CREATIVE COMPOSITION (Practical)

Paper Code: 
VAS(C) 125
Credits: 
6
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives:

The course will enable the students to-

  1. Construct original compositional artworks that reflect their knowledge of art so far.
  2. Showcase their unique thought process while utilizing the geometric and organic forms.
  3. Produce artworks that illustrate their individual aesthetics illustrating the properties of art like balance, rhythm, emphasis, movement etc.

COURSE OUTCOMES:

Course

 

 Course Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course Code

Course Title

VAS(C) 125

 

Creative Composition (Practical)

 

The students will -

CO22: Argue and debate on the important creative compositions of their liking so as to critically analyse their own aesthetic sense.

CO23:  Observe, analyse and interpret forms to creatively portray original thought.

CO24: Compose an artwork that exemplifies their individual concept bearing figurative forms to be able to express through human body and manipulate its form.

CO25: Experiment with different mediums of art to deduce which visual language the medium speaks.

CO26:  Incorporate current and personal issues into their composition to learn to use art as a tool for commentary of socio political issues that they are sensitive about.

CO27: Devise tools and machinery to construct finished casting surfaces to produce industry ready sculptures.

Approach in teaching:

Tutorials, Ideation, Selection, Development, Debriefing.

 

Learning activities for the students:

Sketching, lay outing of composition, Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, presentation, Giving tasks, Experimenting

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: Student will prepare a creative composition using synthetic medius in his own style. The student can make environmental sculptures, installation art, and direct metal sculpture by different processes such as welding, riveting.

SUBMISSIONS:         3 works of 2’ minimum

References: 

Suggested Text Books/Suggested Reference Books:

  • Ian Dawson, Making Contemporary Sculpture, Crowood Publication
  • Herbert Read, The Meaning of Art, Penguin Books, 1963
  • Balram Srivastava, Nature of Indian Aesthetics, Chaukhambha Orientalia, 1985
  • R.N. Misra, Outlines of Indian Arts: Architecture, Painting, Sculpture, Dance and Drama, Aryan Book Internation, Delhi, 2014
  • Subhashini Aryan, Unknown Masterpieces of Indian Folk & Tribal Art, B. N. Aryan 
  • Neelima Vashishtha, Tradition and Modernity in Indian Arts: during the Twentieth Century, Aryan Book International, 2010
  • Sunil Gawde (The Sculptor), Popular Prakashan, Bombay

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Academic Year: 
2023-2024
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