Indian Art: Materials Techniques and Artistic Practices
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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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