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Drawing
Painting
Sculpture
ARTISTIC ANATOMY
Printmaking
Composition and Design,
History of Technique
Visual Culture
Electives,
Independent Study,
Professional Practices
Diploma Project
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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Artistic Anatomy
*Artistic Anatomy I: Figure Structure
A101
This course provides the perceptual and conceptual means to construct the human figure in two or three dimensions from the model or from memory. It begins by
examining the body's structure through the study of appropriate principles of the
mechanics of motion, surface form and human anatomy. The instructor emphasizes
the proportions of the skeleton, the major body masses, and the movement
potential in the joints. These principles are put to use when students construct
simplified male and female figures in plastilene. The figures are first conceived as
a series of blocks and then refined into more realistic forms.
3 credits.
Artistic Anatomy I: Structural Anatomy
A101
This course provides instruction in the perceptual and conceptual means needed
to construct the human figure in two or three dimensions from the model or from
memory. It begins by examining the body's structure through the study of the mechanics
of motion, surface form and human anatomy. The instructor emphasizes
the proportions of the skeleton, the major body masses and the movement potential
in the joints. Students construct simplified male and female figures in plastilene,
first conceived as a series of blocks and then refined into more realistic forms.
3 credits.
Artistic Anatomy II: Anatomical Drawing
A201
The goal of this course is to improve the student's powers of observation by providing
a basic understanding of the human body's underlying structures and to
delineate strategies for representing those forms two-dimensionally. Emphasis is
placed on anatomy (skeletal structure, muscular origins and insertions, and surface
forms) and proportion. Ample time is given to students to work directly from the
model. Focus is also placed upon the variety of the human form as represented by
artists both historical and contemporary.
3 credits.
Artistic Anatomy III: Ecorche
A301
This course provides a thorough analysis of human anatomy through the construction
of an ecorche (an anatomical sculpture of a flayed figure). Each student begins
by sculpting a skeleton out of plastilene, onto which is attached first the deep and
then the superficial muscles of the body. Relying on Old Master drawings, diagrams,
specially prepared dissection casts and the live model, the instructor demonstrates
how the forms of the bones, muscles and tendons are transferred to the
ecorche.
3 credits.
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