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. 2 Arts of the Indus Valley ↗

  ch. 2 Arts of the Indus Valley, Terracotta; Seals; Pottery; Beads and Ornaments; Mother Goddess, pp. 3-9 (printed 11-17)

• Themes in Indian History Part I, Class XII, Theme 1 Bricks, Beads and Bones: The Harappan Civilisation ↗

  Theme 1 Bricks, Beads and Bones, 7.1 Seals and sealings, p. 15 (printed 15)

• 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