Indian Modern Art-I (Theory)

Paper Code: 
VAS 701
Credits: 
2
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

VAS 701

Indian Modern Art-I

 (Theory)

 

 

The students will-

CO179:   Recognize and analyze all the Indian modern artists and their achievements, experiments and advancements to formulate in writings.

CO180:  Examine major art school, tradition, artists, artworks, aesthetic values and theories to assess the art works in their historical and cultural settings.

CO181:  Develop analytic and critical skills and an artistic sensitivity to contemplate and interpret works of Indian modern artists.

CO182:   Summarize and inculcate various techniques used by Indian Modern artists to incorporate in their own work.

 

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, RamkinkarBaij

 

6.00
Unit IV: 

Delhi Shilpi Chakra: B.C. Sanyal, Kanwal Krishna, DhanrajBhagat, PranNathMago, SatishGujral, Ram Kumar, Shailoz Mukherjee

 

6.00
Unit V: 

Calcutta Group: NirodeMazumdar, RathinMaitra, GopalGhosh, Pradosh Das Gupta, Paritosh Sen

 

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: 
2021-2022
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