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.
Week
Topics
1.
Changing definition of Folk and Minor Art
Timeline and Regions: General Mapping
Traditional Roots: Elements and Principles
Timelessness : Primitive Connection
Evolution in Purpose: Ritualistic to Propagative
Contemporary Practice
2.
Classification and Connections: Traditional Roots
Available literary recourses
Mythical Associations
Idea of Nationalism in the Context of Folk art
Idea of Modernism In the context of Folk Art
Relevance of the Art Practice
3.
Contextualization and Decontextualization
Concept of Communication for Social Purpose
Aesthetic Perspective
Secularity and Religious Plurality
Ethnographic perspective on the study of Folk Art and
Culture
About the Exponents who brought the culture under the
limelight
4.
Contextualization and Decontextualization
School of Art in Madhubani Painting
Art as a Feminine Preserve vs the Male painters of
Madhubani
Yamapata, Pytkar and other art practice of Jharkhand
Yamapata by the Jadopatias
Sohari Painters and their Art
Patachitra of Bengal and Odisha
5.
Continuum of the Practice: Ancient Centres and
Contemporary
Case study 1 Stylistic Variety in Bengal
Case study 2 Stylistic Variety in Odisha
Case study 3 Stylistic Variety in Andhra Pradesh
Exponents and their Contributions
Hypothesis on Possible Stylistic influences
6.
Characteristics of Contemporary Collection
Thematic Analysis
Iconic Analysis
Semiotic Analysis
Effect of narratives: Qualitative Evaluation
Individual Expression in Contemporary Art
7.
Cultural Condition: Colonial and Post colonial
Ideologies
Social Formation during Preindependence
New Aesthetics: early Prints and Battala Prints
Artist Block Makers and Hybrid Aesthetics of Urban Folk
Art
Kalighat Painting to Haripura Posters: A synergy
Jamini Roy: Accommodating Vernacular Idiom in Academic
Practice
8.
Coexistence and Collaborations with Mainstream
Art
Strategies for Future and Sustainability: Vision and
Revision
Alternative Context: place of folk art in Contemporary
Lifestyle
Ancient literary sources and canonization: Scholarly
Comments
Need of Paradigm Shift
Conclusion
Bachelor Degree in HumanitiesÂ
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