Course Name: Visual Perception and Art: A Survey Across the Cultures

Course abstract

The central concern of this course is to explore the complex and dynamic relationships between our visual perception and art in the context of specific visual cultures. As far as the various forms of art-object is concerned within the context of specific visual culture, visual perception varies in the most dynamic and complex ways. This course offers a survey across the global culture to study this variety of relationships and how visual perception operates as a creative process affecting deeply the concepts and styles of art. This survey will also provide us with vital clues to understand why visual artists across the globe perceive visual phenomenon so differently from each other.


Course Instructor

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Prof. Soumik Nandy Majumdar

Prof. Soumik Nandy Majumdar is an Assistant Professor at Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan in the department of History of Art, Kala Bhavana (The Institute of Fine Arts & Crafts). Prof. Majumdar has taught as a Visiting Faculty at IIT- Kanpur, in the discipline of Fine Arts, under the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences. He completed his BFA and MFA in History of Art from Santiniketan and M.S.University, Baroda respectively. He is involved in teaching art history, conducting courses on art-appreciation, art criticism, art curating and researching on art-education.


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Teaching Assistant(s)

Aranya Bhowmik

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 Course Duration : Aug-Sep 2019
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 Syllabus
 Enrollment : 15-May-2019 to 26-Aug-2019
 Exam registration : 01-Jun-2019 to 30-Sep-2019
 Exam Date : 16-Nov-2019, 16-Nov-2019

Enrolled

618

Registered

79

Certificate Eligible

56

Certified Category Count

Gold

0

Silver

22

Elite

24

Successfully completed

10

Participation

9

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold




Legend

AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75 AND FINAL SCORE >=40
BASED ON THE FINAL SCORE, Certificate criteria will be as below:
>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 3 out of 4 assignments.
  • Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score.
Visual Perception and Art: A Survey Across the Cultures - Toppers list

DHARSINI K 87%

THE GANDHIGRAM RURAL INSTITUTE (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY)

VAHHBIZ ENGINEER 87%

SARVAJANIK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

KAVYA JOSEPH 85%

THE GANDHIGRAM RURAL INSTITUTE (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY)

SUBHASHREE DAS 85%

Maulana Azad College

PRIYA 83%

LOVELY PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY

DEBAPARNA MUKHERJEE 83%

JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 618

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 79

Assignment Statistics



Assignment

Exam score

Final score

Score Distribution Graph - Legend

Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.