhism through clips of significant sites in South Asia and interviews with members of the Bay Area South Asian community. Learn more about Buddhism on the Asian Art Museum's education website.
Christianity, an introduction for the study of art history
Standard scenes from the life of Christ in art
About chronological periods in the Islamic world
Introduction to Islam
The Five Pillars of Islam
Stories of the modern pilgrimage
Every year, 25,000 British Muslims make the pilgrimage to Mecca. As part of the exhibition, Hajj: journey to the heart of Islam, the British Museum asked what this journey is like... ©Trustees of the British Museum. More Hajj stories from the Asian Art Museum
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