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
- Ajanta Murals
- Influence of Ajanta on later Indian Art
- Ellora Cave Temples
- Buddhist and Jain Manuscript Painting
- Mughal Miniatures
- Rajput, Pahari and Deccani Miniatures
- Company School
- Kalighat Patachitras and other examples of Folk Art
Indian Artist
- Krishna Reddy, Karmarkar, Kanwal Krishna, Jyoti Bhatt, Bendre, Solegaonkar, Palsikar, Padamsi, Tayyab Mehta, Jagmohan Chopra, Laxma Goud, Progressive Group, Bombay Group, Indian Print Makers upto 1980.
Western Art
- Realism-Gustave Courbet and Millet
- Impressionism- Manet, Monet, Renoir, Degas, lautree, Khate Kolwitz
- Post Impressionism-Gauguin, Van Gogh, Seurat, Cezanne
- Fauvism- Matisse
- German Expressionism
- Edward Munch, Modigliani
- Cubism- Analytical and Synthetic Cubism
- Influence of Cubism on later Modern Art
- Russian Constructivism- Tatlin, Gabo, Pevsner
- Neo- Plasticism- mondrian
- Suprematism- Malvich
- Modern Sculpture- Rodin, Brancusi, Giacometti, Henry Moore
- Futurism- A Brief Introduction
- Dadaism- Marcel Duchamp
Lectures per Academic Year : 100 Hours; Tutorials per Academic Year : 04. Duration : 3 Hours; Paper : 60 marks; 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.