Traditional Indian Designing

Paper Code: 
CJWT 503
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
120.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable the students to –

  1. Identify and understand the significance of Indian traditional jewellery in the current business environment.

 

80.00
Unit I: 
Designing Indian Jewellery
  • Kundan Meena Jewellery of Rajasthan
  • Gold Jewellery of Rajkot
  • Temple jewellery of Kerala
  • Terracotta jewellery of Bengal          
  • Art of Filigree- Orissa
  • Thewa necklace

 

40.00
Unit II: 
Designing Traditional Jewellery

 

             

  • Bridal Necklace
  • Gold Necklace
  • Rani Haar
  • Choker
  • Fancy Necklaces

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Guadalupi,G. (2008) Treasures in Gold : Masterpieces of Jewelry from Antiquity to Modern Times White Star; Edition
  • Bala, R. (2008) Indian Jewellery : Dance of the Peacock by India Book House
  • Lenti,L. (2009) Camillo Bertuzzi : Designer di Gioielli Studio per Edizioni Scelte
  • Untracht,O. (2008) Traditional Jewelry of India by Thames and Hudson; Illustrated edition

 

References: 

SUGGESTED READINGS:

 

  • Tait, H. (Ed.). (2008). Jewelry, 7,000 years: an international history and illustrated survey from the collections of the British Museum. Abrams.
  • Vyas, P. K. (2015). Three Dimensional Form Giving of Kundan Jewellery—A Parametric, Cluster Based Approach to Jewellery Design and Prototyping. In ICoRD’15–Research into Design Across Boundaries Volume 2 (pp. 263-273). Springer, New Delhi.
  • Haidar, N. N., & Stewart, C. A. (2014). Treasures from India: Jewels from the Al-Thani Collection. Metropolitan Museum of Art.

E-RESOURCES:

JOURNALS:

  • Diamond World
  • Jewellery News India
  • Art of Jewellery
  • Journal of Gem & Jewellery

 

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