RELIEF COMPOSITION (Practical)

Paper Code: 
VAS(C) 423
Credits: 
6
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives:

The course will enable the students to:

  1. Manipulate various forms of making as well as displaying a relief sculpture to reiterate their idea or concept.
  2. Develop unique ways of relief sculpting that helps their concept more readable to the audiences.
  3. Execute extremely scaled up or down reliefs and use that practice to further their artistic style.

COURSE OUTCOMES:

Course

Course Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course Code

Course Title

VAS(C) 423

Relief Composition (Practical)

 

The students will-

CO89: Assess famous contemporary reliefs made by artists of this era and visually deconstruct medium, composition and display sense to understand how famous reliefs are constructed in the world.

CO90: Develop their own sense of style and manipulation of forms to create reliefs that exhibit their unique aesthetic sense.

CO91:  Use the concept of storytelling or narrative reliefs to construct a series of interconnected reliefs to use reliefs as a recital tool.

CO92: Demonstrate their high level of understanding of the mediums and techniques to develop a unique way of relief making that matches their style.

CO93: Compose a relief with assembling either man made or natural objects, or pre made manufactured forms to equip themselves with tools of assembling like welding, riveting, gluing etc

CO94: Experiment with various display sense expertly playing with positive and negative space, eyelevel and background colors etc.

Approach in teaching:

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

 

Learning activities for the students:

Sketching, lay outing of portrait study, Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, presentation, Giving tasks, Field practical, handling of tools, machines, and casting and molding equipment.

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

 

COURSE CONTENT        

Student will compose a relief (low/ high) and cast (if required) in any permanent medium (wood/ metal/ stone/ fiber/ scrape/ waste material)

 

SUBMISSIONS:      2 works in relief in minimum 4 sq feet.

References: 

Suggested Text Books/Suggested Reference Books:

  • Peter Lang, Depth of Field, Relief Sculpture in Renaissance Italy
  • John Guy, Indian Temple Sculpture, Mapin Publishing Pvt.Ltd
  • Rajesh Chandra, Indian Art Architecture and Environment, Edukeen Publisher, Noida

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