Indian Modern Art(Theory)

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

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:

 

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Course Outcomes

 

Learning and teaching strategies

 

Assessment Strategies

 

Paper Code

 

Paper Title

VAP 701

Indian Modern Art

 (Theory)

 

 

The students will be able to-

CO168:  Evaluate all the achievements, experiments and advancements each of the mentioned artists made in Modern Art to formulate a deep appreciation of the legacy before them.

 

CO169: Examine major art school, tradition, artists, artworks, aesthetic values and theories to assess the qualities of work of art in their historical and cultural settings.

 

CO170: Develop analytic and critical skills and an artistic sensitivity to contemplate and interpret works of Indian modern artists.

 

CO171:  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 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: 

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: 

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

The Government College of Art & Craft (GCAC) in Kolkata/Calcutta art School (founded 1854)

Mukul Chandra Dey (1895 – 1989), Chintamoni Kar

Extended as The 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: Ram Kinkar Baij, Binode Behari Mukherjee,Jogen Chowdhury,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

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

References: 
  • 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
  • A History of Indian Painting (The Modern Period) by Krishna Chaitanya
  • Cholamandal -An Artists’ Village edited by Josef James

 

Academic Year: 
2022-2023
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