History of Western Art (Medieval) (Theory)

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

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

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 –

CO83:   Analyze art movements and its artists to assess the work of art in their historical and cultural settings.

CO84:  Develop analytic and critical skills and an artistic sensitivity to contemplate and interpret on the works of Western artists.

CO85:  Distinguish between the works of each era with respect to their style and aesthetic so they can build and hold conversations at museums, art galleries and art meetings.

CO86:   Evaluate the significance of context in informing the interpretation of art works to contextualize their own artworks and those of their peers.

 

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: 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

  • Cimabue (Crucifixion and a Deposition,Madonna of Santa Trinita, the Madonna and Christ Child, the Flagellation of Jesus, the Virgin and Child)
  • 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)
  • Duccio (Madonna and Child enthroned, Annunciation of the death of Virgin, Christ entering into Jerusalem)
  • 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
  • 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)
  • Brunelleschi

 

6.00
Unit V: 

The High Renaissance: Painters, Sculptors, Architects and their works

  • 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)
  • Michelangelo (The Biblical description on Sistine Chapel and the Fresco technique, The Last Judgment, The Pieta, David, the Moses)
  • Bramante (Architect)- Santa Maria presso San Satiro, Santa Maria delle Grazie
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Raphael (Drawings, The School of Athens, Mond Crucifixion, Brera Wedding of the Virgin, Coronation of the Virgin, Saint George and the Dragon, The Madonna of the Meadow, Deposition of Christ)

 

References: 

BOOKS RECOMMENDED:

  • Herbert Read, A concise history of modern painting, Thames & Hudson, 1967 reprint
  • H.H. Arnason, A History of Modern Art, Thames & Hudson, 2001 Revised reprint
  • David Britt, Modern Art, Thames & Hudson, 1989 reprint
  • Douglas Cooper, The Cubist Epoch, Phaidon& Los Angeles County Museum, 1971
  • John Golding, Cubism — a history and analysis (1907 – 1914), Faber & Faber, 1968 reprint
  • John Elderfield, The “Wild Beasts”: Fauvism and its affinities, MOMA, 1976
  • Pontus Hulton,  Futurism & Futurisms, Thames & Hudson, 1987
  • RenataNegri, Matisse & the Fauves, Lamplight Publishing Inc., 1975
  • Pierre Schneider, Matisse, Thames & Hudson, 1984
  • William S. Rubin, Dada, Surrealism & their heritage, MOMA, 1968
  • GaetonPicon, Surrealism 1919-1939, Skira, 1977
  • Pierre Daix (text), Picasso – the Cubist years 1907-1916, Thames & Hudson, 1979
  • John Elderfield, The cut-outs of Henri Matisse, Thames & Hudson, 1978
  • Norbert Lynton, Klee, Hamlyn, 1975
  • Frank Whitford, Kandinsky, Paul Hamlyn, 1987
  • Piet Mondrian 1872-1944, (Centennial exhibition catalogue), Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1971
  • L.J.F. Wijsenbeck, Piet Mondrian, Studio Vista Ltd., 1969
  • Albert E. Elsen, Origins of Modern Sculpture: Pioneers and Premises, Phaidon Press, 1974/78
  • Mary L. Leukoff, Rodin in his time, Thames & Hudson & Los Angeles County Museum, 1994 Franco Russoli (intro), Henry Moore: Sculpture, Editiones Poligrafa, 1981
  • Janson's History of Art : The Penelope J.E. Davies, Walter B. Denny Western Tradition.
  • Art: A World History : Elke Linda Buchholz, Susanne Kaeppele
  • The Renaissance: A Very Short Introduction :  JeeryBrotton
  • Art of Renaissance Florence :  Scott Nethersole
  • The Story of Art :Cambrich,E.H.
  • Janson's History of Art : The Penelope J.E. Davies, Walter B. Denny Western Tradition
Academic Year: 
2021-2022
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