History of Western Art (Medieval) (Theory)

Paper Code: 
24CVAP402
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
30.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

The course will enable the students to Achieve an understanding of Western art movements. Develop an effective knowledge of visual art vocabulary through extensive reading of art works done by artists of western world. Learn and demonstrate extensive learning on varied techniques and skills by Western artists. 

 

Course Outcomes: 

Course

Learning Outcome

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

 

 

Course Title

24CVAP

402

History of

Western Art

(Medieval)

(Theory)

CO79: Theorize and appraise Byzantine period major monuments, artworks style, techniques and methods and also assess the qualities of work of art in their historical and cultural settings.

 

CO80: Develop analytical and critical skills and an artistic sensitivity to contemplate the works of Romanesque period. 

 

CO81: Build an understanding about the Gothic architecture, sculptures and paintings highlighting characteristics, components, style and aesthetics. 

 

CO82:  Construct and appraise the significance of Early Renaissance works in context to artists and their works.

 

CO83: Discuss High Renaissance painters, sculptors, architects and their works to classify subject matter, features, style,theories, techniques, materials and color palette to acquire employability and entrepreneurship skills to hold conversations at museums, art galleries and art meetings.

 

CO84: Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction 

Approach in Teaching: Interactive

Lectures,

Discussion,

Tutorials,

Reading

Assignments,

Multiple

Points of

View

 

Learning

Activities for

The Students:

Self-Learning

Assignments,

Effective

Questions,

Giving Tasks,

Oral

Explanation

Continuous

Assessment

Test,

Semester end examination, Quiz, Solving

Problems in

Tutorials,

Assignments,

Presentation,

Individual

And Group

Projects

 

6.00
Unit I: 
Byzantine period

Byzantine Art: Art and architecture-Church St. Vitale Ravenna (Mosaics: Emperor Justinian and his Attendants, Empress Theodora and her Attendants), Hagia Sophia Istanbul, St. Mark’s Church.

Iconoclasts and Iconophiles

6.00
Unit II: 
Romanesque period

Romanesque Art: Sculpture, Painting, Architecture: St. Remi Church, Reims (1049) France, Notre-Dame, Paray-le-Monial (1090) France, The Cathedral of Saint Lazarus of Autun

6.00
Unit III: 
Gothic Period

Gothic Architecture: Architect Abbot Suger, General characteristics and components of Churches and Cathedral (Stained glass windows, Choir, Pulpits, Altarpieces)

Gothic Sculptures– Jamb Statues of Chartres Cathedral, Death of Virgin in Strasbourg Cathedral, Annunciation and Visitation in Reims Cathedral, The Virgin of Paris Notre- Dame, The Kiss of Judas and Crucifixion in Naumburg Cathedral, The Pieta Gothic paintings

 

Unit IV: 
Early Renaissance Period

The Early Renaissance artists and their works

  • Cimabue (Crucifixion and a Deposition, Madonna of Santa Trinita, the Madonna and Christ Child, the Flagellation of Jesus, the Virgin and Child)
  • Giotto (Decoration of the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua and the Basilica of St Francis of Assisi-the Life of St. Francis, Marriage at Cana, The Annunciation, The Last Judgment,

The Mourning of Christ, Bardi Chapel: The Mourning of St. Francis. The Kiss of Judas)

  • Duccio (Madonna and Child enthroned, Annunciation of the death of Virgin, Christ entering into Jerusalem)
  • Donatello Tomb of Antipope John XXIII, Beardless Prophet, Bearded Prophet (both from 1415), the Sacrifice of Isaac (1421), Habakuk (1423-1425), Madonna Pazi, Statue of St. George, Statue of St. John the Baptist, Equestrian monument of Gattamelata), David
  • Masaccio (Virgin and Child with St. Anne,Holy Trinity, The Tribute Money, The Expulsion from the Garden of Eden, portraying St. Jerome and St. John the Baptist)
  • Brunelleschi
Unit V: 
High Renaissance Period

The High Renaissance: Painters, Sculptors, Architects and their works

  • Leonardo Da Vinci (The Christ, The Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, The Vitruvius Man,

The Adoration of the Magi, The Virgin of the Rocks, The Annunciation)

  • Michelangelo (The Biblical description on Sistine Chapel and the Fresco technique, The Last Judgment, The Pieta, David, the Moses)
  • Bramante (Architect)- Santa Maria presso San Satiro, Santa Maria delle Grazie
  • Titian (A fresco of Hercules, Virgin and Child, fresco of Assunta, (The Venus of

Urbino, The Rape of Europa The Allegory of Age Governed by Prudence)Giorgione

(The Tempest, Sleeping Venus, Castelfranco Madonna, The Three Philosophers, The

Allendale Nativity/Adoration of the Shepherds, The Test of Fire of Moses, The Judgment of Solomon)

  • Raphael (Drawings, The School of Athens, Mond Crucifixion, BreraWedding of the Virgin, Coronation of the Virgin, Saint George and the Dragon, The Madonna of the Meadow, Deposition of Christ)
Essential Readings: 
  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. The Renaissance: A Very Short Introduction: Jerry Brotton 4. Art of Renaissance Florence: Scott Nethersole
  1. The Story of Art: Cambrich, E.H.
  2. Herbert Read, A concise history of modern painting, Thames & Hudson, 1967 reprint
  3. H.H. Arnason, A History of Modern Art, Thames & Hudson, 2001 Revised reprint
  4. David Britt, Modern Art, Thames & Hudson, 1989 reprint
  5. Douglas Cooper, The Cubist Epoch, Phaidon & Los Angeles County Museum, 1971
  6. John Golding, Cubism — a history and analysis (1907 – 1914), Faber & Faber, 1968 reprint
  7. John Elderfield, The “Wild Beasts”: Fauvism and its affinities, MOMA, 1976
  8. Pontus Hulton, Futurism & Futurisms, Thames & Hudson, 1987
  9. Renata Negri, Matisse & the Fauves, Lamplight Publishing Inc., 1975
  10. Pierre Schneider, Matisse, Thames & Hudson, 1984
  11. William S. Rubin, Dada, Surrealism & their heritage, MOMA, 1968
  12. Gaetan Picon, Surrealism 1919-1939, Skira, 1977
  13. Pierre Daix (text), Picasso – the Cubist years 1907-1916, Thames & Hudson, 1979
  14. John Elderfield, The cut-outs of Henri Matisse, Thames & Hudson, 1978
  15. Norbert Lynton, Klee, Hamlyn, 1975
  16. Frank Whitford, Kandinsky, Paul Hamlyn, 1987
  17. Piet Mondrian 1872-1944, (Centennial exhibition catalogue), Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1971

 

Suggested Readings:

  1. JOA - Journal of Arts
  2. ShodhKosh: Journal of Visual and Performing Arts
  3. Atishay Kalit- A Bilingual Research Journal of Fine Arts, Culture and Humanities

 

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