AKTU Contemporary Art Appreciation (BBFD402) Syllabus PDF – BFAD 4th Semester

Course Objectives

• 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

• Understand that art is the product of the culture that produces it
• Be able to appreciate art by learning how to observe and analyze different worksof art
• Be able to judge their own art works
• Understand the relation between art and life
• Be able to develop a sense of creativity

Suggested Assignments

• Study expressionism and action painting and collect visuals of it and submit withtheir write-up
• 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
• Develop some designs of your own inspired by Pop art and present in a portfolio
• 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
• Make an illustrated presentation on Bengal School art and submit in a form of portfolio
• Study the Kalighat paintings in detail and submit a portfolio with illustrations and write-up
• 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
• 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 Suggested Visits
• Libraries
• Museums and Galleries
• National Gallery of Modern art, Delhi

Text Books

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

Reference Books

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

Online Resources

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_art
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_expressionism
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_painting
• http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/4477/Action-painting
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_art
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op_art
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimalism
• http://understandingminimalism.com/introduction-to-minimal-art/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_art
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-expressionism
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performance_art
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Installation_art
• http://www.medicinemangallery.com/gallery/Contemporary
• http://www.artflute.com/
• http://www.artinvestgallery.com/artistlist.aspx
• http://www.chennaigallery.com/gallery.aspx
• http://parsareport.blogspot.in/2012/05/kalighta-paintings-confusing.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_Ravi_Varma
• http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/129596/Company-school
• http://www.ngmaindia.gov.in/sh-company-period.asp
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_School_of_Art
• http://www.indianetzone.com/50/painters_bengal.htm
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombay_Progressive_Artists%27_Group
• http://www.artnewsnviews.com/view-article.php?article=progressive-artists- groupof-bombay-an-overview&iid=29&articleid=800
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Indian_painting