MFA - PAINTING

Paper Code: 
VAP 421:Western Modern Art-II (Theory)
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
30.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

This paper will enable the students to-

  1. Read and analyze the art works Western Modern artists.
  2. Understand a range of artistic techniques such as use of color, composition and medium.
  3. Learn how to do visual analysis.
  4. Study timeline to understand the historical development of Western art.

COURSE OUTCOMES:

Course

Course Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

PAPER CODE

Paper Title

 

 

 

VAP 421

 

 

 

Western Modern Art-II

(Theory)

 

 

The students will be able to-

CO62:.  Acquire an in-depth knowledge of Western art history by remembering various artists and their art works.

CO63:   Develop skills to appreciate Western art considering its subject, mediums, style and techniques.

CO64:   Understand major monuments, artists, methods and theories and to assess the qualities of work of art in their historical and cultural settings.

CO65:  Develop an understanding of cultural and political factors that affect the visual language of art. Understand the different facets of art and their significance.

 

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, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects, regular ,display and submission of artworks.

 

6.00
Unit I: 
Unit I

Cubism and its artists: Picasso, Braque, Juan Gris, FernaLeza

Futurism and its artists: Boccioni, Severini, Russolo, Calocarrara

 

6.00
Unit II: 
Unit II

Dadaism and its artists: Duchamp, Picabia, Chirico

 

6.00
Unit III: 
Unit III

Surrealism and its artists: Andre Breton, Salvador Dali, Marc Ernst, Miro, Arp

 

7.00
Unit IV: 
Unit IV

Abstract Expressionism and its artists: Jackson Pollok, Newman, De Kooning, Clayford, Rothko, Robert Mothewel, ArshileGorkay, Hans Hauffman

 

5.00
Unit V: 
Unit V

Pop and Op Art

 

Essential Readings: 
  • 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
  • Renata Negri, Matisse & the Fauves, Lamplight Publishing Inc., 1975
  • Pierre Schneider, Matisse, Thames & Hudson, 1984
  • William S. Rubin, Dada, Surrealism & their heritage, MOMA, 1968
  • Gaeton Picon, 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

 

Academic Year: 
2020-2021
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