Ancient and Medieval History, Art and Culture

Sculpture

A first-attempt learner with school-level reading and little retained ancient/medieval history or art history. Later chapters assume the earlier chronological context; History optional and practical arts training are outside scope.

Includes

• Selected explanatory readings, images/maps and source extracts
• Brief chronology or comparison notes
• Available mapped practice, mistake review and one initial recall review

Separate time needed

• Subsequent spaced revision and full mock examinations
• Reading every reference book and optional exercise in full
• Exclude a second reading of temple architecture or the historical period overview.

Editorial planning estimate; not measured learner time

• An Introduction to Indian Art Part I, Class XI, ch. 4 Post-Mauryan Trends in Indian Art and Architecture ↗

  ch. 4 Post-Mauryan Trends in Indian Art and Architecture, Elephanta Caves and Other Sites; Maheshmurti, Elephanta, pp. 16-17 (printed 42-43)

• An Introduction to Indian Art Part I, Class XI, ch. 4 Post-Mauryan Trends in Indian Art and Architecture ↗

  ch. 4 Post-Mauryan Trends in Indian Art and Architecture, Maheshmurti, Elephanta, pp. 32-33 (printed 58-59)

• An Introduction to Indian Art Part I, Class XI, ch. 6 Temple Architecture and Sculpture ↗

  ch. 6 Temple Architecture and Sculpture, Ravana Shaking Mount Kailasha, pp. 31-32 (printed 98-99)

• UNESCO World Heritage Convention: India, properties inscribed on the World Heritage List (with inscription years) and Tentative List ↗

  Cultural properties: Elephanta Caves (1987)

• Nitin Singhania, Indian Art and Culture (publisher page with table of contents) ↗

  ch. 3

• An Introduction to Indian Art Part I, Class XI, ch. 2 Arts of the Indus Valley ↗

  Indus sculptural objects and material/technique

• An Introduction to Indian Art Part I, Class XI, ch. 3 Arts of the Mauryan Period ↗

  Mauryan stone figures and polish

• An Introduction to Indian Art Part I, Class XI, ch. 4 Post-Mauryan Trends in Indian Art and Architecture ↗

  Buddhist narrative forms and regional sculpture comparisons

• An Introduction to Indian Art Part I, Class XI, ch. 6 Temple Architecture and Sculpture ↗

  Selected temple sculpture and iconography

• An Introduction to Indian Art Part I, Class XI, ch. 7 Indian Bronze Sculpture ↗

  Bronze casting and selected works

• An Introduction to Indian Art Part II: Modern Indian Art ↗

  PDF pages 3 and 7: modern sculptural materials and expression; later painting discussion is assigned to Painting.

• Nitin Singhania, Indian Art and Culture (publisher page with table of contents) ↗

  Chapter 3, selected sculpture and terracotta comparisons; use only sections filling gaps in the assigned school-text readings.

  Book required