An Introduction to Indian Art Part I

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Textbook introduction to Indian art for Class XI, presenting fine arts as a disciplined subject with skill-focused teaching. Explains the need for a professional approach and a historical perspective of art in the world and in India. Covers art heritage through theory alongside practical work, discussing traditions from prehistoric cave paintings and Buddhist mural continuations to later sculptural, architectural developments across Buddhist, Jain, Hindu, and Indo-Islamic periods prior to Mughal rule.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

FormatPDF

Pages145

Reading Time6 h 5 min

# An Introduction to Indian ArtPart I Textb6ok in Fine Artsfor Class XI AN INTRODUCTION TOINDIAN ART ## PART I Textbook in Fine Artsfor Class XI pzuI S-a⁹a NCERT First Edition September 2012 Asvina 1934 PD 5T MJ ◎National Council of EducationalResearch and Training,2012 120.00 Printed on 80 GSM paperwith NCERTwatermark Published at the Publication Division bythe Secretary,National Council ofEducational Research and Training,SriAurobindo Marg,New Delhi 110016and printed at Gita Offset Printers,C-90,Okhla Industrial Area Phase-I,New Delhi 110020 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED □ No part of this publication may be reproduced,stored in aretrieval system or transmitted,in any form or by any means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording or otherwisewithout the prior permission of the publisher. □ This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not,by wayof trade,be lent,re-sold,hired out or otherwise disposed ofwithout the publisher's consent,in any form of binding or coverother than that in which it is published. □ The correct price of this publication is the price printed on thispage,Any revised price indicated by a rubber stamp or by asticker or by any other means is incorrect and should be unacceptable. OFFICES OF THE PUBLICATIONDIVISION,NCERT NCERT Campus Sri Aurobindo Marg Phone:011-26562708 New Delhi110016 108,100Feet Road HosdakereHalliExtension BanashankaniII Stage Phone:080-26725740 Bangalore 560085 Navjivan Trust Building PO.Navjivan Phone:079-27541446 Ahmedabad 380014 CWC Campus Opp.Dhankal BusStop Panihati Phone:033-25530454 Kolkata 700114 CWCComplex Maligaon Phone:0361-2674869 Guwahati 781021 Publication Team Head,Publication:A.K.SrivastavaDivisionChief Production:Shiv KumarOfficer Chief Editor (Incharge):Naresh YadavChief Business:Gautam GangulyManager Editorial Assistant :MathewJohnProduction Officer:V.B.MeshramCoverSurender KumarLayoutSeema Srivastaua ## FOREWORD The National Council of Educational Research and Training(NCERT)has constantly been working for the past fiftyyears to bring in an impact on the country's schooleducational system.In the recent years,specially with theNational Curriculum Framework(NCF)-2005,there has beena significant shift in the development of textbooks,theirpresentation and inter-disciplinary approach,the typologyof exercises,etc.All these efforts have made the textbookschild friendly.At the senior secondary stage,which is alsothe school leaving stage,students should have more optionsto move further in different fields of higher education orprofessional education.With this view,the NCERT for thefirst time took the initiatives of developing the curriculumand syllabi in different art related areas for this stage. At this stage of education,the emphasis has been givento a professional approach towards the subject of Fine Artsmaking it a discipline rather than on creating awarenessand knowledge,wh

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