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AESTHETICS - WESTERN (Theory)
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
The course will enable the students to-
- Gain knowledge about western art movements.
- Understand about Western philosophers and their art theories.
- State the relationship between art, philosophy and aesthetics.
- Be able to appreciate and criticize a work of art on the basis of its elements and principals.
COURSE OUTCOMES:
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CVAS 602 |
Aesthetics Western (Theory)
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The students will- CO151: Build up an understanding of the aesthetics and its application in varied art forms.
CO152: Evaluate the theories given by Western philosophers and its application while visualizing a work of art.
CO153: Assess the qualities of works of art in their historical and cultural settings through the use of theories given by aestheticians.
CO154: Effectively apply knowledge of aesthetics in critical writings. |
Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration.
Learning activities for the students: Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, presentation, Giving tasks. |
Semester end examinations, Continuous Assessment Test, Class test, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects, regular submission. |
An introduction to the Western Aesthetics. Imitative theories of Art: Utility and Morality as standard for art evaluation. Art objects with reference to the Greek Philosophers: Plato and Aristotle. Interpretation of Imitation and Utility by Aristotle with the theory of Catharsis and pleasure of Tragedy
Middle Ages: General tendencies and the characteristics in the field of art including architecture, sculpture, illuminated manuscripts, stained glass, metalwork and mosaics
Conceptions of beauty in Renaissance, general trends and characteristics with reference to the developments in Literature, Sculpture, Painting and Poetry proceeding towards unified aesthetic theory of Leonardo Da Vinci, Alberti, Albert Durer
Immanuel Kant, G.W.F. Hegel
Social responsibilities: Benedetto Croce, Leo Tolstoy and Sigmund Freud
Romanticism in painting and literature
Art as the expression of the feelings and emotions: Schopenhauer
Suggested Text Books/Suggested Reference Books:
- Comparative Aesthetics -Indian & Western Aesthetics (Vol 1 & 2) : Prof. Dr. Kanti Chandra Pandey
- Greek Aesthetic Theory (RLE: Plato) (Routledge Library Editions: Plato) : J G Warry
- Contextualizing Aesthetics: From Plato to Lyotard : H. Blocker and Jennifer Jeffers.
E - Resources:
- file:///C:/Users/power/Downloads/mock%205-4-2021/THE_CONCEPT_OF_IMITATION_IN_PLATO_AND_ARISTOTLE_AR.pdf
- https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Medieval_Art/PMRQoPo-HRIC?hl=ml&gbpv=1&dq=inauthor:%22Michael+Byron+Norris%22&printsec=frontcover
- http://staff.uny.ac.id/sites/default/files/pendidikan/paulus-kurnianta-spd-sfil-mhum/philosophy-arts-3rd-ed.pdf
- https://archive.org/details/the-history-of-art-janson/page/70/mode/2up
- https://www.theartstory.org/
- https://www.khanacademy.org/
- https://www.jstor.org/
- https://archive.org/details/history-of-art-janson/page/n5/mode/2up
- https://archive.org/details/whatisart00tolsuoft/page/n39/mode/2up
- https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.408062/page/n29/mode/2up
Reference Journals:
- JOA - Journal of Arts
- Shodh Kosh: Journal of Visual and Performing Arts
- Atishay Kalit- A Bilingual Research Journal of Fine Arts, Culture and Humanities
- Kala: The Journal of Indian Art History Congress
