Western Modern Art-II (Theory)

Paper Code: 
VAS 802
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
30.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

The course will enable the students to-

  1. Understand and analyze historical development of Western art.
  2. Knowledge to demonstrate visual representation and identification of significant artwork of the western artist.
  3. Skilled in creative and critical thinking, visual analysis, integration of theoretical perspectives.
  4. Inculcate the value of tradition, art movements and techniques in western art.

COURSE OUTCOMES:

 

 

Course

 

 

Course Outcomes

 

Learning and teaching strategies

 

Assessment Strategies

 

Paper Code

 

Paper Title

VAS 802

Western Modern Art-II

(Theory)

 

 

The students will be able to-

 

CO159: Interpret and classify various western art movements and their artists.

 

CO160: Analyze the art works of western modern artists.

 

CO161: Exemplify art terminology and to summarize it in writing.

 

CO162: Analyze cultural and contextual aspect to describe art works of various Western Modern artists.

 

 

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: 

Dadaism: Marcel Duchamp, Francis Picabia, Giorgio de Chirico
Surrealism: Andre Breton, Salvador Dali, Max Ernst, Yves Tanguy, Joan Miro,AndreMasson, Jean Arp

6.00
Unit II: 

Marc Chagall, Henri Rousseau
Suprematism: Kazimir Malevich

6.00
Unit III: 

De Stijl: Piet Mondrian, Theo Van Doesburg
Constructivism: Vladimir Tatlin, Alexander Rodchenko, El Lissitzky
Abstract Expressionism: Barnett Newman, Willem de Kooning, Clyfford Still

6.00
Unit IV: 

Abstract Expressionism contd.- Mark Rothko, Robert Motherwell, Arshile Gorky, Hans Hoffman
Pop Art: Richard Hamilton, Claes Oldenburg, David Hockney, Allen Jones
Op Art

6.00
Unit V: 

Important individual Sculptors: Auguste Rodin, Henry Moore
Some more sculptors- Constantin Brancusi, Alberto Giacometti, Marino Marini

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

 

Academic Year: 
2020-2021
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