Art and Visual Culture in Modern South Asia (HART0172)

Key information

Faculty: Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences
Teaching department: History of Art
Credit value: 30

Restrictions: This module is only available to final-year BA History of Art students, including BA History of Art, Materials and Technology, and including final-year students who are taking a combined-honours degree which includes History of Art in the programme title. The module is also available to affiliate students enrolled in the History of Art Department for a full academic year, and available to BASc Arts & Sciences (Cultures pathway) students who have previously completed a FHEQ Level 5 or 6 module in History of Art.
Timetable

Alternative credit options

There are no alternative credit options available for this module.

Description

This module examines developments in painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, film, museums, and exhibitionary culture across the Indian subcontinent from 1850 to the present through modalities of the nation and national identity in South Asia. This was a dynamic period in the region鈥檚 long history that saw the rise and fall of colonial empires, the emergence of nationalism(s), global conflict and crises of territory, migration and displacement. In addition to mapping the major centres of South Asian art and discourse in the twentieth century, this module will probe the artistic achievements of pioneering South Asian modernists, alongside contemporary voices to open a window into the complex social, political and cultural coordinates across which histories of art and modernism in South Asia emerged and continue to unfold. This module will also probe the role of art and art history in the formation of Indian and Pakistani nationalism in the early twentieth century.听

Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year

Intended teaching term: Terms 1 and 2 听听听 Undergraduate (FHEQ Level 6)

Teaching and assessment

Mode of study: In person
Methods of assessment: 90% Coursework

10% Viva or oral presentation
Mark scheme: Numeric Marks

Other information

Number of students on module in previous year: 0
Module leader: Dr Aparna Kumar

Last updated

This module description was last updated on 19th August 2024.

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