B.F.A. (Painting) History of Art Syllabus - Mumbai University
This is the University of Mumbai syllabus for the B.F.A. (Painting), the Revised Course in force from the academic year 2004-2005. It is still the current scheme: MU has never revised it, the University's own Faculty of Fine Art register still lists this degree as Ordinance O.5310 under Circular No. UG/210 of 2004, and the syllabus below is what MU's Summer 2026 examinations were set on.
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Syllabus for History of Art
Indian Art
- Prehistoric Art # Bhimbetka and other sites of India
- # Cave painting – Theme and Technique
- Indus Valley Civilization – Mohanjo Daro, Harappa Civilization
- # Town Planning, Great Bath
- # Sculpture: The bearded man, Dancing girl, Male Torso, Male of a Dancing torso, Mother Goddess, etc.
- : Seals, and toys, painting and pottery
- Maurya Dynasty # Architecture – Lomash Rishi's cave
- # Sculpture – Yakshani from Didarganj
- Yakha from patna and parkham
- # Pillar – Lauriya, Nandangarh, Rampurva, and Sarnath
- Shunga Dynasty # Bharhut stupa – Relif sculpture and Jatak stories
- Satavahanas (Andhra Dynasty) # Sanchistupa, Relif sculpture
- # Amaravati stupa
- Kushan Dynasty – Gandhar Style Sculpture
- # Head of Buddha, Standing Buddha from hoti mardan, Seated Buddha from Takht-I-Bahi, Standing Bodhisattva, The Nirvana of Buddha from Louriyan Tangai, Bamiyan Buddha
- # Mathura style sculpture
- • Wima kadphises, Kanishka
- • Seated Buddha from Katva
Western Art
- # Prehistoric Art
- • Cave Art – Painting – Theme and Technique, Alta Mira Cave, Lascaux Cave
- • Sculpture – Venus of Willendorf, Stonehenge, Dolmen and Mask
- # Egyptian Art
- • Belief in Life after death
- • Pyramid of Giza, Pyramid of King Khupu, Pyramid of King Khapre
- • Sculpture – Relief and Round; Sphinx
- • Painting – Theme and Technique
- # Greek Art
- • Architecture – Temple; Doric, Ionic, Corinthian
- • Open Theater – Epidayras
- • Sculpture – The Lancoon, Discus Thrower
- • Painting – Pottery
- # Roman Art
- • Architecture – Forums, Arches, Basilicas, Colosseium; Pantheon Temple
- • Sculpture – Arch and Colours; Agustus of Prima Porta; Mark Auvelius
- • Painting
Lectures per Academic Year : 90 Hours; Tutorials per Academic Year : 04. Paper : 60 marks; Duration : 3 Hours; Term Work : 40 marks. Reproduced from the University of Mumbai's Ordinances, Regulations and Scheme of Syllabus for the Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting) (Revised Course), in force from the academic year 2004-2005. Wording, sub-headings and teaching hours are as printed in that syllabus. The PDF above is the syllabus's own page, unaltered.
The complete syllabus
This subject is cut from the University circular for the whole degree, which covers all four years. Open the document here if you want the whole thing rather than a single subject.