Indian Modern Art-II (Theory)

Paper Code: 
VAS 801
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
30.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

The course will enable the students to-

1. Develop a creative eye to appreciate Indian Modern art considering its subject, style and techniques.

 2. Assess the relationship between effects and techniques in a range of art works done by Modern Indian artists.

   3. Understand and learn the significance of context in informing the interpretation of art works.

 4. Student must form the habit of having contact with the artworks by visiting historical places, monuments, museums, galleries and exhibitions.

 

COURSE OUTCOMES:

 

Course

 

 

Course Outcomes

 

Learning and teaching strategies

 

Assessment Strategies

 

Paper Code

 

Paper Title

VAS 801

Indian Modern Art (Theory)

 

The students will-

CO212:  Analyze socio political scenario to get an understanding of how the each of the mentioned artists created art works.

CO213:  Summarize and compare the development of Indian modern art over time to understand the need and importance of the changes that are occurring so as to inculcate the same in their works.

CO214:  Interpret analytic and critical skills while reading the artist’s work in critical writing.

CO215:   Recognize various art terminology to hold art discussions in museums, galleries and in class.

 

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, Sketching, layouts Class test, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects, regular submission.

 

6.00
Unit I: 

The changing scene in Madras and Cholamandal

Madras School: D.P. Roy Choudhury, K.C.S. Paniker, S. Dhanapal, J. Sultan Ali

 

6.00
Unit II: 

Bombay Progressive Group: F.N. Souza, S.H. Raza, M.F. Hussain, K.H. Ara, K.K. Hebbar, H.G. Gade, Sadanand Bakre

 

6.00
Unit III: 

K.G. Subramayan, Shankho Chaudhary, Bikash Bhattacharjee, Ganesh Pyne, Jogen Chowdhury, Bhupen Khakhar, Vinayak Pandurang Karmarkar, Vivan Sundaram, Mahendra Pandya, P.V. Janakiram

 

6.00
Unit IV: 

Piloo Pochkhanawala, Somnath Hore, Ghulam Mohammed Sheikh, Raghav Kaneria, Balbir Singh Katt, A. Ramachandran, AnjolieElaMenon, ManjitBawa

 

6.00
Unit V: 

Ram Gopal Vijayvargiya, Devkinandan Sharma, Kripal Singh Shekhawat, Goverdhan Lal Joshi, B.C. Gui, P.N. Choyal, Dwarka Prasad Sharma

 

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
     
  • Progressive Artists Group of Bombay: An Overview by Ratan Parimoo and Nalini Bhagwat
     
  • The Art of India ,  Kramrisch, Stella
     

 

Academic Year: 
2021-2022
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