SEMINAR

Paper Code: 
VAS(P) 222
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
30.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives:

The course will enable the students to:

  1. Prepare a document to present their unique though process
  2. Explain and defend their ideas in front of an evaluation committee.
  3. Formulate a unique lens to observe artists and artworks.

COURSE OUTCOMES:

Course

 

 Course Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course Code

Course Title

VAS(P) 222

 

Seminar (Theory)

 

The students will

CO31: Critically analyze their existing knowledge about the work of portrait artists so as to reflect on their understanding of their fields.

CO32: Manage resources, literature and otherwise, deduce newer approaches to investigate further about the chosen topic to better practice their research abilities.

CO33: Compose a document with proper references and concluding statements to be able to construct professional research documents.

CO34: Defend their conclusion in front of a jury in order to gain confidence in their own merit.

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 work.

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

 

COURSE CONTENT:

The student will choose any topic of choice relevant to the field of specialization and will present a seminar on scheduled date.

NOTE:

  1. The student will decide two/three topics along with broad outline of research within fifteen days of the commencement of the semester with her guide. All the faculty members will give approval for the topic after the discussion in the third week of semester.
  2. The students will have to submit the final seminar report along with a soft copy in CD with the practical submission.
References: 

Suggested Text Books/Suggested Reference Books:

  • Vicki Krohn Amorose – Art Write: The Writing Guide for Visual Artists
  • Martin Gayford and Karen Wright – The Grove Book of Art Writing
  • Barnet Sylvan, A Short Guide to Writing about – Art, 7th ed., 2003, Longman, US.
  • Sayre Henry M., Writing About Art, 4th ed., 2002, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458
  • Hughes Robert, Nothing if Not Critical – Selected Essays on Art and Artists, 1990, Penguin Bookss, US
  • Chris Murray, Key Writings on Art: The Twentieth Century

E Resources:

Reference Journals:

  • Studies in Art Education
  • Journal of Visual Culture
  • Sculpture Journal
  • Art Inquiry
  • Journal of Aesthetics and Criticism
Academic Year: 
2023-2024
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