WESTERN CONTEMPORARY ART (Theory)

Paper Code: 
VAP 221
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
30.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

COURSE OBJECTIVES

The course will enable the students to-

  1. Read and analyze the art works Indian 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 Indian art.

COURSE OUTCOMES

Course

Course Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course Code

Course Title

VAP   221

Western Contemporary Art

(Theory)

 

The Students Will 

CO29: Understand various art Schools and artists of Indian art.

CO30:  Articulate the evolution of new mediums in modern artworks.

CO31:  Identify the idea of modernism in Indian context.

CO32: Understand the significance of cultural context in informing the interpretation of art works.

CO 33:  Classify different artist and their art works.

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, presentation, Giving tasks.

Class Test, Semester End Examination, Quiz, Solving Problems in Tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and Group Projects
 

 

6.00
Unit I: 

Abstraction Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, Arshile Gorky, Barnett Newman, Clyfford Still, de Kooning, Gorky, Rothko and Newman.

6.00
Unit II: 

Op Art: Bridget Louise Riley, Francis Picabia, Jesús Rafael Soto and Victor Vasarely

Pop Art : Richard Hamilton, James Rosenquist, Roy Lichtenstein, and Andy Warhol.

 

6.00
Unit III: 

Kinetic Art: George Rickey, Alexander Rodchenko, Alexander Calder and David C. Roy

Figuration: Antonin Artaud, Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud.

 

6.00
Unit IV: 

Minimalism

Donald Judd, Robert Morris, Frank Stella and Ad Reinhardt, Carl Andre, Anne Truitt and Dan Flavin

 

6.00
Unit V: 

Body and Performance Art: Yves Klein, Joseph Beuys, Fluxus, Bruce Nauman, Chris Burden, Gilbert & George and Cindy Sherman

 

References: 

Suggested Text Books/Suggested Reference Books:

  • Janson's basic history of western art by Janson, H. W. (Horst Woldemar), 1913-1982
  • Frank Whitford, Kandinsky, Paul Hamlyn, 1987
  • H.H. Arnason, A History of Modern Art, Thames & Hudson, 2001 Revised reprint

E-Resources:

 

Reference Journals:

  • JSTOR
  • JOA - Journal of Arts
  • SHS Web of Conferences
  • Arts and Learning Research Journal

 

Academic Year: 
2023-2024
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