Introduction to Visual Arts
The visual arts are art forms that create works that are primarily visual in nature, such as ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design crafts, photography, video film making and architecture. The visual arts are the applied arts that are widely used in industrial design, graphic design, fashion design and decorative art.
The current usage of the term ‘visual arts’ includes fine art as well as applied decorative arts and crafts but this was not always the case. Basically, visual arts are a modern but imprecise umbrella term for a broad category of art which includes a number of artistic disciplines from various sub-categories.
Few lines about Bachelor of Visual Arts (BVA) Course
The Bachelor of Visual Arts (BVA) degree is a 3-years undergraduate course that is divided into 6-semesters. The course provides an opportunity for students with a flair of innovation and art in order to become visual art professionals. The course mainly focuses on theoretical knowledge of the related subjects but also on technical knowledge by emphasizing on assignments and practical exposures.
The course typically includes advanced lessons about studio art core, art history, concentration in a specific discipline, occasionally completion of a professional portfolio that provides evidence of a student’s marketable skills. The course also covers different areas of visual arts such as life-drawing, research-led industry practice, sculpture, animation, performance, painting, drawing, photography, printmaking and film, contemporary and Avant Garde trends in arts, new dimensions of visual art in the contemporary language.
Eligibility for Bachelor of Visual Arts (BVA)
The students who have passed their PUC or 10+2 in any stream with 45% aggregate from recognised board are eligible to apply for Bachelor of Visual Arts (BVA) course.
Admission Procedures
The eligible students can take admission to Bachelor of Visual Arts (BVA) course by two modes of admission. The first one is merit-based admission and second one is direct admission.
1. Merit-Based Admission
There are many reputed colleges and universities that conduct institution-based entrance exams for admission to Bachelor of Visual Arts (BVA) courses, such mode of admission is called merit-based admission. The colleges have limited number of merit-seats and entrance exams are conducted for these merit-seats to select the deserving students. The main idea for institution-based entrance exams is to select the serious candidates from the non-serious ones. The successfully qualified students are then allotted merit-seats. The fees are also nominal for merit-seats.
