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Paper Code: 
VAP221: Indian Contemporary Art (Theory)
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
30.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

This paper will enable the students to-

 

  1. Read and 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

 

 

 

VAP 221

 

 

 

Indian Contemporary Art

(Theory)

 

 

The students will be able to-

CO23:. Understand various art Schools and artists of Indian art.

CO24:  Articulate the evolution of new mediums in modern artworks.

CO25:  Identify the idea of modernism in Indian context.

CO26 Understand the significance of cultural context in informing the interpretation of art works.

CO 27:  Classify different artist and their art works.

 

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, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects, regular ,display and submission of artworks.

 

6.00
Unit I: 
Unit I

The changing scene in Madras and Cholamandal

Madras School: D.P. Roy Choudhury, K.C.S. Panikar, S. Dhanpal, J Sultan Ali

 

6.00
Unit II: 
Unit II

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

 

6.00
Unit III: 
Unit III

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

 

6.00
Unit IV: 
Unit IV

Piloo Puchkanwala, Somnath Hore, Ghulam Mohd. Sheikh, Raghav Kanoria, Balbir Singh Katt, A Ramachandran, Anjolie Ela Menon, Manjit Bawa

 

6.00
Unit V: 
Unit V

Ramgopal Vijayvergiya, Devkinandan Sharma, Kripal Singh Shekhawat, Govardhanlal Joshi, B.C. Gui, PN. Choyal, Dwarka Prasad Sharma

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Asit Paul (Ed.), Woodcut Prints of Nineteenth Century Calcutta.
  • Ravi Varma, New Perspectives, National Museum
  • Ratan Parimoo, The art of the Three Tagores, M.S. University
  • R. Siva Kumar, Santiniketan Murals, Seagull &VisvaBharati
  • R. Siva Kumar, Santiniketan/The Making of a Contextual Modernism, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
  • GeetaKapur, Six Indian Artists
  • K.G. Subramanyan, Moving Focus, Lalit Kala Akademi
  • K.G. Subramanyan, Living Tradition, Seagull
  • Neville Tuli, Flaming Mosaic
  • Monographs on individual artists, Lalit Kala Akademi
  • Jaya Appasamy, Introduction to Modern Indian Sculpture, Vikas Publications

 

References: 

JOURNALS:

  • Issues of Lalit Kala Contemporary
  • Issues of Nandan

 

Academic Year: 
2020-2021
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