Folk, Popular and Functional Arts (Theory)

Paper Code: 
VHA 322
Credits: 
5
Contact Hours: 
75.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable the students to-

  1. Learn about the historical origin of Folk, Popular and Functional arts.
  2. Acquire a working vocabulary associated with the analysis and interpretation of works.
  3. Analyze Folk, Popular and Functional art works contextually.
  4. Compare and contrast Folk, Popular and Functional art works.

 

Course

Outcomes (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

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VHA322

Folk, Popular and Functional Arts

The students will be able to-

CO43:Develop an eye to understand and appreciate folk,popular and functional arts.

CO44: Classify and assess the effects, style and techniques of folk, popular and functional arts.

CO45: Develop skills to write critically on folk, popular and functional arts.

CO46:Understand the significance of cultural context in informing the interpretation of folk, popular and functional arts.

 

 

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration of writing and visualizing.

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, presentation, Giving writing tasks.

 

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects, regular submission.

 

14.00
Unit I: 

Folk art Paintings: Phad Paintings, Madhubani Paintings, Pithora Paintings, Nirmal Paintings, Warli Paintings, Pichwai Paintings, Folk murals/wall paintings, Murals (Ala- Gila), Minakari, Ganjifa, Kalamkari, Kalighat pata,  Pata painting — Bengal scrolls, Santal Patas, Jadu patas and pata traditions in rest of India.

10.00
Unit II: 

Folk dolls, masks and toys.

14.00
Unit III: 

Pottery: as cultural index and its varieties, Terracotta: ageless types, timed variations, and votive terracotta, Terracotta of Mulela, Blue pottery of Jaipur, Dhokra, its technique, style and utility.

12.00
Unit IV: 

Traditional tie and die textiles of India — bandhni, patola, mashru, ikat, Leheriya, Kantha, Chamba rumal.

10.00
Unit V: 

Floor Decoration: Mandhna, Alpana, Rangoli

References: 

1. Stephen P. Huyler, Gifts of Earth: Terracotta and Clay Sculpture of India.
2. Haku Shah, Votive Terracottas of Gujarat.
3. Gurusaday Dutt, Folk Arts and Crafts of Bengal: the Collected Papers.
4. J. Swaminathan, The Perceiving Fingers.
5. Pupul Jayakar, The Earthen Drum.
6. Rudolf von Leyden, Ganjifa.
7. Nora Fisher (Ed.), Mud, Mirror and Thread.
8. Jyotindra Jain and Arti Agarwala, National Handicraft and Handlooms Museum.
9. Yashodra Dalmia, The Painted World of the Warlis.
10. Yves Vequand, The Art of Mithila.
11. Victoria Murphy and Rosemary Grill, Tie-died Textiles of India.
12. Niaz zaman, The Art of Kantha Embroidery.
13. Robert Skelton, Rajasthani Temble Hangings of Krishna Cult.
14. Asit Paul (Ed.), Woodcut Prints of Nineteenth Century Calcutta.

Academic Year: 
2020-2021
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