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    Medium Of InstructionsMode Of LearningMode Of Delivery
    EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

    Courses and Certificate Fees

    Certificate AvailabilityCertificate Providing Authority
    yesIIT Kanpur

    The Syllabus

    Introduction to Art and visual language
    • Visual Literacy
    • What is Art? Visual styles
    • Principle of Visual Communication
    • Elements of Visual Representation
    • Need of Visual Harmony, Aerial Perspective in Visual Representation
    • Visual Mediums Method and Material

    Composition and Space
    • Visual Arrangement: Figure ground relationship
    • Illusion of Space Overlapping and Vertical Location
    • Perspective, Foreshortening and Amplification
    • Multiple point Perspective, Cubist form
    • Oriental Perspective, Aerial Perspective, Isometric Projection
    • Unconventional Space, Visual Riddle

    Perception of motion
    • Static Form
    • Impression of Movement
    • Movement by Repetition
    • Use of Multiple Image to Depict Motion
    • Principle of Op Art: Optical Movement
    • Asymmetry in Visual Narration

    Scale and Proportion
    • Scale and Space in Composition
    • Choosing the Right Scale
    • Natural Proportion
    •  Ideal Proportion
    • Arbitrary and Mandatory Proportion
    • Form of Visual Paradox

    Line as a visual element
    • Line as Line and Line as Shape
    • Character Specific Use of Line in Visual Representation
    • Implied, Psychic, Contour Line and Gesture Line
    • Line as Building Block
    • Line for Rendering: Value and Volume
    • Quality of Line in Visual Expression

    Visual harmony and balance as a rule
    • Example of Unified Composition: Conceptual Harmony vs. Visual Harmony
    • Visual Continuity: Proximity, Repetition
    • Gestalt law of Universal Whole
    • Unity in Variation. Visual Climax and Harmony: Focal Point and Accents
    • Degree of Emphasis to Maintain Harmony: Visual Balance
    • Rhythm and Motion in Visual Representation Alternating and Progressing Arrangement

    Color combination, value and texture
    • Visual Balance in Symmetry, Radial and Crystallographic Balance
    • Balance in Asymmetry
    • Visual Balance in Colour Combination, Conflicting Colours
    • Balance through Achromatic Value Distribution
    • Local, optical and Arbitrary colour
    • Colour in Digital Media Pigment and Light, Resolution

    Visual analysis and conclusion
    • Rectilinear and Curvilinear Form
    • Volume and Surface Texture
    • Visual and Tactile Texture
    • Form, Texture and Pattern
    • Visual Analysis
    • Steps of Problem Solving

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