AR2073 ART APPRECIATION SYLLABUS | ANNA UNIVERSITY B ARCH 6TH SEMESTER SYLLABUS REGULATION 2009 2011 2012-2013 BELOW IS THE ANNA UNIVERSITY SIXTH SEMESTER B ARCH DEPARTMENT SYLLABUS, TEXTBOOKS, REFERENCE BOOKS,EXAM PORTIONS,QUESTION BANK,PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTION PAPERS,MODEL QUESTION PAPERS, CLASS NOTES, IMPORTANT 2 MARKS, 8 MARKS, 16 MARKS TOPICS. IT IS APPLICABLE FOR ALL STUDENTS ADMITTED IN THE YEAR 2011 2012-2013 (ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI,TRICHY,MADURAI, TIRUNELVELI,COIMBATORE), 2009 REGULATION OF ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI AND STUDENTS ADMITTED IN ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI DURING 2009
AR2073 ART APPRECIATION L T P/S C
3 0 0 3
AIM:
The objective of the course is to understand and appreciate art in terms of its form, content and
context through the study of works of art over history in order to develop a sensitivity towards
aesthetics which is a necessary component of architecture.
OBJECTIVES:
To introduce the vocabulary of art and the principles.
To inform students about the various art forms through the ages within the cultural contexts.
To study Modern Art and the new directions that evolved in the 19th and 20th centuries.
To inform the production of art in the Indian context through history and the contemporary
manifestations.
CONTENT:
UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO ART 6
Definition of art - need for art – role of art – art reality, perception, representation- categories
of art in terms of media and technique - appreciating art: form, content and context
UNIT II VOCABULARY OF ART 9
Introducing the vocabulary of art constituted by elements (line, shape, form, space, colour, light,
value, texture) and principles (unity, variety, harmony, rhythm, balance, proportion, emphasis,
contrast, movement)
UNIT III APPRECIATING ART – BEGINNINGS TO MODERN ART 10
Appreciating art through the study of art production in the West from the beginnings to the birth
of modern art. Important works from the following art traditions will be studied and analysed in
terms of their form, content and context
59
Prehistoric Art - Egyptian and Mesopotamian art Greek and Roman art– Medieval art -
Renaissance and Baroque art - Neoclassicism - Romanticism - Realism
UNIT IV APPRECIATING ART- MODERN ART AND AFTER 10
Appreciating art through the study of art production in the West over history from modern art till
the present. Important works from the following art traditions will be studied and analysed in
terms of their form, content and context :
Context for new directions in art in the late 19th and early 20th century - Impressionism - post
Impressionism – Fauvism- Expressionism- Cubism – Dadaism – Surrealism - abstract art –
Futurism - Constructivism – Suprematism –- De Stijl - Abstract Expressionism - Pop art - Op
art- new forms and media of art
UNIT V APPRECIATING ART- INDIAN ART 10
Appreciating art through the study of art production in India over history. Important works from
the following art traditions will be studied and analysed in terms of their form, content and
context
Indus Valley Art - Hindu Buddhist and Jain art - Mughal and Rajput miniatures - art during the
colonial period - modern Indian Art.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
REQUIRED READING
1. Fred, S. Kleiner, Gardener’s Art through Ages, Harcourt College Publishers, 2001
2. Bernard S. Myers, Understanding the Arts, Holt,Rinehart and Winston Inc, 1964
3. Edith Thomory- a History of Fine Arts in India and the West, Orient Longman Publisher’s
Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi
4. H.H. Arnason, History of Modern Art, Thames and Hudson, 1977
REFERENCES:
1. The Penguin Dictionary of Art and Artists - Peter and Linda Murray - Penguin books 1989.
2. E.H. Gombrich, The Story of Art, Phaidon 2002
3. E.H.Gombrich, Art and Illsuion, Phaidon, 2002
4. Indian Art since the early 1940s- A Search for Identity- Artsists Handicrafts Association of
Cholamandal Artists Village, Madras,1974
5. A.K.Coomaraswamy, Fundamentals of Indian Art, Historical Research Documentation
Programme, Jaipur, 1985
AR2073 ART APPRECIATION L T P/S C
3 0 0 3
AIM:
The objective of the course is to understand and appreciate art in terms of its form, content and
context through the study of works of art over history in order to develop a sensitivity towards
aesthetics which is a necessary component of architecture.
OBJECTIVES:
To introduce the vocabulary of art and the principles.
To inform students about the various art forms through the ages within the cultural contexts.
To study Modern Art and the new directions that evolved in the 19th and 20th centuries.
To inform the production of art in the Indian context through history and the contemporary
manifestations.
CONTENT:
UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO ART 6
Definition of art - need for art – role of art – art reality, perception, representation- categories
of art in terms of media and technique - appreciating art: form, content and context
UNIT II VOCABULARY OF ART 9
Introducing the vocabulary of art constituted by elements (line, shape, form, space, colour, light,
value, texture) and principles (unity, variety, harmony, rhythm, balance, proportion, emphasis,
contrast, movement)
UNIT III APPRECIATING ART – BEGINNINGS TO MODERN ART 10
Appreciating art through the study of art production in the West from the beginnings to the birth
of modern art. Important works from the following art traditions will be studied and analysed in
terms of their form, content and context
59
Prehistoric Art - Egyptian and Mesopotamian art Greek and Roman art– Medieval art -
Renaissance and Baroque art - Neoclassicism - Romanticism - Realism
UNIT IV APPRECIATING ART- MODERN ART AND AFTER 10
Appreciating art through the study of art production in the West over history from modern art till
the present. Important works from the following art traditions will be studied and analysed in
terms of their form, content and context :
Context for new directions in art in the late 19th and early 20th century - Impressionism - post
Impressionism – Fauvism- Expressionism- Cubism – Dadaism – Surrealism - abstract art –
Futurism - Constructivism – Suprematism –- De Stijl - Abstract Expressionism - Pop art - Op
art- new forms and media of art
UNIT V APPRECIATING ART- INDIAN ART 10
Appreciating art through the study of art production in India over history. Important works from
the following art traditions will be studied and analysed in terms of their form, content and
context
Indus Valley Art - Hindu Buddhist and Jain art - Mughal and Rajput miniatures - art during the
colonial period - modern Indian Art.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
REQUIRED READING
1. Fred, S. Kleiner, Gardener’s Art through Ages, Harcourt College Publishers, 2001
2. Bernard S. Myers, Understanding the Arts, Holt,Rinehart and Winston Inc, 1964
3. Edith Thomory- a History of Fine Arts in India and the West, Orient Longman Publisher’s
Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi
4. H.H. Arnason, History of Modern Art, Thames and Hudson, 1977
REFERENCES:
1. The Penguin Dictionary of Art and Artists - Peter and Linda Murray - Penguin books 1989.
2. E.H. Gombrich, The Story of Art, Phaidon 2002
3. E.H.Gombrich, Art and Illsuion, Phaidon, 2002
4. Indian Art since the early 1940s- A Search for Identity- Artsists Handicrafts Association of
Cholamandal Artists Village, Madras,1974
5. A.K.Coomaraswamy, Fundamentals of Indian Art, Historical Research Documentation
Programme, Jaipur, 1985
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