Indian Modern Art (Theory)

Paper Code: 
24CVAP701
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
30.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

The course will enable the students to Analyzing the works of Indian modern artists involves understanding various artistic techniques, such as the use of color, composition, and medium, as well as developing skills in visual analysis. Additionally, examining the historical development of Indian art provides a contextual framework to appreciate these works fully and Study timelinto understand the historical development of Indian art.

Course Outcomes: 

Course

Learning Outcome

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course Code

Course Title

24CVAP

701

Indian Modern Art

(Theory)

CO163:  Evaluate all the achievements, experiments and advancements each of the mentioned artists made in Company school, Kalighat Paintings, and Bengal school  to formulate a deep appreciation of the legacy before them.

 

CO164: Examine major art school, tradition, artists, artworks, aesthetic values and theories to assess the qualities of Madras school and Cholamandal village art in their historical and cultural settings.

 

CO165: Develop analytic and critical skills and an artistic sensitivity to contemplate and interpret works of The Government College of Art & Craft and Bengal school of art          

 

CO166:  Recognize the various techniques used by artists mentioned in the syllabus and how they construct a language through unique skills in the artwork to incorporate that in Contemporary Bengal , Calcutta Group, Mordern Sculptor Artists and in their own work.

 

CO167: Classify and compare various artist style of PAG Group, Delhi Shilpi Chakra, (AIFACS 1948-1949). Interpret or analyse Indian art and artist and their contribution.

 

CO168: Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction

Approach in Teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading Assignments, Multiple Points of View

 

Learning Activities for The Students: Self-Learning Assignments, Effective Questions, Giving Tasks, Oral Explanation

Continuous Assessment Test, Semester end examination, Quiz, Solving Problems in Tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and Group Projects

 

COURSE CONTENT:

6.00
Unit I: 
Company school, Kalighat Paintings, and Bengal school
  • Company school/Patna painting (1770-1850, 18th and 19th centuries)
  • Kalighat Painting (originated around 1830, in the 19th century)
  • Jamini Roy
  • Popular painting- Raja Ravi Varma (1848-1906)
6.00
Unit II: 
Madras school and Cholamandal village
  • The Madras School of art (established in 1850)/ the Government School of Arts and Crafts, Chennai/ - Debi Prasad Roy Chowdhury, K. C. S. Paniker, S. Dhanapal, J.Sultan Ali.
  • Cholamandal Artists' Village (Established in 1966)
6.00
Unit III: 
The Government College of Art & Craft and Bengal school of art
  • The Government College of Art & Craft (GCAC) in Kolkata/Calcutta art School (founded 1854)
  • Mukul Chandra Dey (1895 – 1989), Chintamoni Kar
  • Extended asThe Bengal school of art (early 20th century)- Abanindranath Tagore, Gaganendranath Tagore, Nandalal Bose, Rabindranath Tagore, Mukul Dey, Asit Kumar Haldar, M.A.R Chughtai, 
  • Sudhir Khastgir, Kshitindranath Majumdar.
6.00
Unit IV: 
Contemporary Bengal, Calcutta Group, Mordern Sculptor Artists
  • Contemporary Bengal: Ram KinkarBaij, Binode Behari Mukherjee, JogenChowdhury, Sankho Chaudhuri
  • Ganesh Pyne, Ganesh Haloi, Jahar Dasgupta, Bikash Bhattacharjee, Gopal Sanyal, Somnath Hore
  • Sanat Chatterjee.
  • The Calcutta Group group (formed in 1943 in Kolkata)-Nirode Mazumdar, Rathin Maitra, Gopal Ghosh, Pradosh Das Gupta, Paritosh Sen.
6.00
Unit V: 
The PAG Group, Delhi Shilpi Chakra, (AIFACS 1948-1949
  • The Progressive Artists' Group (PAG), (formation in 1947)- six founder members, F. N. Souza, S. H. Raza, M. F. Husain, K. H. Ara, H. A. Gade, and S. K. Bakre.
  • Amrita Shergil (1913-1941), K.G Subramanyan, Ram Gopal Vijaywargiya
  • All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS 1948-1949)-Kanwal Krishna, KS Kulkarni.
  • Delhi Silpi Chakra (1949)-BC Sanyal, Dhan Raj Bhagat, Ram Kumar, Satish Gujral
Essential Readings: 

 

  1. The Triumph of Modernism: India's Artists and the Avant-Garde, 1922-1947: Partha Mitter
  2. Contemporary Art in India, A Perspective: Pran Nath Mago
  3. The Art of India: Kramrisch, Stella
  4. A History of Indian Painting (The Modern Period) by Krishna Chaitanya
  5. Cholamandal-An Artists’ Village edited by Josef James
  6. Vashishtha, Neelima, Tradition and Modernity in Indian Arts: during the Twentieth Century, Delhi: Aryan Book International, 2010
  7. Mago, Pran Nath, Contemporary Art in India: A Prespective, National Book Trust, 2001
  8. Rabindra Nath tagore, Amrita sher-Gil, Jamini Roy, New Delhi: Vadhera Art Gallery, 2004
  9. Joshi, Raja Ravi Varma Ke Prssidh Chitra, Puna: Chitra Shala Sttem Prees, 1920
  10. Dalmia, Yashodhara, The Making of Modern Indian Art the Progressives, Delhi: Bharat Prakashan, 2001                                                                               

Suggested Readings:

  1. JOA - Journal of Arts
  2. ShodhKosh: Journal of Visual and Performing Arts
  3. Atishay Kalit- A Bilingual Research Journal of Fine Arts, Culture and Humanities                   
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