(Painting, Sculpture, Graphics and Commerical Arts)
Syllabus of Class 12
Note: There will be one Question Paper which will have 50 questions out of which 40 questions need to be attempted.
Unit 1: The Rajasthani and Pahari Schools of Miniature PaintingÂ
Unit 2: The Mughal and Deccan schools of miniature paintingÂ
Unit 3: The Bengal School and Cultural Nationalism
Unit 4: The Modern Trends In Indian Art
Unit 1: The Rajasthani and Pahari Schools of Miniature Painting (16th Century A.D to 19th Century A.D.):Â
Introduction to Indian Miniature Schools: Western-Indian, Pala, Rajasthani, Mughal, Central India, Deccan, and Pahari.
(A) The Rajasthani Schools
- Origin and development of the following schools in brief:
Mewar, Bundi, Bikaner, Kishangarh, and Jaipur, and the main features of the Rajasthani schools.
- Study of the following Rajasthani paintings:
Title / Set / Painter                                                          School
A Folio from Ramayana paintings of Sahibdin                                     Mewar
One Court scene or Hunting scene or Festival scene                                Mewar Jagat Singh II
One Folio from Ragamala or Rasikapriya                                         Bundi
One painting of a Hunting Scene in a Forest                                       Kotah with Kotah Maharaja
Radha (Bani-Thani) by Nihal Chand                                              Kishangarh
Pabuji Ki Phad, Folk Scroll painting                                              Bhilwara
Maru-Ragini                                                                   Mewar
Raja Aniruddha Singh Hara                                                     Bundi
Chaugan Players                                                               Jodhpur
Krishna on swing                                                               Bikaner
Radha (Bani- Thani)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Kishangarh
Bharat Meets Rama at Chitrakuta                                                Jaipur
(B) The Pahari Schools:
- Origin and development of Basohli, Guler, and Kangra schools in brief and main features of the Pahari schools
- Study of the following Pahari Paintings:
Title / Set/ Painter                                                        School
One Folio of Ramayana                                            Basohli
(Sangri – Early Phase)
One Folio of Gita Govinda of Jaideva by Manaku                      Guler
One Krishna Lila or Bhagavata Purana                               Kangra Folio by Nain Sukh
One painting from Nayaka Nayika                                   Guler or Kangra or Baramasa or Ragamala
Krishna with Gopis                                                 Basohli
Nand, Yashoda and Krishna with Kinsmen                           Kangra Going to Vrindavana
Unit 2: The Mughal and Deccani Schools of miniature painting (16th Century A.D. to 19th Century A.D.)
- The Mughal School
- Origin and development of the Mughal school in brief and main features of the Mughal School
- Study of the following Mughal Paintings:
Title                             Painter                           School
A Folio from Akbar Namah          Basawan                          Akbar
Baber Crossing the river Sone        Jagannath                         Akbar
Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhana   Miskin                            Akbar
Birth of Salim                       Ramdas                           Akbar
Jahangir holding the picture         Abul Hassan                       Jahangir
Falcon on Bird-Rest                 Ustad Mansoor                    Jahangir
Kabir and Raidas                    Ustad Faquirullah Khan            ShajahanÂ
Marriage procession of Dara Shikoh    Haji Madni                       Provincial Mughal (Oudh)
The Deccani School
- Origin and development of the Deccani school and Main features of the Deccan School.
- Study of the following Deccani Paintings:
Ibrahim AdilShah II of Bijapur                           Bijapur
Raga Hindola                                           Ahmednagar
Ragini Pat-hamsika                                      Ahmednagar
Hazart Nizamuddin Auliya and                            Hyderabad
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Chand Bibi Playing Polo (Chaugan)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Golconda
Unit 3: The Bengal School and Cultural Nationalism
- New Era in Indian art-an introduction
- Study of the following paintings:
   Rama Vanquishing the pride of the ocean                 Raja Ravi Verma
   Journey’s End                                          Abanidranath Tagore
   Parthasarthi                                           Nandlal Bose
   Ghalib’s Poetry Painting based on                        M.A.R. Chughtai
   Select a cubistic painting                                 Gaganendra nath Tagore
   Mother and child                                        Jamini Roy
  Female Face                                            Rabindranath Tagore
  Hill Women                                            Amrita Sher Gill
  Shiv and Sati                                           Nandlal Bose
Rasa-Lila                                                 Kshitindranath Majumdar
Radhika                                                 M.A.R. Chughtai
Meghdoot                                               Ram Gopal Vijaivargiya
- National flag and the Symbolic significance of its forms and the colours.
- Contribution of Indian artists in the struggle for National Freedom Movement
- Tiller of the Soil-Nandlal Bose.
Unit 4: The Modern Trends In Indian Art Introduction
S.No                     Painting                    Artist/Painter
1                         Mother Teresa                M.F. Hussain
2                         Birth of Poetry                K.K. Hebbar
3                         Gossip                       N.S. Bendre
4                        Tantric Painting               G.R. Santosh
5                         Words and images             K.C.S. Pannikar
6                        Rama Vanquishing              Raja Ravi Verma
                         the Pride of the Ocean Â
7                        Mother and child                 Jamini Roy
8                        Haldi Grinders                   Amrita Sher Gil
9                        Mother Teresa                   M.F. Husain
10                       The Vulture                      Kamlesh Dutt Pande
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Sculpture
Study of the following sculptures:
(i)          Triumph of Labour          D. P. Roychowdhury
(ii)          Santhal Family              Ramkinker Vaij
(iii)         Standing Woman            Dhanraj Bhagat
(iv)          Cries Unheard              Amar Nath Sehgal
(v)          Ganesha Figure             P.V.Jankiram
(vi)         Dhanpal                    Sankho Chaudhuri
(vii)        Chatturmukhi                Aekka Yada Giri Rao
Graphic-Prints
(i)            Whirlpool                 Krishna Reddy
(ii)           Children                  Somnath Hore
(iii)           Devi                     Jyoti Bhatt
(iv)           Of walls                   Anupam Sud
(v)            Man, Woman and Tree      K. Laxma Goud
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