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The trips are planned and organised by the faculty, keeping in mind the learning objectives of the student as a visual artist. The course places emphasis on traditional skills and techniques of Miniature Painting by studying and practicing the styles and conventions of masters from different stylistic schools. To understand the traditional style in its pure form, students initially reproduce miniatures particularly from the Persian, Mughal and Kangra traditions, which focus on understanding line, form, colour and rendering . As part of the traditional training methods, students are taught to prepare their own tools and materials under the guidance of their instructors. Students learn traditional techniques such as Siyah Qalam and Gudrung as means to understand the full range of the genre and its vocabulary. The course also integrates the appreciation of contemporary art practices within Miniature Painting through gallery and studio visits, workshops and artists’ talks. With the int

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For example, music imitates with the media of rhythm and harmony, whereas dance imitates with rhythm alone, and poetry with language. Comedy, for instance, is a dramatic imitation of men worse than average; whereas tragedy imitates men slightly better than average. Lastly, the forms differ in their manner of imitation—through narrative or character, through change or no change, and through drama or no drama. Aristotle believed that imitation is natural to mankind and constitutes one of mankind's advantages over animals. Explore the craft of Production Design with award-winning filmmakers and learn how it adds meaning and depth to screen stories. Learn the fundamental UX skills, principles and other essentials required to kickstart your career as a digital UX designer. Explore your creative mindset to better understand your audience, build collaboration skills, and boost your resilience. Business & Management Further your career with an online communication, leadership, or b

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Before Modernism , aesthetics in Western art was greatly concerned with achieving the appropriate balance between different aspects of realism or truth to nature and the ideal; ideas as to what the appropriate balance is have shifted to and fro over the centuries. The aesthetic theorist John Ruskin, who championed what he saw as the naturalism of J. M. W. Turner, saw art's role as the communication by artifice of an essential truth that could only be found in nature. In the 20th century, Pablo Picasso's Guernica used arresting cubist techniques and stark monochromatic oils, to depict the harrowing consequences of a contemporary bombing of a small, ancient Basque town. Leon Golub's Interrogation III , depicts a female nude, hooded detainee strapped to a chair, her legs open to reveal her sexual organs, surrounded by two tormentors dressed in everyday clothing. Andres Serrano's Piss Christ is a photograph of a crucifix, sacred to the Christian religion and representing