History of Western Art (Theory)

Paper Code: 
24CVAP601
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
30.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

The course will enable the students to Acknowledge Western Art Movements. Develop knowledge to critically visualize a work of art and will also be able to write efficiently on the works of the western artist. Develop their critical thinking to analyse artworks contextually.

Course Outcomes: 

Course

Learning Outcome

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course Code

Course Title

24CVAP

601

History of Western Art

(Theory)

CO133:  Develop an understanding of Mannerism artists and their artworks considering formal and contextual analysis and also be to assess regional, national, historical and cultural settings.

 

CO134: Summarise and assess the qualities of works of art created during Baroque and Rococo period and build analytical skills to incorporate in their own work.

 

CO135: Outline and distinguish artworks of Neo Classicism and Romanticism period to place western art chronologically to recognize how western art has panned out through history and predict future changes

 

CO136: Explain and appraise the works of Realism and Barbizon Artists era with respect to their style, artistic components and aesthetic to build visual language.

 

CO137: Interpret and exemplify art of Impressionism focusing artists and their art works.

 

CO138: 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: 
Mannerism

(16Th Cent.): Antonio da Correggio (Jupiter and Io, Abducted by the Eagle, The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine),Tintoretto (Madonna with Child and Donor, Finding of the body of St Mark , The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple, and the Last Judgment , St Mark's Body Brought to Venice) El Greco (The Burial of the Count of Orgaz, View of Toledo, Opening of the Fifth Seal, El Espolio, The Disrobing of Christ, The Holy Trinity)

6.00
Unit II: 
Baroque and Rococo

Baroque (17th Cent.): Caravaggio (The Calling of St. Matthew), Frans Hals (The Jolly Toper, The Women regent of the old man’s home at Harlem), Rembrandt (The Blinding of Samson, The Night Watch, Christ Preaching, Self Portrait), Johannes Vermeer (The Letter), Peter Paul Rubens (The Raising of the Cross, Marie De Medici, The Garden of Love), Nicolas Poussin (Cephalous and Aurora, The Rape of the Sabine Women), Gian Lorenzo Bernini (David, Throne of St. Peter)

Rococo (18th Cent.): The Art movement and Artists- Jean-Antoine Watteau (Pilgrimage to Cythera, The Embarkation for Cythera), Francois Boucher (The Toilet of Venus, The Breakfast)

6.00
Unit III: 
Neo Classicism and Romanticism

Neo Classicism: Jacques-Louis David, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres and others

Romanticism: Theodore Gericault, Francisco Goya, Eugene Delacroix, John Constable and William Turner

6.00
Unit IV: 
Realism and Barbizon Artists

Realism: Honore Daumier and Gustave Courbet

Barbizon Artists: Theodore Rousseau, CharlesFrancois Daubigny, Jean Francois Millet, Camille Corot

6.00
Unit V: 
Impressionism

Impressionism: Edouard Manet, Claude Monet, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Edgar Degas, Camille Pissaro, Alfred Sisley

Essential Readings: 
  1. Herbert Read, A concise history of modern painting, Thames & Hudson, 1967 reprint
  2. Janson's History of Art: The Penelope J.E. Davies, Walter B. Denny Western Tradition.
  3. Elke Linda Buchholz, Susanne Kaeppele, Art: A World History, Harry N. Abrams, 2007
  4. Penelope J.E. Davies, Walter B. Denny, Janson’s History of Art: Western Tradition, Pearson Education, Inc.,
  5. 1991
  6. Gombrich E.H, The Story of Art, Phaidon Publishers
  7. Bazin, Germain, A Concise History Of Art, Thames and Hudson, 1958
  8. H.H. Arnason, A History of Modern Art, Thames & Hudson, 2001 Revised reprint
  9. David Britt, Modern Art, Thames & Hudson, 1989 reprint
  10. Albert E. Elsen, Origins of Modern Sculpture: Pioneers and Premises, Phaidon Press, 1974/78
  11. Levi, Julian, Modern Art: An Introduction, London: Pitman Publishing Ltd.
  12. Lynton, Norbert, The Story of Modern Art, Oxford: Phaidon Press Ltd., 2001
  13. Kerrigon, Michoel; Robinson, Michael, The World 's Greatest Art the Modern Art, Flame Tree Publishing, 2005

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
  4. Kala: The Journal of Indian Art History Congress
References: 
  1. https://archive.org/details/the-history-of-art-janson/page/70/mode/2up
  2. https://www.theartstory.org/
  3. https://www.khanacademy.org/
  4. https://www.jstor.org/
  5. https://archive.org/details/history-of-art-janson/page/n5/mode/2up
  6. https://www.britannica.com/art/Renaissance-art
  7. https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/becoming-modern/avant-garde-france/realism/a/a-beginners-guide-to-realism
  8. https://www.theartstory.org/movement/barbizon-school/
  9. https://archive.org/details/the-history-of-art-janson/page/70/mode/2up
  10. https://www.theartstory.org/
  11. https://www.khanacademy.org/
  12. https://www.jstor.org/
Academic Year: 
2024-2025
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