Figurative Sculpture (Practical)

Paper Code: 
VAS (P) 325
Credits: 
6
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives:

The course will enable the students to:

  1. Demonstrate advanced knowledge in skill to construct original artworks.
  2. Use tools and techniques creatively to express their thought processes.
  3. Construct complete artworks with two or more figures.

Course Outcomes:

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   Course Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

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Paper Title

 

 

 

VAS (P) 325

 

 

 

 

Figurative Sculpture

 

 

The students will-

CO72:    Debate about mediums with deeper understanding of their significance and attributes they add to the work of art to develop unique ways of executing nontraditional materials and bringing them into their artworks.

 

 CO73:  Manage space more effectively. Constructing installations or scaled up works to enable an effective environment for their works.

 

CO74:  Demonstrate unique ways of using tools and techniques in accordance with their unique thought process to add to their visual language.

 

CO75: Adapt to surroundings and environment they construct in, finding unique ways and positions to install their sculptures to judge general public’s gaze towards art and more specifically their art.

 

CO76:  Stimulate real and artificial textures in the artwork, artificial textures increase their material profess and real textures improve their observational and visual skills.

CO77: Reflect on their earlier artworks, critically analyze their choice of mediums, forms, and mold casting choices to find out their patterns which help them recognize their art style.

 

Approach in teaching:

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

 

Learning activities for the students:

Sketching, lay outing , Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, presentation, Giving tasks,  Field practical, handling of matrix, printing press and tools, giving tasks to create sketches, layouts.

 

 

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

CONTENT:                                                                                       No Exam

Student will prepare a creative sculpture based on figures in his own style using different techniques and mediums.

Submission:            3 works of 2’ minimum

 

References: 
  • Tucker William, The Language of Sculpture
  • Flynn Tom, The body in Sculpture, The Everyman art Library,1998, Calmann and King Ltd, London
  • Rubina Peter, Sculpting the Figure in Clay: An Artistic and Technical Journey to Understanding the Creative and Dynamic Forces in Figurative Sculpting
  • Vergie Lea, Art on the Cutting Edge – A guide to Contemporary Movements, SkiraPaperbag, 2001, Milan, Italy
  • Ian Dawson – Making Contemporary Sculpture
  • The 21st Century Art book – Phaidon
  • PranNathMago - Contemporary Art of India
  • Michael Archer – Installation Art – Thames & Hudson
  • Willium Schultz Linduff – Art Past Art Present
  • Williemian Brand – Visual Thinking
  • Devi Prasad – RamkinkerVaij
  • Norbert Lynton – The Story of Modern Art

 

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