WESTERN MODERN ART-I (Theory)

Paper Code: 
VAP 321
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
30.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This paper 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 321

 

Western Modern Art-I

(Theory)

 

The students will be able to-

CO58: Acquire an in-depth knowledge of Western art history by remembering various artists and their art works.

CO59:  Develop skills to appreciate Western art considering its subject, mediums, style and techniques. 

CO60:  Understand major movements, artists, methods and theories and to assess the qualities of work of art in their historical and cultural settings.

CO61:  Develop an understanding of cultural and political factors that affect the visual language of art.

CO62:  Understand the different facets of art and their significance.

 

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, Sketching, layouts, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects, regular ,display and submission of artworks.

 

7.00
Unit I: 

The early renaissance in Italy, Florence, Central Italy and northern Italy The high Renaissance in Italy, France, Germany and Netherland

6.00
Unit II: 

Mannerism (16th century) and its artists: Correggio, Tintoretto, El Greco

Baroque (17th century) and its artists: Caravaggio, Franzs Hals, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Ruben, Poussin, and Bernini. 

Rococo art

 
6.00
Unit III: 

Neo Classicism and its artists: David, Ingres and others Realism and artists: Daumier and Courbet Barbizon artists: Theodore Rousseau, Daubigny, Millet, and Corot Romanticism and its artists: Gericault, Goya, Delacroix, Constable and Turner

5.00
Unit IV: 

Impressionism and its artists: Manet, Monet, Renoir, Degas, Pissarro, Sisley and Toulouse Lautrec. Neo Impressionism and its artists: George Seurat and Signac

6.00
Unit V: 

Fauvism and its artists: Henri Matisse, Derain, Maurice Vlaminck Expressionism: The bridge school. Its artists: Kirchner, Heckle, Schmidt, Rottluff, Muller The Blue Reiter: Kandinsky, Franz Marc, Auguste Macke, Paul Klee, Oskar Kokoschka, Rouault, Mark Chagall

References: 

BOOKS RECOMMENDED:

 

  • 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

  • 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

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