ANTIQUE PORTRAIT STUDY (Practical)

Paper Code: 
VAS(P) 124
Credits: 
6
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives:

The course will enable the students to:

  1. Appreciate and understand the portraits of ancient era.
  2. Develop an understanding of tools, materials and techniques used in those times.
  3. Formulate a deeper understanding by taking upon a journey that master artists may have taken while making the portrait.
  4. Reproduce a finished replica of an ancient work finely recreating features, face structure, rhythm and balance.

 

COURSE OUTCOMES:

Course

 

 Course Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course Code

Course Title

VAS(P) 124

 

 

Antique Portrait Study

(Practical)

 

The students will -

CO15: Review and revise through recreation various intricacies of an antique portrait to acquire skills like the old masters.

CO16: Develop an understanding of tools and mediums used by the chosen time period to trace evolution of tools over time.

CO17:  Recognize the different aesthetics of the various ancient civilizations and how their iconographydeveloped to practice facial features and portraitures of each era.

CO18: Solve the complicated molding casting process by step by step following procedures as imagined on the original.

CO19: Analyse features of the portrait to identify the beauty standards of various eras.

CO20: Simulate similar surface textures and color to replicate the chosen figures.

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion on composition subjects, Tutorials, Videos, Demonstration, Reading assignments.

 

Learning activities for the students:

Sketching, lay outing of composition, Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, presentation, Giving tasks, Field practical, handling of tools, machines, and casting and molding equipment.

Viva-Voice on display of artworks, Continuous Assessment Test, Semester end examinations, Quizzes, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and regular submission.

 

COURSE CONTENT:                                                                                             

Study of portraits made by great masters (Greek, Roman, Western, Indian etc)

 

Submission:           2 works minimum.

References: 

Suggested Text Books/Suggested Reference Books:

  • Hisashi Mori, Japanese Portrait Sculpture, Kodansha USA Inc
  • R.P. Hinks, Greek and Roman Portrait Sculpture, British Museum Press
  • Peck Stephen Rogers, Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist, Oxford University Press
  • John Griffiths Pedley, Greek Art and Archaeology, Pearson
  • Gombrich, The Story of Art, Phaidon Press
  • Dr. Neeta Yadav, Glory of Ancient India, Agam Kala Prakashan

E – Resources:

Academic Year: 
2023-2024
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