Indian Modern Art (Theory)

Paper Code: 
VAP 121
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
30.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This paper will enable the students to-

  1. Get Information of various art schools and artists of  Indian art  world and analyze the art works Indian Modern artists.
  2. Gather knowledge of new and experimental techniques, mediums and more which were used by the modern Indian artists.
  3. Learn about some art schools, movements and ideas which developed in different areas of India and developed Art culturally.

COURSE OUTCOMES:

 

                Course

 

 Course Outcomes

 

Learning and teaching strategies

 

Assessment Strategies 

Paper Code

Paper Title

VAP 121

 

Indian Modern Art

 (Theory)

 

The students will be able to-

CO1: Understand various Schools and artists of Indian art.  

Develop critical awareness and advanced knowledge of Indian Art.

CO2: Articulate the evolution of new mediums in modern artworks.  Analyze and evaluate various styles, techniques the Indian contemporary art .

CO3: Identify the idea of modernism in Indian context.

CO4: To understand the significance of cultural context in informing the interpretation of art works.

CO5:    Get the knowledge of the contribution of artists in turning and developing society, politics and environmental issues in India.

 

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, Binode Behari 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. 

 
References: 

BOOKS 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: 
2022-2023
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