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DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS, ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVESITY, ALIGARH

MASTER OF FINE ARTS (M.F.A.) IN PAINTING (MFA-I-SEM)

Course Number and Title: MFM-1001, History of Indian Art & Aesthetics Credits: 04 Contact Hours (L-T-P): 3-1-0 Type of Course: Theory Course Assessment: Sessional (1hour) (30%) End Sem. Examination (2.30 hours) 70% 4 Course Objectives:

To develop a critical understanding of the art of Post-independent India. Analyze the objectives of various modern art movements and groups. Introduction to Indian philosophy of art and aesthetics. Course Outcomes:

1. Identify the issues and challenges of modernism and nationalism in the Indian context. 2. Critical understanding of various modern art movements, art groups and art collectives in India. 3. To develop a keen insight into the contribution of movements and artists in shaping modern art in India. 4. Develop a critical understanding of Indian philosophy of art and aesthetics and its relevance to Indian art. Syllabus:

Unit I- Post-Independent Modern Art in India: Progressive Groups: (i) Calcutta, Bombay, Shilpi Chakra (ii) Chollamandal, Baroda School, Group 1890 Unit II - Study of some of the prominent artists of Post-Independent India: V. S. Gaitonde, Krishan Khanna, Meera Mukherjee, Krishna Reddy, Jyoti Bhat, Biren De Unit III - Brief introduction to the basic principles of Indian Philosophy as related to arts. Evolution of aesthetic concepts. Theory of Rasas (i) Relevance of Rasa Theory to Traditional Indian Art (ii) Relevance of Rasa Theory to Contemporary Indian Art Suggested Readings/Texts/References: 1. The Triumph of Modernism: India's Artists and the Avant-garde 1922-1947 by Mitter, Partha 2. Indian Art: A Concise History (World of Art) by Roy C. Craven 3. The Making of Modern Indian Art: The Progressives by Yashodhara Dalmia 4. Contemporary Indian Art: Other Realities by Yashodhara Dalmia 5. Indian Contemporary Painting by Neville Tuli 6. Art reinterprets Art: God, Sex, Money in Western and Indian Art by Ram K. Piparaiya 7. India and Modern Art by W. G. Archer 8. M.F. Husain: A Pictorial Tribute by Pradeep Chandra 9. Indian Art (Oxford History of Art) by Partha Mitter 10. A Modern Introduction to Indian Aesthetic Theory by Barlingay, S.S.

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MASTER OF FINE ARTS M.F.A. (PAINTING) MFA-I-SEM.

Course Number and Title: MFM-1071, Composition Credits: 18 Contact Hours (L-T-P): 0-2-15 Type of Course: Practical (Core) Course Assessment: Sessional (5 hour) (40%) End Sem. Examination (5 hours) 60% Course Objectives: The course encourages students to develop a critical and artistic temperament. The course offers opportunities to develop independent artistic thinking and aptitude for a rigorous studio practice. Course Outcomes: 1. Ability to display critical awareness of art history and contemporary visual art practices and their interrelationship 2. Develop personal approach to visualization, conceptualization and art making. 3. Ability to explore diversity of conceptual and aesthetic approaches, styles and techniques. 4. Ability to demonstrate a sustained artistic engagement with socio-political realities and intensive investigation of contemporary critical issues. Syllabus: List of practical exercises conducted in the Studio: 1. Practical exercises to encourage artistic freedom and choice. 2. Practical exercises encouraging spontaneity and experimentation.

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Course Number and Title: MFM-1072, Computer Graphics Credits: 02 Contact Hours (L-T-P): 0-1-4 Type of Course: Practical (Elective - Discipline Centric) Course Assessment: Sessional (5 hour) (40%) End-Sem. Examination (5 hours) 60% Course Objectives: The paper aims to engage students to learn to communicate messages visually through a combination of words, sound, video, artwork and other forms of media. They receive practical and classroom training in the use of design technology, including software programs, cameras, digital recording equipment and various other tools. Develop analytical approach to compare traditional art practices with contemporary art and incorporate the use of technology. Course Outcomes: 1. Ability to use contemporary media as an extension to creative explorations. 2. Ability to utilize the art and technology interface for creative outcomes. 3. Technical proficiency to use various tools, methods and processes of computer graphics. 4. Ability to demonstrate a sustained artistic engagement with socio-political realities and intensive investigation of contemporary critical issues. Syllabus: List of practical exercises conducted in the Studio: 1. Practical exercises based on the use of computer technology and multi-media tools. 2. Practices encouraging the evolution of independent artworks.

