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Medium Of InstructionsMode Of LearningMode Of Delivery
EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

Courses and Certificate Fees

Fees InformationsCertificate AvailabilityCertificate Providing Authority
INR 1000yesIIT Kanpur

The Syllabus

  • How is clay processed into objects? 
  • Brick structures and urns from the Indus Valley and Megalithic sites in south India
  • Sculptures of terracotta and bronze from Harappa
  • Terracruda or unbaked clay-made objects and rituals

  • Wood, stone and living rock 
  • Stupa, vihara, caves and temples from Shunga, Kushana, Maurya and Gupta periods

  • How pigment-based paints are processed and applied to walls
  • Bhimbetka drawings
  • Murals of Sittanavasal and Ajanta

  • Architectural treatise and utilisation of Vastupurusha mandala for making temples 
  • Temples of Badami Chalukyas, Rashtrakuta, Chola, Chandela and Eastern Ganga dynasties

  • Types of stone in India: Mathura Sandstone, Deccani Basalt, Rajasthani Marble 
  • Stone carving for architecture
  • Hero stones and their social significance 
  • Household items and objects in royal court

  • Islam, the garden of paradise and afterlife 
  • Tombs, palace, garden and waterways from the Mughal and Deccani context
  • Regional and foreign flora and fauna in Mughal and Deccani gardens

  • How does paper affect the character of painting and calligraphy? How are ink and pigments prepared? 
  • Jain manuscripts and Islamic treatise
  • Mughal, Deccani, Rajput and Pahari miniature paintings 
  • Mysore and Tanjore paintings

  • Printmaking techniques and their application in books and images 
  • Bazar paintings of Kalighat and Battala woodcuts
  • Lithograph and Oleograph from Calcutta, Pune and Lucknow

  • Company paintings, European watercolour and Indian artisans 
  • Oil painting in the Princely courts 
  • Raja Ravi Varma

  • Gandhian philosophy and stress on day-to-day practices such as spinning, weaving and self-sustainability as decolonisation
  • Alterative art education in Santiniketan, stress on habitual practice, co-existence of cultures
  • Nandalal Bose, Gandhi and Haripura posters 
  • Overview of the significance of craft in nation-building

  • Introduction to the key developments in Indian Art after 1947
  • Post-independence artistic and design practices 
  • Canvas painting, textile, furniture making between the 1950s and 1990s

  • Neoliberalism, transnational connections and “new media” approaches 
  • Curatorial and collaborative projects between artists, educators and communities 
  • Biennale, entrepreneurship and expansive notion of “art” after 2010

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