Learning to Look at the Visual Arts (Online) offered by Oxford University
- Public University
1 Campus- Estd. 1096
Learning to Look at the Visual Arts (Online) at Oxford University Overview
Duration | 10 weeks |
Total fee | ₹26,000 |
Mode of learning | Online |
Course Level | UG Certificate |
Learning to Look at the Visual Arts (Online) at Oxford University Highlights
- Earn a certificate of completion from Oxford university
Learning to Look at the Visual Arts (Online) at Oxford University Course details
- Learn how to look in a more objective and analytical way
- Learn the visual vocabulary and glossary of terms
- Understand pictoral qualities and what they mean, that is Composition, Space, Form, Tone, Colour, Subject Matter
- Provide a method for looking at paintings, drawings and prints which is both flexible and clear
- Generate understanding of pictorial qualities and their integration for the aesthetic appearance
- This course offers you the opportunity to learn how to study and analyse paintings, drawings and prints and learn the 'language of looking' to communicate your appreciation of art
- Learn about the qualities that make up a picture including composition, space, form, tone and colour, why each element is important, and how they relate to each other to create the aesthetic appearance of the image
- Learn to understand the importance of subject matter, original function and setting of a picture in appreciating its visual meaning
- A key element of the course is art criticism where you will take part in guided viewings of paintings and then have the opportunity to put your new visual vocabulary into practice working on tasks with your fellow students
Learning to Look at the Visual Arts (Online) at Oxford University Curriculum
Introduction to learning Look at the Visual Arts
Introduction to the course
Composition
Horizontals and verticals
Harmony and balance
Curves and diagonals
Colour and composition
Asymmetry
Apparently random composition
Collage
Space
Linear perspective
Geometrical space
Imaginative space and illusionism
Aerial perspective and space to walk about in
Spatial distortion ignoring the middle distance
Multiple viewpoint perspective
Space in front of the picture
Spatial disorientation
Form
Sculptural form in the human figure
Form achieved by chiaroscuro and sfumato
Form made tangible
The disintegration and rebuilding of form
Form created with colour
The closing of the gap between painting and sculpture in the twentieth century
Tone
The use of tone for imaginative expression
Tone used to create drama
Tone and the expression of emotion
Tone and the realisation of form and space
Tone used to create atmosphere
Tone and the reconstruction of form
Colour
Primary and complementary contrast and the afterimage
The vocabulary of colour
Using the vocabulary of colour
The use of colour to express emotion
The power of colour to express emotion without a figurative subject and the effect of colour and scale
Colour and the expression of texture
The use of coloured light for expression
Subject-matter
Religious subjects
Historical subjects
Scenes of everyday life with a moral
Subject matter and image making: clarity and ambiguity in communicating a message
The idea of ambiguity in a visual image
Subject matter and the idea of abstraction
Poetical subjects and the idea of painting as poetry
Drawing and its purposes
Drawing used to try out ideas
Drawing and sculptural expression
Landscape drawings and watercolours
Line drawing
Individual drawing techniques in the twentieth century
Looking at print
The exploitation of detail: line engraving, woodcut and wood engraving
The etching: the creation of mystery and ambivalence by means of tone
The development of a print from its original drawing: etching and aquatint
Lithography
The coloured lithograph and the silk screen print
Learning to Look at the Visual Arts (Online) at Oxford University Faculty details
Learning to Look at the Visual Arts (Online) at Oxford University Entry Requirements
- Prerequisite: Familiar with using a computer for purposes such as sending email and searching the Internet
- Yes
- In countries where the normal examinations have been cancelled, university will expect the conditions of student's offer to be met by the alternative assessment put in place by qualifications' regulators.
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