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Course Number and Title: MFM-1073, Miniature Painting Credits: 02 Contact Hours (L-T-P): 0-1-4 Type of Course: Practical (Elective - Discipline Centric) Course Assessment: Sessional (5 hour) (40%) End-Sem. Examination (5 hours) 60% Course Objectives: To engage with the skills and traditional techniques of miniature painting. To develop a critical awareness and sensibility of the use of traditional conventions in contemporary art practices. To work out the possibilities of a fusion between the traditional and contemporary visual art vocabulary. Course Outcomes: 1. Ability to use the formal and aesthetic vocabulary and techniques of traditional Indian miniature painting. 2. Ability to integrate the theoretical knowledge of miniature traditions with their art practice. 3. Ability to seek fusion between the old and declining traditions and the contemporary mode of art practice. Syllabus: List of practical exercises conducted in the Studio: 1. Practical exercises based on the application of skills and aesthetic or formal paradigms of miniature traditions. 2. Practices based on the integration and fusion to evolve an innovative and independent artwork.

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Course Number and Title: MFM-1074, Creative Landscape Credits: 02 Contact Hours (L-T-P): 0-1-4 Type of Course: Practical (Elective - Discipline Centric) Course Assessment: Sessional (5 hour) (40%) End-Sem. Examination (5 hours) 60% Course Objectives: The course will encourage the exploration of landscape beyond the on-the-spot tradition by allowing the students freedom to build conceptual or imaginative images on the basis of various motifs from nature. Course Outcomes: 1. Ability to explore landscape framework beyond the traditional conventions. 2. Ability to analyze and critically investigate the cultural interventions in the nature and its impact on landscape. Syllabus: List of practical exercises conducted in the Studio: 1. Practical exercises based on seeing landscape beyond the conventional parameters of the traditional genre. 2. Practices encouraging the critical insight and evolution of independent artworks.

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Course Number and Title: MFM-1075, Mural Credits: 02 Contact Hours (L-T-P): 0-1-4 Type of Course: Practical (Elective - Discipline Centric) Course Assessment: Sessional (5 hour) (40%) End-Sem. Examination (5 hours) 60% Course Objectives: Study of different mural techniques and their presentational limitations. Study of methods and media. Preparatory exercises: to clarify each student’s methods of visualization Enlargement from preparatory and scaled drawing. Execution of a mural in a public space. Opportunities will be created to work on large scale by seeking commissions within and outside the University Campus. Course Outcomes: 1. Ability to use various mural techniques and methods. 2. Ability to work on a large-scale public art project. 3. Develop renewed interest in the traditional mural practices and adapt their conceptual and formal language to develop an individual work. Syllabus: List of practical exercises conducted in the Studio: 1. Practical exercises based on the use of mural techniques, methods and materials. 2. Practices to encourage working in public spaces.

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MASTER OF FINE ARTS M.F.A. (PAINTING) MFA-II-SEM.

Course Number and Title: MFM-2001, History of Western Art & Aesthetics Credits: 04 Contact Hours (L-T-P): 3-1-0 Type of Course: Theory Course Assessment: Sessional (1hour) (30%) End Sem. Examination (2.30 hours) 70% Course Objectives: To develop a critical understanding of western art from the Post-World War II. Analytical study of some of the prominent post-world war II artists of the west. Introduction to western aesthetics. Course Outcomes: 1. Trace the development of modern art from the post-world war American art scene. 2. Critical understanding of the work of some of the seminal artists and their contributions to modern art. 3. Develop a critical understanding of western aesthetics and its relevance and impact on art. Syllabus:

