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Folk and Minor Art in India
Prof. Shatarupa Thakurta Roy · IIT Kanpur
About
Indian folk artistry is uniquely recognized all over the world not only for richness of aesthetics but also as indicators of age-old habitual belief.
They comprise of tacit knowledge that is protected by passing on through generations.
Having said that one must also consider the folk artists as creative individuals with adequate freedom of expression to keep the tradition alive and going.
In India, the mainstream academic style of art synergized with the principle of vernacular art and culture to boost ‘Nationalistic’ idea as well as ‘Modernism’ since pre-colonial era.
The course traces the journey of an array of indigenous art styles from traditional to contemporary and comments on sustainability of culture through preservation, conservation and paradigm shift.
Intended audience: Students and researchers of Fine Arts, Design, History of Art, Performing Art, Visual Culture, Museology, Archeology, Sociology
Prerequisites: Bachelor Degree in Humanities
Lectures
Week 1
- 01.Changing definition of Folk and Minor Art
- 02.Timeline and Regions: General Mapping
- 03. Traditional Roots: Elements and Principles
- 04. Timelessness : Primitive Connection
- 05. Evolution in Purpose: Ritualistic to Propagative
- 06. Contemporary Practice
Week 2
- 07. Classification and Connections: Traditional Roots
- 08. Early Literacy Resources
- 09. Mythical Associations
- 10. Idea of Nationalism and Modernism in the Context of Folk Art-I & II
- 11. Relevance of the Art Practice
Week 3
- 12. Contextualization and Decontextualization
- 13. Concept of Communication for Social Purpose
- 14. Aesthetic Perspective
- 15. Secularity and Religious Plurality
- 16. Ethnographic perspective on the study of Folk Art and Culture
- 17. About the Exponents who brought the culture under the Limelight
Week 4
- 18. Commonality and Congruity in the Diverse Content of Art
- 19. School of Art in Madhubani Painting
- 20. Art as a Feminine Preserve vs the Male painters of Madhubani
- 21. Yamapata by the Jadopatias, Sohari Painters and their Art
- 22. Patachitra of Bengal
- 23. Patachitra of Odisha
Week 5
- 24. Continuum of the Practice: Ancient Centres, Contemporary Scenario, Method and Material - 1
- 25. Continuum of the Practice: Ancient Centres, Contemporary Scenario, Method and Material - 2
- 26. Continuum of the Practice: Ancient Centres, Contemporary Scenario, Method and Material - 3
- 27. Case study - 1: Gond Art
- 28. Case study - 2: Bengal Patachitra
- 29. Case study - 3: Madhubani Paintings
Week 6
- 30. Characteristics of Contemporary Collection- Semiotic Analysis
- 31. Characteristics of Contemporary Collection- Thematic and Iconic Analysis
- 32. Characteristics of Contemporary Collection of Indian Folk and Minor Art
- 33. Thematic Change in Contemporary Collection of Indian Folk and Minor Art
- 34. Individual Expression in Contemporary Art
Week 7
- 35. Cultural Condition: Colonial and Postcolonial Bengal - Part I
- 36. Cultural Condition: Colonial and Postcolonial Bengal - Part II
- 37. Contextualizing Folk idiom - Part I
- 38. Contextualizing Folk idiom - Part II
- 39. Contextualizing Folk idiom - Part III
Week 8
Syllabus and materials
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Credits and licence
- Institution
- IIT Kanpur
- Department
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Teacher
- Prof. Shatarupa Thakurta Roy
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Language
- English
- Subjects
- Society and politics
- Source
- NPTEL
- Licence
- CC BY-NC-SA, as NPTEL states it. Non-commercial use only. NPTEL's terms
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