Indian Modern Art-I (Theory)

Paper Code: 
VAP 701
Credits: 
02
Contact Hours: 
30.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

The course will enable the students to-

  1. Analyze the art works Indian Modern artists.
  2. Understand a range of artistic techniques such as use of color, composition and medium.
  3. Learn how to do visual analysis.
  4. Study timeline to understand the historical development of Indian art.

COURSE OUTCOMES:

 

               Course

 

Course Outcomes

 

Learning and teaching strategies

 

Assessment Strategies

 

Paper Code

 

Paper Title

VAP 701

Indian Modern Art-I

 (Theory)

 

 

The students will be able to-

CO 131: Understand various Schools and artists of Indian art.

 

CO 132: Articulate the evolution of new mediums in modern artworks.

 

CO 133: Identify the idea of modernism in Indian context.

 

CO 134: To understand the significance of cultural context in informing the interpretation of art works.

 

CO 135:  knowledge of artist contribution and work styles from modern to contemporary Indian art.

 

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration.

 

Learning activities for the students:

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

 

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

 

6.00
Unit I: 

Contribution, aim and approach of various Schools of Art and artists: Development in Calcutta, Madras, Lahore, Lucknow

 

6.00
Unit II: 

Company School (Patna School), Kalighat

Artists with individual styles: Raja Ravi Varma, Amrita Shergil, Jamini Roy

 

6.00
Unit III: 

Bengal School: Abanindranath Tagore, Gaganendranath Tagore, Nandalal Bose

Indigenous artists: Rabindranath Tagore, BinodeBehari Mukherjee, Ramkinkar Baij

 

6.00
Unit IV: 

Delhi Shilpi Chakra: B.C. Sanyal, Kanwal Krishna, Dhanraj Bhagat, Pran Nath Mago, Satish Gujral, Ram Kumar, Shailoz Mukherjee

6.00
Unit V: 

Calcutta Group: Nirode Mazumdar, Rathin Maitra, Gopal Ghosh, Pradosh Das Gupta, Paritosh Sen

 

 

Essential Readings: 

 

 

References: 

Book recommended:

  • The Triumph of Modernism: India's Artists and the Avant-Garde, 1922-1947 : Partha Mitter
  • Contemporary Art in India, A Perspective : Pran Nath Mago
  • The Art of India : Kramrisch, Stella.
Academic Year: 
2020-2021
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