Unit I - Post-World War – II Art in the West American Modern Art Scene and Abstract Expressionism: Pop Art, Op Art, Hard Edge Unit II - Study of some of the prominent Western artists: Andy Warhol, Rauschenberg, and Mark Rothko Unit III -Western Aesthetics: (i) Comparison and inter-relationship among arts (Visual, Literary, Performing). Theories relating to the origin and creation of art. Communication expression and release of emotions: imitation, play and intuition, inspiration, imagination and the role of sub-conscious. Theories relating to work of art: organic structure content and form expressiveness. (ii) Aesthetic Theories of: Baumgartner, Clive Bell, Roger Fry, Sigmund Freud Suggested Readings/Texts/References: 1. Art of the 20th Century by Karl Ruhrberg, Manfred Schneckenburger, Christiane Fricke and K Honnef 2. History of Modern Art (Paperback) (7th Edition) by H. H. Arnason and Elizabeth C. Mansfield 3. After Modern Art 1945-2000 (Oxford History of Art) by David Hopkins 4. The Philosophy of Art: The Question of Definition: From Hegel to Post-Dantian Theories (Bloomsbury Studies in... by 5.Natalia Iacobelli and Tiziana Andina 6. Benedetto Croce and Colin Lyas 7. Benedetto Croce Reconsidered: Truth and Error in Theories of Art, Literature and History by Maurice Mandelbaum and M.E. Moss

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Course Number and Title: MFA-2071, Composition Credits: 18 Contact Hours (L-T-P): 0-2-15 Type of Course: Practical (Core) Course Assessment: Sessional (5 hour) (40%) End-Sem. Examination (5 hours) 60% Course Objectives: The course encourages students to develop a critical and artistic temperament. The course offers opportunities to develop independent artistic thinking and aptitude for a rigorous studio practice. Course Outcomes: 1. Ability to display critical awareness of art history and contemporary visual art practices and their interrelationship 2. Develop personal approach to visualization, conceptualization and art making. 3. Ability to explore diversity of conceptual and aesthetic approaches, styles and techniques. 4. Ability to demonstrate a sustained artistic engagement with socio-political realities and intensive investigation of contemporary critical issues. Syllabus: List of practical exercises conducted in the Studio: 1. Practical exercises to encourage artistic freedom and choice. 2. Practical exercises encouraging spontaneity and experimentation.

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Course Number and Title: MFM-2072, Computer Graphics Credits: 02 Contact Hours (L-T-P): 0-1-4 Type of Course: Practical (Elective - Discipline Centric) Course Assessment: Sessional (5 hour) (40%) End-Sem. Examination (5 hours) 60% Course Objectives: The paper aims to engage students to learn to communicate messages visually through a combination of words, sound, video, artwork and other forms of media. They receive practical and classroom training in the use of design technology, including software programs, cameras, digital recording equipment and various other tools. Develop analytical approach to compare traditional art practices with contemporary art and incorporate the use of technology. Course Outcomes: 1. Ability to use contemporary media as an extension to creative explorations. 2. Ability to utilize the art and technology interface for creative outcomes. 3. Technical proficiency to use various tools, methods and processes of computer graphics. 4. Ability to demonstrate a sustained artistic engagement with socio-political realities and intensive investigation of contemporary critical issues. Syllabus: List of practical exercises conducted in the Studio: 1. Practical exercises based on the use of computer technology and multi-media tools. 2. Practices encouraging the evolution of independent artworks.

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Course Number and Title: MFM-2073, Miniature Painting Credits: 02 Contact Hours (L-T-P): 0-1-4 Type of Course: Practical (Elective - Discipline Centric) Course Assessment: Sessional (5 hour) (40%) End-Sem. Examination (5 hours) 60% Course Objectives: To engage with the skills and traditional techniques of miniature painting. To develop a critical awareness and sensibility of the use of traditional conventions in contemporary art practices. To work out the possibilities of a fusion between the traditional and contemporary visual art vocabulary. Course Outcomes: 1. Ability to use the formal and aesthetic vocabulary and techniques of traditional Indian miniature painting. 2. Ability to integrate the theoretical knowledge of miniature traditions with their art practice. 3. Ability to seek fusion between the old and declining traditions and the contemporary mode of art practice. Syllabus: List of practical exercises conducted in the Studio: 1. Practical exercises based on the application of skills and aesthetic or formal paradigms of miniature traditions. 2. Practices based on the integration and fusion to evolve an innovative and independent artwork.

