PORTRAIT STUDY (CLAY MODELING) (Practical)

Paper Code: 
VAS 603
Credits: 
6
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

The course will enable the students to-

  1. During the process of copying an antique work of art, students will be able to develop a greater understanding of the artwork
  2. Celebrate the genius of earlier master artists by step by step recreation of their work.
  3. Imbibe some of the techniques of master artists along the way.
  4. Understand how these famous portraits exemplify proportions, compositional sense, balance, rhythm etc.

 

 

COURSE OUTCOMES:

 

         Course

 

  Course Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

 

Paper Code

 

Paper Title

VAS 603

Portrait Study (clay modeling)

(Practical)

 

 

The students will -

CO155: Identify and recreate an ancient portrait of their choice, considering their aesthetics and favorite artists and works by extensive reading of western and Indian art history

 

CO156: Demonstrate skills to replicate an ancient portrait, learning along the way its technicalities and details to produce later professional antiques in the industry. 

 

CO157: Illustrate techniques of armature building and clay application in a way that structure, proportion etc. can be replicated to practice executing works from reference.

 

CO158: Understand and appreciate the skills of the original artist and the style of works of that particular era to understand how rules of aesthetics change with time.

 

CO159: Devising various tools to recreate the surface treatments of the said antique sculpture so they can hypothesize what tools were used during the construction of original works and innovations we have had since then.

 

CO160 : Plan and Execute mold and cast of the sculpture in order to convert it into a permanent medium from clay. This will help students execute molding casting processes at professional studios.

 

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion on composition subjects, Tutorials, Videos, Demonstration, Reading assignments.

 

Learning activities for the students:

Sketching, lay outing, Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, presentation, Giving tasks, Field practical, handling of various mediums of art.

 

Semester end examinations, Continuous Assessment Test, Sketching, layouts Viva-Voice on display of artworks, Continuous Quizzes, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and regular submission.

 

 

 

 

COURSE CONTENT:

Head study (Antique – Roman, Greek, Renaissance etc.)- building of armature, study in drawing and modeling in clay. Understanding of structure and proportion mould and casting

 

Submission:     1 Head study in synthetic medium`+2 in plaster

            20 sketches and Drawing

 

Academic Year: