UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
B.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN INTERIOR DESIGN AND DECOR
SEMESTER SYSTEM WITH CREDITS
(Effective from the Academic Year 2003-2004)

SYLLABUS

Semester IV - Paper VII - Interior Design and Applied Art - Major Arts

Number of Lecturer Hours/Week: 6
Theory: 4 hrs/week
Duration of Examination: 3
Examination Marks: 75
Credits: 4

Major Arts To enable students

a. to understand art and apply its principles in the creation of and selection of art objects.

b. to appreciate and select appropriate major art work for interiors.

I. Minor & Major Arts :

1. Metal Work - Shaping of metal, decoration, damascening, enameling, metal work in India.,

b) Lamps & Vessels c) Bidri d) Tanjore Plate enameling in India.

2. Glass Ware - Stained glass history development and its usage in modern Interiors. Various types of glass and glassware.

II Study of different architectural styles - Forms in relation to different places in India and the West. India - Buddhist stupas, Vihanas.

South Indian temple architecture - a brief study of the Brihadeswara I Chidambaram temples. North Indian Temple Architecture - Orissan Temples

West - Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Early Christian, Byzantine, Romanesque and Gothic.

III Sculptural Forms

IV Drawing:

V Painting:

Traditional Media - Fresco, Tempera, Oil and Water- colours.

VI Synthetic Media - Acrylic