CREATIVE PORTRAIT (Practical)

Paper Code: 
VAS(P) 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 utilising the form of a human head.
  3. Produce artworks that illustrate their individual aesthetics illustrating the properties of art like balance, rhythm, emphasis, movement etc

COURSE OUTCOMES:

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 Course Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

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Course Title

VAS(P) 125

 

Creative Portrait (Practical)

 

The students will -

CO21: Argue and debate on the important creative compositions of their liking so as to critically analyse their own aesthetic sense.

CO22: Observe, analyse and interpret forms to creatively portray original thought through head.

CO23: Compose an artwork that exemplifies their individual concept bearing portrait forms to be able to express through human head and manipulate its form.

CO24: 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.

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

CO26: Devise tools and machinery to construct finished casting surfaces to produce industry ready sculptures.

 

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 :                                                             

Student will prepare a creative portrait in his own style using different techniques and mediums.

 

SUBMISSION:         4 works size 18” minimum

References: 

Suggested Text Books/Suggested Reference Books:

  • Julia L. Kay, Portrait Revolution, Watson Gulpitt
  • Rosie Llewwllyn Jones, Portraits in Princely India, The Marg Foundation
  • Ricardo Barros, Facing Sculpture: A Portfolio of Portraits, Sculpture and Related Ideas, Image Spring Press
  • Vijaya Laxmi Singh, Women and Gender in Ancient India: A Study of Texts and Inscriptions, Aryan Book International, 2015
  • Sunil Gawde (The Sculptor), Popular Prakashan, Bombay

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