CUET Fine Arts/Visual Arts/Commercial Art Syllabus 2025 - Get PDF Now
- The CUET Fine Arts/Visual Arts will consist of concepts related to the Pahari and Rajasthani School of Miniature Paintings, Mughal and Deccan Schools of Miniature Paintings, Bengal School, and Modern Trends.
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CUET Fine Arts Syllabus 2025
There are majorly three major sections of the Fine Arts which are namely Painting, Sculpture, Graphics and Commerical Arts. Read further to get the syllabus for each subject in detail.
PAINTING
There will be four units in the Painting subject of the CUET exam 2025. These units are:
Unit 1: The Rajasthani and Pahari Schools of Miniature Painting
Unit 2: The Mughal and Deccan schools of miniature painting
Unit 3: The Bengal School and Cultural Nationalism
Unit 4: The Modern trends In Indian Art
Read further to get the details CUET Fine Arts syllabus for Painting, Sculpture, and Graphic-Prints.
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Unit 1: The Rajasthani and Pahari Schools of Miniature Painting (16th Century A.D to 19th Century A.D.)
Introduction to Indian Miniature Schools: Western-Indian, Pala, Rajasthani, Mughal, Central India, Deccan, and Pahari.
(A) The Rajasthani Schools
- Origin and development of the following schools in brief: Mewar, Bundi, Bikaner, Kishangarh, and Jaipur, and the main features of the Rajasthani schools.
- Study of the following Rajasthani paintings:
| Title / Set / Painter | School | |
| A Folio from Ramayana paintings of Sahibdin | Mewar | |
| One Court scene or Hunting scene or Festival scene | Mewar Jagat Singh II | |
| One Folio from Ragamala or Rasikapriya | Bundi | |
| One painting of a Hunting Scene in a Forest | Kotah with Kotah | |
| Maharaja | – | |
| Radha (Bani-Thani) by Nihal Chand | Kishangarh | |
| Pabuji Ki Phad, Folk Scroll painting | Bhilwara | |
| Maru-Ragini | Mewar | |
| Raja Aniruddha Singh Hara | Bundi | |
| Chaugan Players | Jodhpur | |
| Krishna on swing | Bikaner | |
| Radha (Bani- Thani) | Kishangarh | |
| Bharat Meets Rama at Chitrakuta | Jaipur | |
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(B) The Pahari Schools:
- Origin and development of Basohli, Guler, and Kangra schools in brief and main features of the Pahari schools
- Study of the following Pahari Paintings:
| Title / Set / Painter | School |
| One Folio of Ramayana | Basohli (Sangri – Early Phase) |
| One Folio of Gita Govinda of Jaideva by Manaku | Guler |
| One Krishna Lila or Bhagavata Purana Sukh | Kangra Folio by Nain |
| One painting from Nayaka Nayika | Guler or Kangra or Baramasa or Ragamala |
| Krishna with Gopis | Basohli |
| Nand, Yashoda and Krishna with Kinsmen Going to Vrindavana | Kangra |
Unit 2: The Mughal and Deccani Schools of miniature painting (16th Century A.D. to 19th Century A.D.)
- The Mughal School
- Origin and development of the Mughal school in brief and main features of the Mughal School
- Study of the following Mughal Paintings:
| Title | Painter | School |
| A Folio from Akbar Namah | Basawan | Akbar |
| Baber Crossing the river Sone | Jagannath | Akbar |
| Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhana | Miskin | Akbar |
| Birth of Salim | Ramdas | Akbar |
| Jahangir holding the picture | Abul Hassan | Jahangir |
| Falcon on Bird-Rest | Ustad Mansoor | Jahangir |
| Kabir and Raidas | Ustad Faquirullah Khan | Shajahan |
| Marriage procession of | Haji Madni | Provincial |
| Dara Shikoh | – | Mughal (Oudh) |
Origin and development of the Deccani school and Main features of the Deccan School.
Study of the following Deccani Paintings:
| a. Ibrahim AdilShah II of Bijapur | Bijapur | |
| b. Raga Hindola | Ahmednagar | |
| c. Ragini Pat-hamsika | Ahmednagar | |
| d. Hazart Nizamuddin Auliya and Amir Khusro | Hyderabad | |
| e. Chand Bibi Playing Polo (Chaugan) | Golconda | |
Unit 3: The Bengal School and Cultural Nationalism
- New Era in Indian art-an introduction
Study of the following paintings:
| (i) | Rama Vanquishing the pride of the ocean | Raja Ravi Verma |
| (ii) | Journey’s End | Nandlal Bose |
| (iii) | Parthasarthi | M.A.R. Chughtai |
| (ii) | Ghalib’s Poetry Painting based on | Gaganendranath Tagore |
| (iii) | Select a cubistic painting | Jamini Roy |
| (iv) | Mother and child | Rabindranath Tagore |
| (v) | Female Face | Amrita Sher Gill |
| (vi) | Hill Women | Nandlal Bose |
| (Vii) | Shiv and Sati | Kshitindranath Majumdar |
| (viii) | Rasa-Lila | M.A.R. Chughtai |
| (ix) | Radhika | Ram Gopal Vijaivargiya |
| (vii) | Meghdoot | -- |
- National flag and the Symbolic significance of its forms and the colours.
- Contribution of Indian artists in the struggle for National Freedom Movement
- Tiller of the Soil-Nandlal Bose.
Unit 4: The Modern trends In Indian Art Introduction
| No. | Painting | Painter |
| iv. | Tantric Painting | G.R. Santosh |
| v. | Words and images | K.C.S. Pannikar |
| vi. | Rama Vanquishing the Pride of the Ocean | Raja Ravi Varma |
| vii. | Mother and child | Jamini Roy |
| viii. | Haldi Grinders | Amrita Sher Gil |
| ix. | Mother Teresa | M.F. Husain |
| x. | The Vulture | Kamlesh Dutt Pande |
Sculpture
Study of the following sculptures:
|
(i) |
Triumph of Labour |
D. P. Roychowdhury |
|
(ii) |
Santhal Family |
Ramkinker Vaij |
|
(iii) |
Standing Woman |
Dhanraj Bhagat |
|
(iv) |
Cries Unheard |
Amar Nath Sehgal |
|
(v) |
Ganesha Figure |
P.V.Jankiram |
|
(vi) |
Dhanpal |
Sankho Chaudhuri |
|
(vi) |
Chatturmukhi |
Aekka Yada Giri Rao |
Graphic-Prints
|
(i) |
Whirlpool |
Krishna Reddy |
|
(ii) |
Children |
Somnath Hore |
|
(iii) |
Devi |
Jyoti Bhatt |
|
(iv) |
Of walls |
Anupam Sud |
|
(v) |
Man, Woman and Tree |
K. Laxma Goud |
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