Western Modern Art-I (Theory)

Paper Code: 
VAP 702
Credits: 
02
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 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

 

 

 

 

 

VAP 702

 

 

 

 

 

Western Modern Art-I

(Theory)

 

 

The students will be able to-

CO136: Recognize and understand artists, methods and theories for society.

 

CO137: To assess the qualities of works of art in their historical and cultural settings.

 

CO138: Analyze and interpret primary and secondary sources relevant to art periods.

 

CO139: Analyze socio cultural and political factors that affect the visual language of art.

 

CO140: 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- Wassily Kandinsky, 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.

 

 

Essential Readings: 

 

References: 

Book Recommended:

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

 

Academic Year: 
2020-2021
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