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Fundamentals Of Visual Art (Theory) [1]

Paper Code: 
VAF 101
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
30.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

The course will enable the students to-

  1. An understanding of basic elements and principles of art and ability to apply them to a specific aesthetic intent.
  2. Gain an understanding of the historical origins of art history.

 

COURSE OUTCOMES:

 

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Course Outcomes

 

Learning and teaching strategies

 

Assessment Strategies

 

Paper Code

 

Paper Title

VAF 101

Fundamentals of Visual Art (Theory)

 

The students will -

CO1: Interpret and exemplify on art given by Indian and Western Scholars.

CO2:  Understand about the methods and techniques of Painting, Applied art, Sculpture and Printmaking.

CO3: Classify and compare various elements of art: Line, Color, Tone, Texture and Space and classify principles of Composition: Unity, Balance, Harmony, Rhythm, Proportion, Dominance and Perspective.

CO4: Understand and apply Shadanga, six limbs of Indian painting in her 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, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials,

 

Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects, regular submission.

 

 

 

 

6.00
Unit I: 

What is Art- Definitions of art given by Indian scholars (Rabindranath Tagore, Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, KapilaVatsyayan) and Western thinkers (Plato, Aristotle, Tolstoy, Croce, Hegel, Kant, Freud, Herbert Read

6.00
Unit II: 

Classification of Art: Painting, Applied Art, Sculpture, Printmaking (Techniques and methods and material)

 

6.00
Unit III: 

Elements of Art: Line, Form, Colour, Tone, Texture and Space

 

6.00
Unit IV: 

Principles of Composition: Unity, Balance, Harmony, Rhythm, Proportion, Dominance and Perspective

6.00
Unit V: 

Shadanga - Six Limbs of Indian Art

References: 

 

Academic Year: 
2022-2023 [5]

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[1] https://visualarts.iisuniv.ac.in/courses/subjects/fundamentals-visual-art-theory-29
[2] http://dl.booktolearn.com/ebooks2/art/artrelated/9780073379272_Art_Fundamentals_5fd0.pdf
[3] https://www.amazon.in/Art-Fundamentals-Composition-Perspective-Riabovitchev/dp/B01FEKEH4U/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&hvadid=82600980785095&hvbmt=bp&hvdev=c&hvqmt=p&keywords=art+fundamentals&qid=1604301143&sr=8-1&tag=msndeskstdin-21
[4] https://www.amazon.in/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1?ie=UTF8&field-author=John+Bollenbacher&search-alias=stripbooks
[5] https://visualarts.iisuniv.ac.in/academic-year/2022-2023