WESTERN MODERN ART-I (Theory)

Paper Code: 
VAS 702
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 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: 

  • 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: 
2021-2022
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