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Report of the Committee for Art Education 1947

1948

The result is the deterioration of the public taste because of the lack of beauty in the daily life on the one hand and on the other the deterioration of art for lack of encouragement to the artist who finds it difficult to live on his art without public patronage. [...] The question that was often put was what is Indian Art ? Is the Art of Ajanta and Ellora caves or the Art of the Moghal or Rajput Schools the only Indian Art and must the art of to-day be only a replica of that Art.? A true art cannot be a copy. [...] In the chapter on Higher Art Education the committee has recommended the teaching of the history and the appreciation of art with special reference to Indian Art to be included as one of the subjects to be taught. [...] But to ease the burden of the child the committee proposes that in the final standards of the secondary school Art Education should take the form of art appreciation. [...] The committee further considers it necessary to augment clerical staff of the Office of the Inspector of Drawing and Craftwork Bombay Province as a result of the recommendations made above for an increase in the Inspectorial staff and recommends that one post of office Superintendent and four more posts of clerks be created in the office of the Inspector of Drawing and Craftwork in addition to
education
Pages
107
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.140364
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
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Preface
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Chapter. I Introduction
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Chapter. II Art Education in Primary and Secondary Schools
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Chapter. III Higher Art Education
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Chapter. IV. Architecture
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Chapter V. Co-Ordination of Art and Crafts
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Chapter VI. Summary of Recommendations of the Committee for Art Education Bombay
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Appendix (A)
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Appendix (B)
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Appenix (C)
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Appendix 1. Subsidiary Rules regarding Admissions to the Normal School of the Sir J. J. School of Art Bombay
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