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'''Kala Bhavana''' (Institute of Fine Arts) is the fine arts faculty of [[Visva-Bharati University]], in [[Shantiniketan]], [[India]]. It is an institution of education and research in [[visual arts]], founded in 1919, it was established by Nobel laureate [[Rabindranath Tagore]]. | '''Kala Bhavana''' (Institute of Fine Arts) is the fine arts faculty of [[Visva-Bharati University]], in [[Shantiniketan]], [[India]]. It is an institution of education and research in [[visual arts]], founded in 1919, it was established by Nobel laureate [[Rabindranath Tagore]]. | ||
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The school offers a [[Bachelor of Fine Arts]] degree and a [[Master of Fine Arts]] degree, as well as certificate degrees. | The school offers a [[Bachelor of Fine Arts]] degree and a [[Master of Fine Arts]] degree, as well as certificate degrees. | ||
==In popular culture and in history== | ==In popular culture and in history== | ||
[[File:Emblem of India.svg|thumb|100px|left|Emblem of India]] | [[File:Emblem of India.svg|thumb|100px|left|Emblem of India]] | ||
Nandalal Bose was assigned the task of decorating the original copy of the [[Constitution of India]] and he drew in several of his students for the work. It included [[Dinanath Bhargava]], [[Kripal Singh Shekhawat]], Jagdish Mittal, Gauri Bhanja, his daughter, and others.{{Citation needed|date=September 2019}} The brief was to illustrate 34 inch borders in 300-odd pages with patterns from different historical ages of the subcontinent. The document was adopted on 26 January 1950. Dinanath Bhargava, then 21-years old, was also given the task of adapting the design the [[State Emblem of India|national emblem]].<ref name="constitution">{{cite web | url = https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/artist-who-sketched-national-emblem-dies/articleshow/56175592.cms| title = Artist who sketched national emblem dies | publisher = The Times of India, 26 December 2016 |access-date = 29 August 2019}}</ref> [[Beohar Rammanohar Sinha]] illustrated the preamble and certain other pages.<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Sahoo, A.|author2=Pattanaik, T.|title=Making of the Constitution of India: A Critical Analysis|editor=L. Mohanty|journal=Odisha Review|date=January 2015|volume=LXXI|pages=7–15|url=http://odisha.gov.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/2015/Jan/engpdf/8-16.pdf|location=Government of Odisha, Bhubaneswar, India|access-date=14 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116155308/http://odisha.gov.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/2015/Jan/engpdf/8-16.pdf|archive-date=16 January 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsable.asianetnews.tv/india/10-important-facts-about-the-indian-constitution|title=10 Important facts about the Indian constitution|website=Newsable.asianetnews.tv|access-date=26 November 2018}}</ref> R. Siva Kumar said that it was indeed a matter of pride that artists from Kala Bhavana embellished the prestigious document.<ref name="constitution"/> | Nandalal Bose was assigned the task of decorating the original copy of the [[Constitution of India]] and he drew in several of his students for the work. It included [[Dinanath Bhargava]], [[Kripal Singh Shekhawat]], Jagdish Mittal, Gauri Bhanja, his daughter, and others.{{Citation needed|date=September 2019}} The brief was to illustrate 34 inch borders in 300-odd pages with patterns from different historical ages of the subcontinent. The document was adopted on 26 January 1950. Dinanath Bhargava, then 21-years old, was also given the task of adapting the design the [[State Emblem of India|national emblem]].<ref name="constitution">{{cite web | url = https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/artist-who-sketched-national-emblem-dies/articleshow/56175592.cms| title = Artist who sketched national emblem dies | publisher = The Times of India, 26 December 2016 |access-date = 29 August 2019}}</ref> [[Beohar Rammanohar Sinha]] illustrated the preamble and certain other pages.<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Sahoo, A.|author2=Pattanaik, T.|title=Making of the Constitution of India: A Critical Analysis|editor=L. Mohanty|journal=Odisha Review|date=January 2015|volume=LXXI|pages=7–15|url=http://odisha.gov.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/2015/Jan/engpdf/8-16.pdf|location=Government of Odisha, Bhubaneswar, India|access-date=14 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116155308/http://odisha.gov.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/2015/Jan/engpdf/8-16.pdf|archive-date=16 January 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsable.asianetnews.tv/india/10-important-facts-about-the-indian-constitution|title=10 Important facts about the Indian constitution|website=Newsable.asianetnews.tv|access-date=26 November 2018}}</ref> R. Siva Kumar said that it was indeed a matter of pride that artists from Kala Bhavana embellished the prestigious document.<ref name="constitution"/> | ||
In 2011, to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, ''[[Rabindra Chitravali]]'' was released, the four-volume set covered masters' painting [[Work of art|oeuvre]] consisting of 1,600 paintings, from Rabindra Bhavana (another institution of the university) and Kala Bhavana collection, along with 200 paintings from other institutions across India.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tagore paintings glow on his 150th birth anniversary |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/India/Tagore-paintings-glow-on-his-150th-birth-anniversary/Article1-541584.aspx |newspaper=Hindustan Times |date=10 May 2010 |access-date=15 March 2013}}</ref> | In 2011, to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, ''[[Rabindra Chitravali]]'' was released, the four-volume set covered masters' painting [[Work of art|oeuvre]] consisting of 1,600 paintings, from Rabindra Bhavana (another institution of the university) and Kala Bhavana collection, along with 200 paintings from other institutions across India.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tagore paintings glow on his 150th birth anniversary |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/India/Tagore-paintings-glow-on-his-150th-birth-anniversary/Article1-541584.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100514005426/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/india/Tagore-paintings-glow-on-his-150th-birth-anniversary/Article1-541584.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 May 2010 |newspaper=Hindustan Times |date=10 May 2010 |access-date=15 March 2013}}</ref> | ||
[[Satyajit Ray]], the legendary film maker, studied here in 1940-1941, under [[Benode Behari Mukherjee]], and later made a noted documentary on his teacher, ''[[The Inner Eye]]'' (1972).<ref name="satya">{{cite web|url=http://www.satyajitray.org/bio/at_shantiniketan.htm|title=Biography:At Shantiniketan|date=|publisher=.satyajitray.org|access-date=23 March 2013}}</ref> He had earlier made a 54-minute black-and-white documentary, [[Rabindranath Tagore (film)|Rabindranath Tagore]], on the life of the poet on the occasion of his birth centenary. The film won the President's Gold Medal Award, New Delhi, 1961 and the Golden Seal, Locarno, 1961.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055351/ | title = Rabindranath Tagor (1961)| publisher = IMDb |access-date = 29 August 2019}}</ref> | [[Satyajit Ray]], the legendary film maker, studied here in 1940-1941, under [[Benode Behari Mukherjee]], and later made a noted documentary on his teacher, ''[[The Inner Eye]]'' (1972).<ref name="satya">{{cite web|url=http://www.satyajitray.org/bio/at_shantiniketan.htm|title=Biography:At Shantiniketan|date=|publisher=.satyajitray.org|access-date=23 March 2013}}</ref> He had earlier made a 54-minute black-and-white documentary, [[Rabindranath Tagore (film)|Rabindranath Tagore]], on the life of the poet on the occasion of his birth centenary. The film won the President's Gold Medal Award, New Delhi, 1961 and the Golden Seal, Locarno, 1961.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055351/ | title = Rabindranath Tagor (1961)| publisher = IMDb |access-date = 29 August 2019}}</ref> | ||