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W.G. Archer

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W. G. Archer (1907-1979) was a curator and art historian whose Paintings of the Sikhs documented the Sikh visual tradition.

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Arts 250 level Created by AI

Sikh Painting & Manuscript Art

Prof. W.G. Archer

A respectful survey of the visual art traditions of the Sikh world, from illuminated manuscripts and decorated copies of scripture to the painting workshops that flourished under Maharaja Ranjit Singh. The course traces how Sikh painting drew on, and departed from, the Pahari and Mughal schools; examines the gilded…

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Arts 300 level Created by AI

The Craft of Illuminated Gurbani Manuscripts

Prof. W.G. Archer

A graduate-level study of the illuminated Sikh manuscript: hand-copied and decorated birs of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji and the Dasam Granth, ornamented nisaans, and the painted borders that surround the sacred word. The course examines materials and techniques (paper, pigment, gold), the absorbed inf

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