LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

B.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – VISUAL COMMUNICATION

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FIFTH SEMESTER – November 2008

VC 5511 – VISUAL AESTHETICS AND ANALYSIS

 

 

 

Date : 05-11-08                     Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

 

PART –A

 

1. Answer ALL the following not exceeding Six lines each:                                 (10×3=30 marks)

 

1. Sigmund Freud
2. Post Modernism
3. Ideology
4. Class
5. Sign
6. Oedipus complex
7. Myth
8. Gaze
9. Genre
10. Feminism

PART-B

 

1. Answer ANY FIVE question not exceeding One page each: (5×8=40 marks)

 

11. What is Ideological analysis? Explain.
12. Explain how Base relates to the Super structure.
13. Describe and explain Condensation, Displacement and Secondary Elaboration.
14. What are the different shades of feminism?
15. Syntagmatic & paradigmatic Analysis – Discuss.
16. Explain the functions of Art.
17. Elaborate on Indian Rasa Theory.

 

PART-C

 

• Answer ANY TWO of the following in about Three pages each: (2×15=30 marks)

 

18. Discuss the feminist perspectives on mass media.
19. “Psychoanalysis is therapeutic technique but it is also an analytical tool” -Discuss.
20. Discuss the different perspectives of Beauty.
21. “Marxist thought is one of the powerful and suggestive ways available to the media analyst for analyzing society and its institutions” – Discuss.

 

 

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      LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

B.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – VISUAL COMMUNICATION

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FIFTH SEMESTER – April 2009

VC 5511 – VISUAL AESTHETICS AND ANALYSIS

 

 

 

Date & Time: 04/05/2009 / 1:00 – 4:00       Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

PART A

1. Answer ALL the questions                                            (10 x 2 = 20)

 

1. Aesthetics
2. Icons
3. Codes
4. Pastiche
5. Gaze
6. Libido
7. Repression
8. Rasa
9. Sublime
10. Dhvani

PART B

1. Answer ANY FIVE    (5 x 7 = 35)

 

1.  Elucidate the difference between Denotation & Connotation.
2. Write short notes on Iconography.
3. Write short notes on Feminist Approach towards media texts.
4. Differentiate Freud and Lacan’s Approaches towards human mind.
5. Differentiate the major Characteristics between Indian & Western Aesthetics.
6. Write short notes on Meta Narratives.
7. Discuss the latest trends in Visual Aesthetics.

 

PART C

• Answer ANY THREE                                              (3 x 15 = 45)

 

18. Elucidate the six perceptions of visual message.

1.  Elaborate on the Paradigmatic Analysis of Media Texts.
2.  Explain Freud’s psychosexual stages of development.
3.  Discuss upon the basic concepts of Marxist Approach to Media Texts.
4.  Elaborate on the basic concepts of Postmodern Approach.

 

 

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

B.Sc., DEGREE EXAMINATION – VISUAL COMM.

FIFTH SEMESTER – NOVEMBER 2012

VC 5511 – VISUAL AESTHETICS AND ANALYSIS

 

 

 

Date : 7/11/2012               Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1.00 – 400

 

PART – A

       Answer ALL the questions:                                                             (10 x 2 = 20)

 

1. Visual Illusions
2. Semantics
3. Parody
4. Desire
5. Hegemony
6. Agam-puram
7. Art
8. Beauty
9. Connotation
10. Myth

PART – B

 

       Answer ANY FIVE questions:                                                                                 (5 x 8 = 40)

 

11. How do visual messages communicate meaning effectively?
12. Explain Codes and culture.
13. How is the feminist approach to the media perceived? Explain with examples.
14. Discuss the basic concepts of psychoanalytic approach.
15. Does class affect the media content? Discuss.
16. How are Indian and Western aesthetics different from each other?
17. Discuss the reasons for Visual analysis with examples.

PART – C

 

        Answer ANY TWO questions:                                                                                 (2 x 20= 40)

 

18. Explain semiotics.
19. Write about Tamil Aesthetics.
20. Describe the theory of Rasa.
21. Explain Feminist approach to media text.
22. Explain post modernism and in brief discuss the basic concepts.

 

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