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Course Number and Title: MFM-2074, Creative Landscape Credits: 02 Contact Hours (L-T-P): 0-1-4 Type of Course: Practical (Elective - Discipline Centric) Course Assessment: Sessional (5 hour) (40%) End-Sem. Examination (5 hours) 60% Course Objectives: The course will encourage the exploration of landscape beyond the on-the-spot tradition by allowing the students freedom to build conceptual or imaginative images on the basis of various motifs from nature. Course Outcomes: 1. Ability to explore landscape framework beyond the traditional conventions. 2. Ability to analyze and critically investigate the cultural interventions in the nature and its impact on landscape. Syllabus: List of practical exercises conducted in the Studio: 1. Practical exercises based on seeing landscape beyond the conventional parameters of the traditional genre. 2. Practices encouraging the critical insight and evolution of independent artworks.

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Course Number and Title: MFM-2075, Mural Credits: 02 Contact Hours (L-T-P): 0-1-4 Type of Course: Practical (Elective - Discipline Centric) Course Assessment: Sessional (5 hour) (40%) End-Sem. Examination (5 hours) 60% Course Objectives: Study of different mural techniques and their presentational limitations. Execution of a mural in a public space. Opportunities will be created to work on large scale by seeking commissions within and outside the University Campus. Course Outcomes: 1. Ability to use various mural techniques and methods. 2. Ability to work on a large-scale public art project. 3. Develop renewed interest in the traditional mural practices and adapt their conceptual and formal language to develop an individual work. Syllabus: List of practical exercises conducted in the Studio: 1. Practical exercises based on the use of mural techniques, methods and materials. 2. Practices to encourage working in public spaces.

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Course Number and Title: MFM-2076, Project based on Educational Tour/Project based on social awareness Credits: 02 Contact Hours (L-T-P): Type of Course: Project (Ability Enhancement -Discipline Centric) Course Assessment: Sessional (Assignment) (40%) End-Sem. Examination: (Submission of Project Report) 60% Course Objectives: Project based on the Educational Tour to any site of cultural significance, archeological sites, Art Galleries or Museum. The Educational Tour will take place at least once in an academic Semester. The project will comprise of: The student’s firsthand experience with monuments, art or artifacts. Interaction with caretakers of the monument, art curators, Gallery owners, Museum director/s, etcetera To write a brief synopsis highlighting the experience. OR Project based on social awareness: Students will be required to choose any subject of social relevance and develop a project. Course Outcomes: 1. Ability to develop a research aptitude and engage with monuments of historical significance, archeological sites or any other space or site of cultural importance. 2. Research ability to engage critically with social issues and develop a project. 3. Ability to develop research methodology and writing skills to review an archeological site, monument or museum. Evaluation: The evaluation will be based on the submission of project report followed by interview and PowerPoint presentation.

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MASTER OF FINE ARTS M.F.A. (PAINTING) MFA-III-SEM.

Course Number and Title: MFM-3001, Contemporary Art Practice in India & West Credits: 04 Contact Hours (L-T-P): 3-1-0 Type of Course: Theory Course Assessment: Sessional (1hour) (30%) End Sem. Examination (2.30 hours) 70% Course Objectives: Introduction to postmodern art and theories. Analytical study of some of the prominent artists of post 70s west and India. Course Outcomes: 1. Identify and analyze the discourse of postmodernism and its relevance to visual art practice. 2. Critical understanding of the work of some of the seminal post-70s artists of Indian and west. 3. Develop a critical understanding of the transitions from modernism to postmodernism. Syllabus:

Unit I- Brief introduction of postmodernism in visual arts: Critical theories and discussions. Postmodernism in Western Art: Minimalism, Post-minimalism, Conceptual Art

Unit II - Study of some of the prominent Contemporary Western artists: Anish Kapur, John Baldessari, Judy Chicago, and Barbara Kruger

