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-

 

CO183:Evaluate the achievements, experiments and advancements each of the mentioned artists made in Modern Art to formulate a deep appreciation of the legacy before them.

CO184:Examine major art school, tradition, artists, artworks, aesthetic values and theories to assess the qualities of work of art in their historical and cultural settings.

CO185:Develop analytic and critical skills and an artistic sensitivity to contemplate and interpret works of Western artists.

CO186:Recognize the various techniques used by artists mentioned in the syllabus and how they construct a language through unique skills in the artwork to incorporate that in their own work.

 

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: 

BOOK RECOMMENDED:

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

  • Janson's History of Art  :  The Penelope J.E. Davies, Walter B. Denny Western Tradition.
  • 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 ColourGirard,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
  • RenataNegri, Matisse & the Fauves, Lamplight Publishing Inc., 1975
  • Pierre Schneider, Matisse, Thames & Hudson, 1984
  • William S. Rubin, Dada, Surrealism & their heritage, MOMA, 1968
  • GaetonPicon, 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: 
2022-2023
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