Western Modern Art-I (Theory)

Paper Code: 
VAS 702
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
30.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

The course 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

VAS 702

Western Modern Art-I

(Theory)

 

 

The students will be able to-

CO135: Recognize and understand artists, methods and theories for society.

 

CO136: To assess the qualities of works of art in their historical and cultural settings.

 

CO137: Analyze and interpret primary and secondary sources relevant to art periods.

 

CO138: Analyze socio cultural and political factors that affect the visual language of art.

 

CO139: Knowledge of artist contribution and work styles of different art movements.

 

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, Class test, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects, regular submission.

 

6.00
Unit I: 

Neo Impressionism: Georges Seurat, Paul Signac, Toulouse Lautrec
Post Impressionism: Van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Paul Cezanne

6.00
Unit II: 

Fauvism: Henri Matisse, Andre Derain, Maurice Vlaminck

6.00
Unit III: 

Expressionism: Die Brucke – Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Erich Heckel, Karl Schmidt- Rottluff, Otto Mueller,
Der Blaue Reiter- WassilyKandinsky, Franz Marc, Auguste Macke, Paul Klee, Oskar Kokoschka, Georges Henri Rouault, Marc Chagall

6.00
Unit IV: 

Cubism: Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Juan Gris, Fernand Leger

6.00
Unit V: 

Futurism: Umberto Boccioni, Giocomo Balla, Gino Severini, Luigi Russolo, Carlo Carra

References: 

  1. History Of Modern Art :H. H. Arnason, Elizabeth C. Mansfield

  2. Janson's History of Art  :  The Penelope J.E. Davies, Walter B. Denny Western Tradition.
  3. Art: A World History :  Elke Linda Buchholz, Susanne Kaeppele
  4. Impressionism: The HassoPlattner Collection : OrtrudWestheider
  5. Impressionism : John Russell Taylor
  6. The Story of Art :Gombrich,E.H.
  7. Matisse: The Sensuality of ColourGirard,Xavier
  8. Fauvism : Sarah Whitfield
  9. Picasso :Jaffe,Hans L.C.
  10. Gauguin : Stevenson,Lesley
  11. Herbert Read, A concise history of modern painting, Thames & Hudson, 1967 reprint
  12. H.H. Arnason, A History of Modern Art, Thames & Hudson, 2001 Revised reprint
  13. David Britt, Modern Art, Thames & Hudson, 1989 reprint
  14. Douglas Cooper, The Cubist Epoch, Phaidon& Los Angeles County Museum, 1971
  15. John Golding, Cubism — a history and analysis (1907 – 1914), Faber & Faber, 1968 reprint
  16. John Elderfield, The “Wild Beasts”: Fauvism and its affinities, MOMA, 1976
  17. Pontus Hulton,  Futurism & Futurisms, Thames & Hudson, 1987
  18. RenataNegri, Matisse & the Fauves, Lamplight Publishing Inc., 1975
  19. Pierre Schneider, Matisse, Thames & Hudson, 1984
  20. William S. Rubin, Dada, Surrealism & their heritage, MOMA, 1968
  21. GaetonPicon, Surrealism 1919-1939, Skira, 1977
  22. Pierre Daix (text), Picasso – the Cubist years 1907-1916, Thames & Hudson, 1979
  23. John Elderfield, The cut-outs of Henri Matisse, Thames & Hudson, 1978
  24. Norbert Lynton, Klee, Hamlyn, 1975
  25. Frank Whitford, Kandinsky, Paul Hamlyn, 1987
  26. Piet Mondrian 1872-1944, (Centennial exhibition catalogue), Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1971
  27. L.J.F. Wijsenbeck, Piet Mondrian, Studio Vista Ltd., 1969
  28. Albert E. Elsen, Origins of Modern Sculpture: Pioneers and Premises, Phaidon Press, 1974/78
  29. Mary L. Leukoff, Rodin in his time, Thames & Hudson & Los Angeles County Museum, 1994
  30. Franco Russoli (intro), Henry Moore: Sculpture, Editiones Poligrafa, 1981
Academic Year: 
2020-2021
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