Unit III Contemporary Art Practice in India: Issues and Challenges: (i) Emergence of New Mediums: Installation, Digital Art, and Performance Art (ii) Study of some of the prominent Contemporary Indian artists: Vivan Sundraram, Subodh Gupta, Ratanabali Kant, GogiSaroj Pal Suggested Readings/Texts/References: 1. Discourses: Conversations about Postmodern Culture (Documentary Sources in Contemporary Art) by Russell Ferguson, Karen Fiss, William Olander and Marcia Tucker 2. Postmodernism: A Very Short Introduction by Christopher Butler 3. New Media: The Key Concepts by Nicholas Gane and David Beer 4. Conceptual Art: A Critical Anthology by Alexander Alberro and Blake Stimson 5. The Triumph of Modernism: India’s Artists and the Avant-Garde 1922-1947 – Partha Mitter. Much Maligned Monsters: 6.History of European Reactions to Indian Art. Oxford- Mitter, Partha 7. The Bauhaus in Calcutta by Sria Chatterjee, Boris Friedewald, Kathrin Rhomberg and Regina Bittne 8. Contemporary Indian Art: Other Realities by Yashodhara Dalmia 9. Indian Contemporary Painting by Neville Tuli

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Course Number and Title: MFA-3071, Composition Credits: 18 Contact Hours (L-T-P): 0-2-15 Type of Course: Practical (Core) Course Assessment: Sessional (5 hour) (40%) End-Sem. Examination (5 hours) 60% Course Objectives: Experimentation. Rigorous studio practice based on preparatory studies. The course encourages students to develop creative ways to solve aesthetic and structural problems in developing an individual expression. Develop critical and imaginative thinking to engage with socio-political and environmental concerns. Course Outcomes: 1. Ability to demonstrate critical awareness of art history and contemporary visual art practices and their interrelationship 2. Develop a distinctively personal expression. 3. Ability to explore diversity of conceptual and aesthetic approaches, styles and techniques. 4. Ability to demonstrate a sustained and critical artistic engagement with socio-political realities and environmental concerns. Syllabus: List of practical exercises conducted in the Studio: 1. Practical exercises to encourage artistic freedom and choice. 2. Practical exercises encouraging spontaneity and experimentation.

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Course Number and Title: MFM-3072, Miniature Painting Credits: 02 Contact Hours (L-T-P): 0-1-4 Type of Course: Practical (Elective – Discipline Centric) Course Assessment: Sessional (5 hour) (40%) End-Sem. Examination (5 hours) 60% Course Objectives: To engage with the skills and traditional techniques of miniature painting. To develop a critical awareness and sensibility of the use of traditional conventions in contemporary art practices. To work out the possibilities of a fusion between the traditional and contemporary visual art vocabulary. Course Outcomes: 1. Ability to apply the formal and aesthetic vocabulary of traditional Indian miniature painting and use their techniques and materials. 2. Ability to integrate the historical significance and theoretical knowledge of miniature traditions with their art practice. 3. Ability to seek fusion between the old and declining traditions and the contemporary mode of art practice. Syllabus: List of practical exercises conducted in the Studio: 1. Practical exercises based on the application of skills and aesthetic or formal paradigms of miniature traditions. 2. Practices based on the integration and fusion to evolve an innovative and independent artwork.

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Course Number and Title: MFM-3073, Digital Art Credits: 02 Contact Hours (L-T-P): 0-1-4 Type of Course: Practical (Elective – Discipline Centric) Course Assessment: Sessional (5 hour) (40%) End-Sem. Examination (5 hours) 60% Course Objectives: Develop a critical understanding about the current developments in information technology and its impact on visual culture. The course encourages inter-disciplinary approach to art practice by combining traditional visual idioms with the diverse variety of contemporary mediums. Aiming at critical articulation of contemporary mediums and create works that respond to cultural, social, political, and environmental issues. Course Outcomes: 1. Analyze and explore experimentation by means of the intersection between traditional art forms and contemporary mediums of information and communication. 2. Ability to produce impactful works that aim to respond to cultural, social, political, and environmental issues. 3. Creative use of new mediums such as photography, text, digital image, audio, video etcetera 4. Ability to utilize or juxtapose actual materials with virtual mediums. Syllabus: List of practical exercises conducted in the Studio: 1. Practical exercises based on the use of multi-media to explore new possibilities. 2. Exercises to explore the integration of traditional methods and materials with information technology to develop an independent work.

