History of Western Art (Medieval) (Theory)

Paper Code: 
VAS 402
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
30.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

The course will enable the students to:

  1. Achieve an understanding of Western art movements.
  2. Develop an effective knowledge of visual art vocabulary through extensive reading of art works done by artists of western world.
  3. Learn and demonstrate extensive learning on varied techniques and skills used by Western artists and be able to apply these techniques and skills in their respective works in the practical class
  4. Analyze about Cathedrals.

 

COURSE OUTCOMES:

 

Course

 

 

Course Outcomes

 

Learning and teaching strategies

 

Assessment Strategies

 

Paper Code

 

Paper Title

VAS 402

History of Western Art (Medieval)

(Theory)

 

 

The students will be able to-

CO63:  Interpret an understanding of the history of western art in context to its isms and will be able to do historical and contextual analysis of works of art.

 

CO64: To interpret and critically analyze art works done in Medieval period of Western art.

 

CO65: Trace the evaluation of art works in historical perspective.

 

CO66: Detecting an effective knowledge of western art terminology appropriate for career in visual arts in western part of the world.

 

 

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration.

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, presentation, Giving tasks.

 

Semester end examinations, Continuous Assessment Test, Sketching, layouts Class test,Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects, regular submission.

 

6.00
Unit I: 

Byzantine Art: Art and architecture-Church St. Vitale Ravenna (Mosaics: Emperor Justinian and his Attendants, Empress Theodora and her Attendants), Hagia Sophia Istanbul, St. Mark’s Church.
Iconoclasts and Iconophiles

6.00
Unit II: 

Romanesque Art: Sculpture, Painting, Architecture: St. Remi Church, Reims (1049) France, Notre-Dame, Paray-le-Monial (1090) France, The Cathedral of Saint Lazarus of Autun

6.00
Unit III: 

Gothic Architecture and Paintings: Architect Abbot Suger, General characteristics and components of Churches and Cathedral (Stained glass windows, Choir, Pulpits, Altarpieces)
Gothic Sculptures– Jamb Statues of Chartres Cathedral, Death of Virgin in Strasbourg Cathedral, Annunciation and Visitation in Reims Cathedral, The Virgin of Paris Notre- Dame, The Kiss of Judas and Crucifixion in Naumburg Cathedral, The Pieta
Gothic paintings

6.00
Unit IV: 
The Early Renaissance artists and their works: 
  1. Cimabue (Crucifixion and a Deposition,Madonna of Santa Trinita, the Madonna and Christ Child, the Flagellation of Jesus, the Virgin and Child)
  2. Giotto (Decoration of the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua and the  Basilica of St Francis of Assisi-the Life of St. Francis, Marriage at Cana, The Annunciation, The Last Judgment, The Mourning of Christ, Bardi Chapel: The Mourning of St. Francis. The Kiss of Judas)
  3. Duccio (Madonna and Child enthroned, Annunciation of the death of Virgin, Christ entering into Jerusalem)
  4. Donatello Tomb of Antipope John XXIII, Beardless Prophet, Bearded Prophet (both from 1415), the Sacrifice of Isaac (1421), Habakuk (1423-1425), Madonna Pazi, Statue of St. George, Statue of St. John the Baptis, Equestrian monument of Gattamelata), David
  5. Masaccio (Virgin and Child with St. Anne,Holy Trinity, The Tribute Money, The Expulsion from the Garden of Eden, portraying St. Jerome and St. John the Baptist)
  6. Brunelleschi
6.00
Unit V: 
The High Renaissance: Painters, Sculptors, Architects and their works
  1. Leonardo Da Vinci (The Christ, The Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, The Vitruvius Man, The Adoration of the Magi, The Virgin of the Rocks, The Annunciation)
  2. Michelangelo (The Biblical description on Sistine Chapel and the Fresco technique, The Last Judgment, The Pieta, David, the Moses)
  3. Bramante (Architect)- Santa Maria presso San Satiro, Santa Maria delle Grazie
  4. Titian (A fresco of Hercules, Virgin and Child, fresco of Assunta, (The Venus of Urbino, The Rape of Europa The Allegory of Age Governed by Prudence)
  5. Giorgione (The Tempest, Sleeping Venus, Castelfranco Madonna, The Three Philosophers, The Allendale Nativity/Adoration of the Shepherds, The Test of Fire of Moses, The Judgment of Salomon)
  6. Raphael (Drawings, The School of Athens, Mond Crucifixion, BreraWedding of the Virgin, Coronation of the Virgin, Saint George and the Dragon, The Madonna of the Meadow, Deposition of Christ)
References: 
  1.  
  2. Janson's History of Art : The Penelope J.E. Davies, Walter B. Denny Western Tradition.
  3. Art: A World History : Elke Linda Buchholz, Susanne Kaeppele
  4. The Renaissance: A Very Short Introduction :  JeeryBrotton
  5. Art of Renaissance Florence :  Scott Nethersole
  6. The Story of Art :Cambrich,E.H.
  7. Herbert Read, A concise history of modern painting, Thames & Hudson, 1967 reprint
  8. H.H. Arnason, A History of Modern Art, Thames & Hudson, 2001 Revised reprint
  9. David Britt, Modern Art, Thames & Hudson, 1989 reprint
  10. Douglas Cooper, The Cubist Epoch, Phaidon& Los Angeles County Museum, 1971
  11. John Golding, Cubism — a history and analysis (1907 – 1914), Faber & Faber, 1968 reprint
  12. John Elderfield, The “Wild Beasts”: Fauvism and its affinities, MOMA, 1976
  13. Pontus Hulton,  Futurism & Futurisms, Thames & Hudson, 1987
  14. RenataNegri, Matisse & the Fauves, Lamplight Publishing Inc., 1975
  15. Pierre Schneider, Matisse, Thames & Hudson, 1984
  16. William S. Rubin, Dada, Surrealism & their heritage, MOMA, 1968
  17. GaetonPicon, Surrealism 1919-1939, Skira, 1977
  18. Pierre Daix (text), Picasso – the Cubist years 1907-1916, Thames & Hudson, 1979
  19. John Elderfield, The cut-outs of Henri Matisse, Thames & Hudson, 1978
  20. Norbert Lynton, Klee, Hamlyn, 1975
  21. Frank Whitford, Kandinsky, Paul Hamlyn, 1987
  22. Piet Mondrian 1872-1944, (Centennial exhibition catalogue), Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1971
  23. L.J.F. Wijsenbeck, Piet Mondrian, Studio Vista Ltd., 1969
  24. Albert E. Elsen, Origins of Modern Sculpture: Pioneers and Premises, Phaidon Press, 1974/78
  25. Mary L. Leukoff, Rodin in his time, Thames & Hudson & Los Angeles County Museum, 1994 Franco Russoli (intro), Henry Moore: Sculpture, EditionesPoligrafa, 1981
Academic Year: 
2020-2021
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