Chapter 1 of Class 4 Arts Bansuri (Section 1: Visual Arts), Arrangements of Objects, opens with the Panchatantra tale The Hare and the Lion (Bhasuraka) and guides students to observe how everyday objects, musical instruments, and background fabrics are arranged in space, featuring artworks by master painter Nandalal Bose.
What Class 4 Art Chapter 1 Covers
Animal Music Band & Nandalal Bose’s Picture Gallery (Activities 1.1 & 1.2) completes an imaginative animal music band illustration and examines Nandalal Bose’s famous Haripura-style paintings of Indian occupations to spot traditional instruments (Tanpura, Dhak, Ghatam, Singa), tools, and ornaments.
Visual Hide-and-Seek & Still-Life Object Arrangement (Activities 1.3 to 1.5) arranges classroom objects of varied sizes, shapes, and colours in front of patterned fabrics, observing overlapping (‘visual hide-and-seek’ where smaller objects sit in front of or behind larger ones) and drawing from different viewpoints.
Exercises in Chapter 1
- Hands-on classroom art, theatre, music, and dance activities (Activities & rubrics).
- Cross-art connections with the opening Panchatantra story The Hare and the Lion.
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- Next: Chapter 2: Textures in Nature
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FAQ
Which Panchatantra story connects all four art sections in Class 4 Bansuri?
The Panchatantra story ‘The Hare and the Lion’ — where a clever little hare tricks the ferocious lion Bhasuraka into jumping at his own reflection in a deep well — connects Visual Arts, Theatre, Music, and Dance across the book.
Which famous Indian artist’s paintings are studied in Activity 1.2?
Paintings by the renowned modern Indian master artist Nandalal Bose, depicting people in everyday rural occupations and musicians playing traditional instruments, are studied in Activity 1.2.