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Folk and Minor Art in India

Folk and Minor Art in India. Instructor: Prof. Shatarupa Thakurta Roy, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Kharagpur. 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 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. (from nptel.ac.in)

Lecture 28 - Case Study: Bengal Patachitra


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Lecture 01 - Changing Definition of Folk and Minor Art
Lecture 02 - Timelines and Regions: General Mapping
Lecture 03 - Traditional Roots: Elements and Principles
Lecture 04 - Timelessness: Primitive Connection
Lecture 05 - Evolution in Purpose: Ritualistic to Propagative
Lecture 06 - Contemporary Practice
Lecture 07 - Classification and Connections: Traditional Roots
Lecture 08 - Early Literary Resources
Lecture 09 - Mythical Associations
Lecture 10 - Idea of Nationalism and Modernism in the Context of Folk Art
Lecture 11 - Relevance of the Art Practice
Lecture 12 - Contextualization and Decontextualization
Lecture 13 - Concept of Communication for Social Purpose
Lecture 14 - Aesthetic Perspective
Lecture 15 - Secularity and Religious Plurality
Lecture 16 - Ethnographic Perspective on the Study of Folk Art and Culture
Lecture 17 - About the Exponents who Brought the Culture under the Limelight
Lecture 18 - Commonality and Congruity in the Diverse Content of Art
Lecture 19 - School of Art in Madhubani Painting
Lecture 20 - Art as a Faminine Preserve vs the Male Painters of Madhubani
Lecture 21 - Yamapata, Pytkar and Other Art Practice of Jharkhand
Lecture 22 - Patachitra of Bengal
Lecture 23 - Patachitra of Odisha
Lecture 24 - Continuum of the Practice: Ancient Centres, Contemporary Scenario, Method and Material
Lecture 25 - Continuum of the Practice: Ancient Centres, Contemporary Scenario, Method and Material (cont.)
Lecture 26 - Continuum of the Practice: Ancient Centres, Contemporary Scenario, Method and Material (cont.)
Lecture 27 - Case Study: Gond Art
Lecture 28 - Case Study: Bengal Patachitra
Lecture 29 - Case Study: Madhubani Paintings
Lecture 30 - Characteristics of Contemporary Collection: Semiotic Analysis
Lecture 31 - Characteristics of Contemporary Collection: Thematic and Iconic Analysis
Lecture 32 - Characteristics of Contemporary Collection of Indian Folk and Minor Art
Lecture 33 - Thematic Change in Contemporary Collection of Indian Folk and Minor Art
Lecture 34 - Individual Expression in Contemporary Collection of Indian Folk and Minor Art
Lecture 35 - Cultural Condition: Colonial and Postcolonial Bengal
Lecture 36 - Cultural Condition: Colonial and Postcolonial Bengal (cont.)
Lecture 37 - Contextualizing Folk Idiom
Lecture 38 - Contextualizing Folk Idiom (cont.)
Lecture 39 - Contextualizing Folk Idiom (cont.)
Lecture 40 - Coexistence and Collaborations with Mainstream Art
Lecture 41 - Alternative Context: Place of Folk Art in Contemporary Lifestyle
Lecture 42 - Need of Paradigm Shift
Lecture 43 - Need of Paradigm Shift (cont.)
Lecture 44 - Endnote