B.F.A. (Sculpture) History of Art Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
This is the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.F.A. (Sculpture), Circular No. UG/210 of 2004 dated 28 May 2004 (Ordinances 5324 to 5330, Regulations 4545 to 4568), in force from the academic year 2004-2005. Circular No. UG/353 of 2008 amended the Final Year ordinance, O.5329, and changed no subject. It is still the scheme examined: the University set the Summer 2026 papers on it — History of Art (83301) and Aesthetics (83302) in the Second Year, History of Art (83401) in the Final Year — and has published no later B.F.A. syllabus. The Final Year B.F.A. examination is conducted by the University of Mumbai, on exam form 4O02424.
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Syllabus for History of Art
Group I (Theory) Lectures per Academic Year: 100 hours
- History of Modern Art ( Critical Study )
- Syllabus for History of Modern Art ( Critical Study )
- Period : 20th Century ( from 1901 onwards )
- Indian Art :
- Indian painting since 1850 to 1900 - a general survey.
- 1) Art of the transitional period - 1935 – 1950 Disourism of various artists groups.
- 2) Art from 1950 -1980 The contribution of the following.
- Abanindranath Tagore, Rabindranath Tagore, Jamini Roy, Nandalal Bose, Amrita Sher-Gill, Binode Behari Mukherjee, K.H. Ara, Adi Davierwala, Badrinarayan, Pilon Pockkanwala, Prabhakar Barve, V.S. Gaitonde, N.S. Bendre, S.D. Palshikar, J. Swaminathan, R.H. Raza, Satish Gujral, Jahangir Sabawala, K.K. Hebbar, G.R. Santosh, M.F. Hussain, K.G. Subramanian, Tayeb Mehta, Bicash Bhattacharya, Laxman Pai, Nanda Gopal, Baburao Sadvelkar, Krishna Reddy, Shankoo Chowdhary, Ram Kinker, Pradosh Das Gupta, Akbar Padmsee, Ganesh Pyne, Shanti Dave
- Western Art :
- Surrealism – Manifesto, Salvador Dali, Rene Magritte
- Joan Miro, Paul Klee, Max Ernst
- Surrealist Sculpture Metaphysics & Fantasy – De Chirico, Marc Chaggal
- Kinetic Art – Alexander Calder
- Abstract Expressionism – Action Painting & Colour Field Painters
- Pop Art Minimalism – Neo - Expressionism
- Rise of Installations Art, Earth Art, Textual Art, Photography & Video Art, Digital Art Etc. Super–Realism
Cut from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.F.A. (Sculpture), Circular No. UG/210 of 2004, page 22 of that syllabus. Wording, spelling and numbering are as printed there. The University sets no reading list for this course.
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