Fundamentals of Visual Art ( Theory)

Paper Code: 
VAF 101
Credits: 
02
Contact Hours: 
30.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
6.00
Unit I: 

What is Art- Definitions of art given by Indian scholars (Rabindranath Tagore, Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, Kapila Vatsyayan) and Western thinkers (Plato, Aristotle, Tolstoy, Croce, Hegel, Kant, Freud, Herbert Read) 

6.00
Unit II: 

Classification of Art: Painting, Applied Art, Sculpture, Graphic and printmaking (Techniques and methods and material)

6.00
Unit III: 

Elements of Art: Line, Form, Tone, Texture, Colour and Space.

6.00
Unit IV: 

Principles of Composition: Unity, Balance, Harmony, Rhythm, Proportion, Dominance and Perspective.

6.00
Unit V: 

Shadanga - Six Limbs of Indian Art.

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