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
- Gupta Dynasty-Temples Sculptures and Paintings.
- Chalyukya Dynasty- Temples styles- Nagara, Vesara, Dravida
- Medieval Period-Pala and Sena Art- Rock-cut Temples- Ellora, Ajanta, Plain Sculpture, Painting
- Cholas and Panllavas- Khajurao, Konark, Helebid, Belur, Tanjore, Madura, Kanchipuram.
Indian Artist
- (Period of Late 19th and early 20th century): L.N.Taskar, S.P.Agaskar, G.K.Mhatre, Guregaonkar.Rao Bhadhur Dhurandar, Y.K.Shukla, Chittaprasad, Karmarkar
Western Art
- Early Renaissance- Giotto, Massacio, Piero Della Franscesca
- High Renaissance- Leonardo Da Vinci, Michaelangelo, Raphael, Donatello
- Later Painters- Titian, Durer, Jan Van Eyck
- Baroque Art- Rubens, Rembrant, Frans Hals, Caravaggio, Bernini, Hogarth
- Neo Classicism- Ingres and Dravid
- Romanticism- Delacriox, Goya
- English Landscape Painting- Constable and Turner.
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.