# Visual Perception and Art: A Survey Across the Cultures

- Institution: Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan
- Department: Humanities and Social Sciences
- Teacher: Prof. Soumik Nandy Majumdar
- Level: Undergraduate
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics
- Source: [NPTEL](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/109104122)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA](https://nptel.ac.in/faq) (Non-commercial use only.)
- Syllabus: [at the source](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/109104122)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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 are 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.

Intended audience: Candidates with any educational background with an interest in Visual Culture, Visual Arts, Cultural Anthropology and Visual Psychology.

## Lectures

1. [Lecture 1: Introductory Lecture](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104122/0c05524bc60c) (YouTube)
2. [Lecture 2: What is Visual Perception?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104122/4bef28443437) (YouTube)
3. [Lecture 3: Visual Perception and Visual Reality](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104122/c13007da7b11) (YouTube)
4. [Lecture 4: Visual Perception and Creativity 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104122/7c8e5b7348c4) (YouTube)
5. [Lecture 5: Visual Perception and Creativity 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104122/41a68580a991) (YouTube)
6. [Lecture 6: Child art](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104122/f3363565c3b7) (YouTube)
7. [Lecture 7: Pre-historic art](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104122/de27cdb3a2ee) (YouTube)
8. [Lecture 8: Folk art](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104122/cb0a8059af00) (YouTube)
9. [Lecture 9: Primitive art](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104122/3fc2aa7f5772) (YouTube)
10. [Lecture 10: Photography](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104122/b67ee73ced01) (YouTube)
11. [Lecture 11: Popular visual culture](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104122/34873f42a4c5) (YouTube)
12. [Lecture 12: Mimetic and Non-mimetic art](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104122/f13ae11fb46d) (YouTube)
13. [Lecture 13: Traditional art: India](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104122/bf82d80dffbf) (YouTube)
14. [Lecture 14: Traditional art: China and Japan](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104122/0796659bfd8c) (YouTube)
15. [Lecture 15: Realistic art of the West](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104122/a9831c908949) (YouTube)
16. [Lecture 16: Alternative realism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104122/0520eca4de9e) (YouTube)
17. [Lecture 17: Breakthrough in Visual Perception](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104122/8345f6fdb10d) (YouTube)
18. [Lecture 18: Abstract art 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104122/2f7eead4678b) (YouTube)
19. [Lecture 19: Abstract art 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104122/5cdbfa8981c7) (YouTube)
20. [Lecture 20: Contemporary art: Challenges of Visual Perception](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104122/3fb7d6dcb4c8) (YouTube)