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Past Programmes

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APR
Community Engagement
Architecture as a Way of Knowing
Prajna Desai
02
APR
Criticism & Theory
The Epic in Indian Imagination
G. N. Devy
29
MAR
Community Engagement
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Thomas P. Campbell
25
MAR
Indian Aesthetics
Figures as Flowers
Finbarr Barry Flood
22
MAR
Community Engagement
Book Launch - “A Certain Grace"
Various

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Venue

Jnanapravaha
Queens Mansion, 3rd Floor, G. Talwatkar Marg, Fort, Mumbai - 400001. India.
E-mail: to.jnanapravaha@gmail.com,
              info@jp-india.org
Tel      : +91-22-2207 2974 / 2207 2975
Landmark: We are next to Cathedral Middle School, in the lane opposite J.B.Petit School.

 

 
 

Art, Criticism & Theory

The Course

The Art, Criticism and Theory course aims at introducing its participants to basic ideas and concepts in the field of art theory and art criticism. The course is designed around discussions on certain key-concepts and texts that are seen as central to the contemporary concerns of the field. Methodologies of criticism and structure of writing are the fundamental concerns of the course.

 

Course Structure

The course begins with an introduction, and a critical viewing of Art History, Art Criticism and art institutions. Concepts like Beauty, Time, Tradition, etc. are taken up for detailed discussions, after which particular texts located within Modernism, Structuralism, Indian Nationalism, and so on are discussed in class.

 

Course Schedule

A schedule of the previous edition of ACT is provided here for purposes of reference with regards to course content.

 

Resource Scholars

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Duration and Timings

The course runs from mid-July to December-end.

 

Classes are held every Tuesday and Thursday of a week, except in the months of July and August, when the classes run every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Class timings are 6:30-8:30 pm.

 

Venue

The course is conducted at our premises at Queens Mansion, 3rd Floor, G. Talwatkar Marg, Fort, Mumbai-400001. Please find a Google map of the venue below.

 

Fee and Admissions

The course is open to graduates from any discipline.

 

The total fee for the course, including reading material and library reference fee, is Rs. 20,000/- per participant.
Those wishing to sign up for an add-on writing semester will have to pay an additional Rs 5,000/-.

 

The application requesting admission should be accompanied by two writing samples; these could be any professionally produced papers/ academic reports/ articles or assignments written by the applicant. The word count for each write-up should be in the 1000-3000 range.

 

All correspondence, including the application, has to be conducted via emails.
For any enquiries, please e-mail us at to.jnanapravaha@gmail.com or info@jp-india.org.

 
 
 
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Jnanapravaha
Queens Mansion, 3rd Floor, G. Talwatkar Marg,
Fort, Mumbai - 400001. India.
Tel: +91-22-2207 2974 / 2207 2975.
Fax: +91-22-2207 2976.
Email: to.jnanapravaha@gmail.com, info@jp-india.org

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