5-Day Workshop: Introduction to the World of Miniature Painting

Hast-o-Neest 

Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts
5-Day Workshop Summer Study Programme

Introduction to 

The World of Miniature Painting

Fyza Aamir

 & Murad Khan Mumtaz

Friday, 18th – Wednesday, 23rd July 2014

(Class will not be held on Sunday 20 July)

4:30 pm to 6:30 pm

The world of Miniature Art is essentially form. Any art cannot be called ' traditional ' or 'Islamic ' on the grounds that it's subjects originate in a spiritual truth ; it's formal language must bear witness to a similiar origin.

Every traditional art is founded on a science of forms, on the symbolism inherent in the forms. A symbol is not merely a conventional sign. As Titus Burkckhardt clearly defines it , a symbol manifests an archetype by virtue of a definite ontological law. It is this 'formal language ' within the world of miniature painting which we will explore in this course.

5-Day Schedule:

- Introduction to the Illustrated Manuscript & the Art of the Book

- Introduction to the Schools of Miniature Painting
-Presentation on the Lahore Museum Miniature Paintings

- Practical: Pencil Assignment & Simple Composition with Qalam & Wasli

Fyza Aamir 

has a BFA in Miniature Painting, National College of Arts, 

Lahore and teaches Miniatures at Hastoneest. 

Murad Khan Mumtaz

 has a BFA in Miniature Painting, National College of Arts and is a Phd candidate at Virginia University, USA.

Reading material will be provided. Course fee is Rs. 5000/participant. 

Certificates issued on request. Further queries on 0300 847 1855/hast.o.neest@gmail.com

To Register

Send in 'Course Title, Name, Cell No. & Email' 

on hast.o.neest@gmail.com or 0300 847 1855.

Venue: 

Hast-o-Neest 

Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts, 31-G, Gulberg II, Lahore.