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Course details - Semester 2 Midterm (March –May) 1. Rajisthani and Pahari painting • Basic concepts in Rajisthani paintings • Concepts and religious philosophy in Pahari paintings 2. Genre art of Mughal Painting 3. Kalighat painting 4. The Bengal school 5. Modern Indian painters • Raja Ravi Verma • Amrita Sher Gill 6. Company paintings 7. Contemporary Indian art Course details - Semester 2 final term (June – July) 1. First three decades of art in Pakistan 2. The artists from 1980s and 90s 3. The art of miniature painting in Pakistan 4. Contemporary trends of art in Pakistan

Course Synopsis

Any object designed by human beings exhibits visual qualities that are specific to the place and period in which it originates. This discourse of Art History concentrates on objects generally described as ‘art’ created in a certain time and space. The aim is to historically understand the origins of artifacts within specific material cultures, enquiring the circumstances of their making, their makers, the media used, the functions of the images and objects, their critical reception and their subsequent history. The objective is to develop an intellectual understanding in Studio practitioners of objects and aesthetics within a cultural context.

Course Learning Outcomes

At the completion of this course the students will develop innovative insights into a wider range of art practice. This course provides skills in the critical analysis of objects through the cultivation of visual literacy. The acquired skills have broad applicability in a wide range of professional settings, as well as serving the needs of enduring personal enlightenment. They will be able to analyse the primary visual and written sources from various periods and places in different ways. The studio practitioners will be able to further apply their intellectual knowledge, ranging from the Western world to the Eastern domains and Contemporary trends of art practices in India and Pakistan, on their studio-based practice.


Rajisthani and Pahari Paintinngs Lecture

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Rajisthani and Pahari Paintinngs

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Rajisthani and Pahari Paintinngs

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Genre of Mughal Paintings: Mughal Art

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Genre of Mughal Paintings Lecture

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Genre of Mughal Paintings

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Genre of Mughal Painting: Mughals in India

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Genre of Mughal Painting 2 lecture

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Genre of Mughal Painting 1 lecture

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Kalighat Paintings

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Company Paintings: paintings British period in India,paintings: lecture

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The Bengal School: lecture

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The Bengal School

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Modern Indian Painter Raja Ravi Verma: an artist talk

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Modern Indian Painter Amrita Shergil biography in hindi

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Modern Indian painter: Amrita Sher Gill

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Contemporary Indian Art

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contemporary indian art

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Contemporary trends of art in Pakistan: a lecture on contemporary art in Pakistan by Marcella Nesom

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Art in Pakistan Selected artists from 1980s and 90s: Akbar Naqvi's talk about Sadquain's paintings

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Art in Pakistan Selected artists from 1980s and 90s: talk with Shakil Siddiqui pakistani painter

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Lecture by Dr. Sadia Murtaza RCA&D IDVA LCWU Pala Buddhist and Gujrati Paintings before the advent of Mughals in south Asia

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kalighat paintings

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Bengal school : A study of Bengal school of art

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First three decades of art in Pakistan: A R Chughtai

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First Three Decades of Art in Pakistan: Allah Bukhsh interview by Radio Pakistan 1964

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Artists from 1980s and 90s: RM Naeem

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First three decades of art in Pakistan: Shakir Ali interview by Radio Pakistan

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The artists from 1980s and 90s: Gulgee

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The Artists from 1980s and 90s: Sadquain

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The contemporary trends of art in Pakistan

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The art of miniature painting in Pakistan: a talk with shazia Sikander

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The art of miniature painting in Pakistan: Drawing in Glass: Shahzia Sikander at Princeton University

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Contemporary trends of art in Pakistan: Shazia Sikander

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Contemporary trends of art in Pakistan

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Contemporary trends of art in Pakistan

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Contemporary trends of art in Pakistan

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Contemporary trends of art in Pakistan

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contemporary trends of art in Pakistan

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Contemporary trends of art in Pakistan

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The art of miniature painting in Pakistan: Aisha Khalid, Imran Quraishi

