AESTHETICS - WESTERN (Theory)

Paper Code: 
24VAP321
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
30.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

The course will enable the students to Examine and evaluate the works created by Western Modern artists. Recognize different artistic approaches, such as composition, color, and medium use. Acquire the skill of visual analysis. Look at chronologies to understand the evolution of Western art over time.

Course Outcomes: 

Course

Learning Outcome

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Course Code

Course Title

 

 

24VAP   321

 

 

 

Aesthetics -Western

(Theory)

 

CO47: Acquire an in-depth knowledge of Western art history by remembering various artists and their art works.

CO48:  Develop skills to appreciate Western art considering its subject, mediums, style and techniques.

CO49:  Understand major movements, artists, methods and theories and to assess the qualities of work of art in their historical and cultural settings.

CO50:  Develop an understanding of cultural and political factors that affect the visual language of art.

CO51:  Understand the different facets of art and their significance.

CO52: Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction.

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration

 

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, presentation, Giving tasks.

 

6.00
Unit I: 
Western Aesthetics I

Immanuel Kant and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

6.00
Unit II: 
Western Aesthetics II

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche and Walter Benjamin

6.00
Unit III: 
Western Aesthetics III

Martin Heidegger and Jacques Derrida

6.00
Unit IV: 
Western Aesthetics IV

John Ruskin and William Morris

6.00
Unit V: 
Western Aesthetics V

Arthur c. Danto and Jean-Paul Sartre

Essential Readings: 
  1. H. Blocker and Jennifer Jeffers, Contextualizing Aesthetics: From Plato to Lyotard
  2. Prof. Dr. Kanti Chandra Pandey, Comparative Aesthetics-Indian and Western Aesthetics (Vol1 & 2)
  3. H.W. Janson, History of Art, Thames & Hudson, 1991 Revised reprint
References: 

Reference Journals:

  1. JSTOR
  2. JOA - Journal of Arts
  3. SHS Web of Conferences
  4. Arts and Learning Research Journal

E-Resources:

  1. https://www.britannica.com/topic/aesthetics/The-development-of-Western-aesthetics
  2. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jacques-Derrida
  3. https://literariness.org/2017/05/14/key-theories-of-jacques-derrida/
  4. https://iep.utm.edu/jacques-derrida/
  5. https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/document/obo-9780190221911/obo-9780190221911-0003.xml

 

Academic Year: 
2024-2025
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