FUNDAMENTALS OF VISUAL ART (Theory)

Paper Code: 
25CVAF101
Credits: 
03
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

The course will enable the students to Understand the basic elements and principles of art and apply them to a specific aesthetic intent. They also gain an understanding of ancient Indian rules of art history.

 

Course Outcomes: 

Course

Learning Outcome

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course Code

Course Title

25CVAF

101

Fundamentals

of Visual Art (Theory)

CO1: Interpret and exemplify on art given by Indian and Western Scholars.

 

CO2: Develop an understanding about the methods and techniques of Painting, applied art, Sculpture and Printmaking.

 

CO3: Classify and compare various elements of art: Line, Color, Tone, Texture and Space and Form

 

CO4: Judge the principles of Composition: Unity, Balance, Harmony, Rhythm, Proportion, Dominance and Perspective.

 

CO5: Analyse and apply Shadanga, six limbs of Indian painting in her work.

 

CO6: Contribute effectively in

course-specific interaction

Approach in Teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading Assignments, Multiple Points of View

 

Learning Activities for The Students: Self-Learning Assignments, Effective Questions, Giving Tasks, Oral Explanation

Continuous Assessment Test, Semester end examination, Quiz, Solving Problems in Tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual And Group Projects

 

9.00
Unit I: 
Definitions of art

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)

 

9.00
Unit II: 
Classification of Art

Painting, Applied Art, Sculpture, Printmaking (Techniques and methods and material

9.00
Unit III: 
Elements of Art

Line, Form, Colour, Tone, Texture and Space

 

9.00
Unit IV: 
Principles of Composition

Unity, Balance, Harmony, Rhythm, Proportion, Dominance and Perspective

 

9.00
Unit V: 
Shadanga

Six Limbs of Indian Art

 

Essential Readings: 
  1. Art Fundamentals: Theory and Practice – Ocvirk, Stinson, Wigg, Bone, Cayton
  2. The Artist’s Handbook – A complete professional guide to materials and techniques – Pip Seymour
  3. The Book of Art Vol-10 How To look at art (Index section)
  4. Design Elements: From and Shapes- Puhalla, Dennis M.
  5. Art – The Definitive Visual Guide - DK Publications
  6. S.P. Gupta Shashi Prabha Asthana (Only for Unit 5)

 

 

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