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The art of miniature painting in Pakistan: Irfan Hasan

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The art of miniature painting in Pakistan

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The art of miniature painting in Pakistan: Rehana Mangi

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The art of miniature painting in Pakistan

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Contemporary trends of Art in Pakistan

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Book Title : Gharwal Painting
Author : W.G. Archer
Edition : 1
Publisher : Faber and Faber Ltd
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Book Title : Indian Art Through the Ages
Author : Government of India
Edition : 1
Publisher : Publication Division Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Government of India
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Book Title : Art Through The Ages An Introduction To Its History And Significance
Author : Helen Gardner
Edition : 1
Publisher : Harcourt, Brace & Company New York 1926
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Book Title : Painted Delight: Indian Paintings from Philadelphia Collections
Author : Stella Kramrisch
Edition : 1
Publisher : Philadelphia Museum of Art 1986
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Book Title : Rajput painting being an account of the Hindu paintings of Rajasthan and the Panjab Himalayas vol-II
Author : Ananda Coomaraswamy
Edition : 2
Publisher : Oxford University Press, London
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Book Title : Rajput Paintings With An Introduction Basil Gray
Author : Basil Gray
Edition : 1
Publisher : Faber and Faber Ltd.
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Book Title : Art of Mughal India painting and precious objects
Author : Stuart C. Welch
Edition : 1
Publisher : The Asia Society INC. Distributed by Harry N. Abrams, INC. New York City
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Book Title : Essay On Mogul Art
Author : Solomon Gladstone.w.e
Edition : 1
Publisher : Oxford University Press London New York Bombay
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Book Title : Album Images Of Mughal India NY Metropolitan Museum Of Art Editorial Board
Author : Damayanti Aurora
Edition : 1
Publisher : The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Book Title : Dara-Shikoh shooting nilgais : hunt and landscape in Mughal painting
Author : Ebba Koch
Edition : 1
Publisher : Washington, D.C. : Freer Gallery of Art, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
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Book Title : The adventures of Hamza : painting and storytelling in Mughal India
Author : John William Seyller, Wheeler McIntosh Thackston,
Edition : 1
Publisher : Washington, DC : Freer Gallery of Art : Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, 2002
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Book Title : Indian Painting
Author : Percy Brown
Edition : 1
Publisher : Oxford University Press London
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Book Title : Indian Painting,
Author : Pratapaditya Pal
Edition : Vol.1
Publisher : Los Angeles Country Museum of Art
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Book Title : Indian sculpture and painting, illustrated by typical masterpieces, with an explanation of their motives and ideals
Author : Havell, E. B. (Ernest Binfield)
Edition : 1
Publisher : London, J. Murray
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Book Title : Catalogue of paintings in the Central Museum, Lahore
Author : Gupta, S. N,Lahore Museum (Pakistan)
Edition : 1
Publisher : Lahore Museum (Pakistan)
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Book Title : The problem of arts and literature in Pakistan
Author : Sheikh Ahmed
Edition : 1
Publisher : Karachi, Pakistan Institute of Arts & Design
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Book Title : A Fragile Inheritance: Radical Stakes in Contemporary Indian Art
Author : Saloni Mathur
Edition : 1
Publisher : Durham : Duke University Press 2019
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Title : Rajisthani and Pahari Paintinngs/ reading material
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Title : Rajisthani and Pahari Paintinngs/ reading material
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Title : In and out of Pakistan
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Title : Cubism in Pakistan article
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Title : Chronicling Pakistan's Art Movements article
Type : Other

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Title : Artists who created art movements in Pakistan article
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Title : Innovative Ideas of Aakif Suri in the Field of Miniature Painting article
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Title : Art-the Last Asylum article
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Title : A deadly silence behind the serenity of landscapes painted by Mughees Riaz article
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Title : Mystic Impressions by Mudassar Manzoor article
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Title : The Development of Surrealistically Flavored Expressionism in the Paintings of R.M. Naeem article
Type : Other

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Title : kalighat paintings
Type : Reference Book

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