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Modern Indian Art From the Colonial Period to the Present

Prof. Soumik Nandy Majumdar · Visva Bharati University

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Lectures

Week 1: Modern Indian Art: The Beginnings

  1. Overview of Modern Indian Art Video
  2. Advent of the British Colonial Rule Video
  3. Company Painting- A new genre in Indian Art Video
  4. Kalighat Painting- from folk art to urban milieu Video
  5. Raja Ravi Varma, Amrita Sher-Gil, Jamini Roy: In search of Indian Identity Video

Week 2: Modern Indian Art and Nationalism during the Pre-Independence Era

  1. Early Modern Indian Sculpture Video
  2. Nationalism, Abanindranath Tagore and Bengal School Video
  3. Calcutta- the happening center of modern Indian art Video
  4. Santiniketan- the alternative modernism Nandalal & Benode Behari Video
  5. Santiniketan- the alternative modernism Ramkinkar & Rabindranath Video

Week 3: 1940s and Post-Independence Era of Modern Indian Art

  1. 1940s- a different social reality Video
  2. Calcutta Groups & Bombay Progressive Artists Group Video
  3. Post Independent Sculpture Video
  4. Diversities in style and content : 1950s onward (I) Video
  5. Diversities in style and content : 1950s onward (II) Video

Week 4: Indian Art from Modern to Contemporary: 1980s to the Present

  1. Abstraction in modern Indian art Video
  2. Neo figuration and the narrative trends Video
  3. Folk Art and Modernism Video
  4. Breaking the barriers: Unconventional mediums and ideas Video
  5. Experiments Innovations: Past and Future Video

Live Session

  1. Live Session 29-03-2022 Video

Syllabus and materials

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Credits and licence

Institution
Visva Bharati University
Department
Humanities and Social Sciences
Teacher
Prof. Soumik Nandy Majumdar
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Society and politics
Source
NPTEL
Licence
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