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Course Number and Title: MFM-3074, Installation Credits: 02 Contact Hours (L-T-P): 0-1-4 Type of Course: Practical (Elective – Discipline Centric) Course Assessment: Sessional (5 hour) (40%) End-Sem. Examination (5 hours) 60% Course Objectives: Experimentation with the aim to transform day-to-day ordinary objects into art forms. The course provides an opportunity to incorporate a broad range of everyday, organic or actual materials, which are often chosen for their "evocative" qualities, as well as new media such as video, sound, performance, immersive virtual reality and the Internet. Course Outcomes: 1. Ability to experiment with found objects, actual material, unconventional material, and alternate spaces. 2. Ability to develop a post-studio approach to art and engages with actual space to create a specific environment. 3. Ability to make art an interactive and immersive experience where the audience can enter into or be a part of it. 4. Ability to produce art works that have the potential to respond to cultural, social, political or environmental issues. Syllabus: List of practical exercises conducted in the Studio: 1. Exercises based on developing a practical understanding of installation as a new medium by referring to seminal examples of installation art. 2. Encourage students to explore the use of unconventional materials, alternate spaces, and interactive methods so that the work engages in a social or political dialogue with the audience.

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Course Number and Title: MFM-3075, Photography & Photo-Collage Credits: 02 Contact Hours (L-T-P): 0-1-4 Type of Course: Practical (Elective – Discipline Centric) Course Assessment: Sessional (5 hour) (40%) End-Sem. Examination (5 hours) 60% Course Objectives: The course shall highlight the significant use of photography as a means for artistic purpose. Photography has proven to be one of the most potential new mediums in the contemporary art practices. Explore new possibilities to incorporate photography into art. Course Outcomes: 1. Ability to explore photography beyond its conventional limits. 2. Ability to use a self-developed photographic image for a collage work in a critical subjective or objective context. 3. Develop a critical, aesthetic and structural understanding of a photographic image and explore its scope to integrate with art. Syllabus: List of practical exercises conducted in the Studio: 1. Practical exercises based on photography and its integration with art. 2. Practices that encourage producing works that reflect a certain engagement with social, political or environmental concerns. 3. Practices encouraging experimentation and innovation.

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Course Number and Title: MFM-3076, Short-time internship to work with any reputed artist in India/ Field work based on Folk, Tribal or any living tradition in India. Credits: 02 Contact Hours (L-T-P): Type of Course: Project (Ability Enhancement - Discipline Centric) Course Assessment: Sessional (Assignment) (40%) End-Sem. Examination: (Submission of Project Report) 60% Course Objectives: The course encourages the students to have a firsthand experience with any reputed artist or artisan in India and get hands-on experience. The project will involve the production of work under the supervision or in collaboration with the artist/artisan. Or Develop a survey-based project on any form of living art traditions of India. Course Outcomes: 1. Opportunity to work under direct supervision of a reputed artist or artisan. 2. Ability to develop a critical understanding and intimate insight into the living traditions of India. 3. Explore possibilities to incorporate the aesthetic content and visual vocabulary of living traditions and develop an individual work. 4. Ability to develop research methodology and writing skills to review the work and style of folk, tribal living traditions. Evaluation: The evaluation will be based on the submission of project report followed by interview and PowerPoint presentation.

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MASTER OF FINE ARTS M.F.A. (PAINTING) MFA-IV-SEM.

Course Number and Title: MFM- 4071, Composition C Credits: 18 Contact Hours (L-T-P): 0-2-15 Type of Course: Practical (Core) Course Assessment: Sessional (5 hour) (40%) End-Sem. Examination (5 hours) 60% Course Objectives: Execute creative ways to solve aesthetic and structural problems in developing an individual expression. Develop critical and imaginative thinking to engage with socio-political and environmental concerns. Course Outcomes: 1. Ability to develop personal expression and defend or articulate it by writing an artist’s statement or concept note. 2. Ability to display critical awareness of art history and contemporary visual art practices and their interrelationship. 3. Ability to demonstrate a sustained and critical artistic engagement with socio-political realities and environmental concerns. Syllabus: List of practical exercises conducted in the Studio: 1. Practical exercises on developing independent compositions and writing a concept note or artists statement. 2. Practical exercises encouraging spontaneity and experimentation. 3. Practical exercises to encourage artistic freedom and choice.

