HISTORY OF WESTERN ART (MEDIEVAL) (Theory)

Paper Code: 
CVAS 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

 

Course Code

 

Course Title

 

CVAS 402

 

History of Western Art (Medieval)

(Theory)

 

The students will -

CO83: Analyze major monuments and artists, methods and theories and be able to assess the qualities of work of art in their historical and cultural settings.

CO84: Develop analytic and critical skills and an artistic sensitivity to contemplate and interpret 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 delleGrazie
  • 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: 

Suggested Text Books/ Suggested Reference Books:

  • Janson's History of Art: The Penelope J.E. Davies, Walter B. Denny Western Tradition.
  • Elke Linda Buchholz, Susanne Kaeppele, Art: A World History, Harry N. Abrams, 2007
  • Herbert Read, A concise history of modern painting, Thames & Hudson, 1967 reprint
  • Penelope J.E. Davies, Walter B. Denny, Janson’s History of Art: Western Tradition, Pearson Education, Inc., 1991
  • Gombrich E.H, The Story of Art, Phaidon Publishers
  • Bazin, Germain , A Concise History Of Art, Thames and Hudson, 1958
  • H.H. Arnason, A History of Modern Art, Thames & Hudson, 2001 Revised reprint
  • David Britt, Modern Art, Thames & Hudson, 1989 reprint
     

E-Resources:

Reference Journals:

  • JOA - Journal of Arts
  • ShodhKosh: Journal of Visual and Performing Arts
  • Atishay Kalit- A Bilingual Research Journal of Fine Arts, Culture and Humanities
  • Kala: The Journal of Indian Art History Congress
Academic Year: 
2023-2024
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