WESTERN MODERN SCULPTURE (Theory)

Paper Code: 
VAS(C) 421
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
30.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives:

The course will enable the students to:

  1. Trace different ideologies and socio political changes that ignited major changes in art form.
  2. To articulate the timeline of Western Modern art.
  3. Develop knowledge to locate, interpret and analyze the art works done in modern West.

COURSE OUTCOMES:

Course

 

Course Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course Code

Course Title

VAS(C) 421

Western Modern Sculptures

 (Theory)

 

The students will -

CO81: List all the achievements, experiments and advancements each of the mentioned artists made in Western Art history

CO82: Recognize the various techniques of used by artists mentioned in the syllabus and interpret it in their own artworks

CO83: To recognize and understand major monuments and artists, methods and theories and be able to assess the qualities of work of art in their historical and cultural settings.

CO84: Develop an understanding of how art changes according to social political change

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 Class test, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects, regular submission.

 

6.00
Unit I: 

Sculptors and their sculptures of Renaissance and Baroque period

6.00
Unit II: 
  • Neoclassicism and Romanticism Sculptors: Antonio Canova, Auguste Preault, Francois Rude, Antoine- Louis Barye, Jean Baptiste Carpeaux
  • Realism & Impressionism Sculptures: Rodin, Camille Claudel
5.00
Unit III: 
Sculptors before 1945

Constantine Brancusi, Henry Mooore, Barbara Hepworth, Umberto Boccioni, Raymond Duchamp, Vladimir Tatlin, Marcel Ducamp, Alberto Giacometti, Julio Gonzalez, Alexander Calder, Mathias Goeritz

6.00
Unit IV: 
Sculptors after 1945

Primary Sculptures and Environmental Sculptures- Ronald Bladen, David Smith, Donald JUDD, Claes Oldenburg, Barnett Newman, Ellsworth Kelly, Romert Smithson, Christo Javacheff

7.00
Unit V: 
  • Constructions and Assemblage- Robert Rauschenberg, John Chamberlain, Louise Nevelson, Nancy Graves
  • Environment and Installations- George Segal, Duane Hanson, Edward Kienholz
  • Conceptual Art- Joseph Kosuth
  • Performance Art- Nam June Paik, Robert Longo
References: 

Suggested Text Books/Suggested Reference Books:

  • Vergie Lea, Art on the Cutting Edge – A guide to Contemporary Movements, SkiraPaperbag, 2001, Milan, Italy
  • Read Herbert, Modern Sculpture - A Concise History, Thames and Hudson world of art
  • The Book of Art Vol 1 Origin of Western Art, Revised Edition, Grolier
  • Irene Korn, August rodin: master of sculpture, new line books
  • Josef James, Contemporary Indian sculpture: the Madras metaphor, Oxford University press
  • Fred Licht, Sculpture, 19th & 20th centuries, New York graphic society

E- Resources:

Reference Journals:

  • Fine Arts Journal (JSTOR)
  • Visual Studies
  • Journal of Visual Culture
  • Sculpture Journal
Academic Year: 
2023-2024
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