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Course Number and Title: MFM-4072, Miniature Painting Credits: 02 Contact Hours (L-T-P): 0-1-4 Type of Course: Practical (Ability Enhancement -Discipline Centric) Course Assessment: Sessional (5 hour) (40%) End-Sem. Examination (5 hours) 60% Course Objectives: Develop a cultural, aesthetic and structural awareness of miniature painting traditions and its appropriation in the contemporary art practices. Explore the possibilities of a fusion between the pictorial idioms of traditional miniature and contemporary visual art vocabulary. Course Outcomes: 1. Ability to apply the formal and aesthetic vocabulary of traditional Indian miniature painting and use their techniques and materials. 2. Ability to integrate the historical significance and theoretical knowledge of miniature traditions with their art practice. 3. Ability to seek fusion between the old and declining traditions and the contemporary mode of art practice. Syllabus: List of practical exercises conducted in the Studio: 1. Practical exercises based on the application of skills and aesthetic or formal paradigms of miniature traditions. 2. Practices based on the integration and fusion to evolve an innovative and independent artwork.

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Course Number and Title: MFM-4073, Digital Art Credits: 02 Contact Hours (L-T-P): 0-1-4 Type of Course: Practical (Ability Enhancement - Discipline Centric) Course Assessment: Sessional (5 hour) (40%) End-Sem. Examination (5 hours) 60% Course Objectives: Develop a critical understanding about the current developments in information technology and its impact on visual culture. The course encourages inter-disciplinary approach to art practice by combining traditional visual idioms with the diverse variety of contemporary mediums. Aiming at critical articulation of contemporary mediums and create works that respond to cultural, social, political, and environmental issues. Course Outcomes: 1. Analyze and explore experimentation by means of the intersection between traditional art forms and contemporary mediums of information and communication. 2. Ability to produce impactful works that aim to respond to cultural, social, political, and environmental issues. 3. Creative use of new mediums such as photography, text, digital image, audio, video etcetera 4. Ability to utilize or juxtapose actual materials with virtual mediums. Syllabus: List of practical exercises conducted in the Studio: 1. Practical exercises based on the use of multi-media to explore new possibilities. 2. Exercises to explore the integration of traditional methods and materials with information technology to develop an independent work.

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Course Number and Title: MFM-4074, Installation Credits: 02 Contact Hours (L-T-P): 0-1-4 Type of Course: Practical (Elective - Discipline Centric) Course Assessment: Sessional (5 hour) (40%) End-Sem. Examination (5 hours) 60% Course Objectives: Experimentation with the aim to transform day-to-day ordinary objects into art forms. The course provides an opportunity to incorporate a broad range of everyday, organic or actual materials, which are often chosen for their "evocative" qualities, as well as new media such as video, sound, performance, immersive virtual reality and the Internet. Course Outcomes: 1. Ability to experiment with found objects, actual material, unconventional material, and alternate spaces. 2. Ability to develop a post-studio approach to art and engages with actual space to create a specific environment. 3. Ability to make art an interactive and immersive experience where the audience can enter into or is a part of. 4. Ability to produce art works that have the potential to respond to cultural, social, political or environmental issues. Syllabus: List of practical exercises conducted in the Studio: 1. Exercises based on developing a practical understanding of installation as a new medium by referring to seminal examples of installation art. 2. Encourage students to explore the use of unconventional materials, alternate spaces, and interactive methods so that the work engages in a social or political dialogue with the audience.

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Course Number and Title: MFM-4075, Photography & Photo-Collage Credits: 02 Contact Hours (L-T-P): 0-1-4 Type of Course: Practical (Ability Enhancement - Discipline Centric) Course Assessment: Sessional (5 hour) (40%) End-Sem. Examination (5 hours) 60% Course Objectives: The course shall highlight the significant use of photography as a means for artistic purpose. Photography has proven to be one of the most potential new mediums in the contemporary art practices. Explore new possibilities to incorporate photography into art. Course Outcomes: 1. Ability to explore photography beyond its conventional limits. 2. Ability to use a self-developed photographic image for a collage work in a critical subjective or objective context. 3. Develop a critical, aesthetic and structural understanding of a photographic image and explore its scope to integrate with art. Syllabus: List of practical exercises conducted in the Studio: 1. Practical exercises based on photography and its integration with art. 2. Practices that encourage producing works that reflect a certain engagement with social, political or environmental concerns. 3. Practices encouraging experimentation and innovation.

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