UNIQUE SERIES AKTU Syllabus
BBFD402

Contemporary Art Appreciation

L-T-P2-1-0 Credits3 Session2025-26 TypeTheory
Appears in 1 semester

BFAD · Sem 4 (Core)

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Syllabus

5 units · 40 lecture hours
Unit1

Unit 1: ART STYLES OF FORTIES & FIFTIES

8 hrs

Abstract Expressionism. Action Painting.

Unit2

Unit 2: ART STYLES OF SIXTIES & SEVENTIES

8 hrs

Pop Art. Op Art. Kinetic Art. Minimal Art. Photorealism. Conceptual Art.

Unit3

Unit 3: ART STYLES OF EIGHTIES & NINETIES

8 hrs

Abstraction. Neo- expressionism. Performance. Environmental Art. Installation and Combination.

Unit4

Unit 4: ART FROM NINTEENTH CENTURY ONWARDS

8 hrs

Kalighat Paintings. Raja Ravi Verma. Bengal School Renaissance. Progressive Artists Group. Calcutta / Madras Schools.

Unit5

Unit 5

8 hrs

INDEPENDENT DEVELOPMENTS IN CONTEMPORARY INDIAN ART

Practical Work

  1. Suggested Assignments
  2. •Study expressionism and action painting and collect visuals of it and submit withtheir write-up
  3. •Make an illustrated presentation with suitable examples of different styles of the late 20th century Western contemporary art and present in a form of portfolio
  4. •Develop some designs of your own inspired by Pop art and present in a portfolio
  5. •Collect various materials such as newspaper or magazine cuttings, any waste materials, etc. and make a presentation on installation and combination and present in a 3-D form
  6. •Make an illustrated presentation on Bengal School art and submit in a form of portfolio
  7. •Study the Kalighat paintings in detail and submit a portfolio with illustrations and write-up
  8. •Write an assignment on progressive artists group naming at least five artists and their works. Collect visuals of their work and submit with the write-up
  9. •Write an assignment on the works of Indian Masters like Abnindarnath Tagore, Rabindranath Tagore, Nandalal Bose, Ramkinkar Baij and Jamini Roy. Collect visuals of their work and submit with the write-up
  10. Suggested Visits
  11. •Libraries
  12. •Museums and Galleries
  13. •National Gallery of Modern art, Delhi
Course Objectives5 points
  • To understand contemporary art practices
  • To understand contemporary practices at the backdrop of past art practice
  • To appreciate experimentation of contemporary artists with a variety of materials to make their art works
  • To understand the influence of political, social and economic situations of a country on art practices in a specific time period
  • To understand how the technical development and modernization influenced artists and their artworks from time to time
Course Outcomes (COs)5 outcomes

After completion of the course student will be able to:

  1. •Understand that art is the product of the culture that produces it
  2. •Be able to appreciate art by learning how to observe and analyze different worksof art
  3. •Be able to judge their own art works
  4. •Understand the relation between art and life
  5. •Be able to develop a sense of creativity
Text Books & References39 books

Textbooks

  1. Smith, E. L., Art Today: From Abstract Expressionism to Superrealism, Phaidon,1983
  2. Faulkner, R. N., Art Today: An Introduction to the Fine and Functional Arts, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1963
  3. Read, H., Art Now: An Introduction to the Theory of Modern Painting and Sculpture, Faber, 1968.
  4. Parimoo, R. & Sarkar, S., Historical Development of Contemporary Indian Art- 1880- 1947, Lalitkala Academy, 2009
  5. Khanna, B. & Kurtha, A., Art of Modern India, Thames and Hudson, 1998
  6. Archer, M., Art Since 1960, Thames & Hudson, 1997

Reference

  1. Materials
  2. Stangos, N., Concept of Modern Art, Thames &Hudson, 1995
  3. Subramanian, K.G., Moving Focus, Lalitkala Academy, 2006
  4. Hillier, B., Austerity Binge: The Decorative Arts of the Forties and Fifties, Studio Vista, 1975
  5. Mark Getlein, Living With Art, Amazon, 2009
  6. Dalmia, Y., Contemporary Indian Art: Other Realities, Marg Publication, 2002
  7. Dalmia, Y., Making of Modern Indian Art: The Progressives, Oxford Univ., Press, 2001
  8. Kurtha, A. and Souza, F. N., Bridging Western and Indian Modern art, Mapin Publication Pvt. Ltd., 2006

Online Resources

  1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_art
  2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_expressionism
  3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_painting
  4. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/4477/Action-painting
  5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_art
  6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op_art
  7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimalism
  8. http://understandingminimalism.com/introduction-to-minimal-art/
  9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_art
  10. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-expressionism
  11. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performance_art
  12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Installation_art
  13. http://www.medicinemangallery.com/gallery/Contemporary
  14. http://www.artflute.com/
  15. http://www.artinvestgallery.com/artistlist.aspx
  16. http://www.chennaigallery.com/gallery.aspx
  17. http://parsareport.blogspot.in/2012/05/kalighta-paintings-confusing.html
  18. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_Ravi_Varma
  19. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/129596/Company-school
  20. http://www.ngmaindia.gov.in/sh-company-period.asp
  21. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_School_of_Art
  22. http://www.indianetzone.com/50/painters_bengal.htm
  23. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombay_Progressive_Artists%27_Group
  24. http://www.artnewsnviews.com/view-article.php?article=progressive-artists- groupof-bombay-an-overview&iid=29&articleid=800
  25. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Indian_painting

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