HISTORY OF WESTERN ART (Theory)

Paper Code: 
CVAS 601
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
30.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

The course will enable the students to-

  1. Learn Western Art Movements.
  2. Examine and able to differentiate, analyze and identify art works on the basis of its cultural and    contextual qualities.
  3. Analyze and interpret about various western artists.
  4. Read and analyze works of 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th century western art.
  5. Develop knowledge to critically visualize a work of art and will also be able to write efficiently on the works of the western artist.

         

COURSE OUTCOMES:

 

Course

 

 

Course Outcomes

 

Learning and teaching strategies

 

Assessment Strategies

 

Course Code

 

Course Title

 

 

CVAS 601

 

 

History of Western Art

(Theory)

 

The students will -

CO147: Evaluate major monuments, artists, methods and theories to assess the qualities of work of art in their historical and cultural settings.

 

CO148: Recognize the various techniques used by artists mentioned in the syllabus and how they construct a language through unique skills in the artwork to incorporate that in their own work.

 

CO149:  Develop skills to place western art chronologically to recognize how western art has panned out through history and predict future changes.

 

CO150: 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.

 

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, Class test, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects, regular submission.

 

6.00
Unit I: 

Mannerism (16Th Cent.): Antonio da Correggio (Jupiter and Io, Abducted by the Eagle, The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine),Tintoretto (Madonna with Child and Donor, Finding of the body of St Mark , The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple, and the Last Judgment , St Mark's Body Brought to Venice) El Greco (The Burial of the Count of Orgaz, View of Toledo, Opening of the Fifth Seal, El Espolio, The Disrobing of Christ, The Holy Trinity)

6.00
Unit II: 

Baroque (17th Cent.): Caravaggio (The Calling of St. Matthew), Frans Hals (The Jolly Toper, The Women regent of the old man’s home at Harlem), Rembrandt (The Blinding of Samson, The Night Watch, Christ Preaching, Self Portrait), Johannes Vermeer (The Letter), Peter Paul Rubens (The Raising of the Cross, Marie De Medici, The Garden of Love), Nicolas Poussin (Cephalous and Aurora, The Rape of the Sabine Women), Gian Lorenzo Bernini (David, Throne of St. Peter)

Rococo (18th Cent.): The Art movement and Artists- Jean-Antoine Watteau (Pilgrimage to Cythera, The Embarkation for Cythera), Francois Boucher (The Toilet of Venus, The Breakfast)

6.00
Unit III: 

Neo Classicism: Jacques-Louis David, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres and others

Romanticism: Theodore Gericault, Francisco Goya, Eugene Delacroix, John Constable and William Turner

6.00
Unit IV: 

Realism: Honore Daumier and Gustave Courbet

Barbizon Artists: Theodore Rousseau, CharlesFrancois Daubigny, Jean Francois Millet, Camille Corot

6.00
Unit V: 

Impressionism: Edouard Manet, Claude Monet, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Edgar Degas, Camille Pissaro, Alfred Sisley 

References: 

Suggested Text Books/Suggested Reference Books:

 

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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