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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
Composition and Design
Composition and Design I
H101
This course investigates historical modalities and methods of compositional construction
in Western figurative art from Classicism to early Modernism. The essential topics covered are: forms of spatial construction and illusion, the relationship
of content to image, and the relationship of image construction to form and compositional
content in various social and historical contexts. The aim is to give students
an understanding of the possibilities and strategies of compositional
realization, and instruction in the application of these strategies to their own ideas
through studio work and class assignments.
3 credits.
Composition and Design II
H102
This course starts where Composition and Design I ends. Beginning
with the birth of Modernism, it takes students through the various strategies of
representing form and content from the end of the 19th century to the beginning
of the 21st century, covering such movements as Modernism, post-Modernism,
Surrealism, Conceptual Art, Pop Art, Expressionism and Realism. Formal aspects
and compositional strategies will be considered and evaluated in their social and
political contexts. Relationships of past art to the development of contemporary figurative
art will be addressed.
3 credits.
History of Technique
History of Drawing Technique
H302
This is a unique course in the relationship of technique to content in drawing traditions
up to the present day. Students gain both practical experience and a historical
perspective on the use of materials and technique employed by drafts-people
in a number of historical periods. Wet and dry media on various supports are explored
in a studio format. Students prepare paper with grounds for use with metalpoint,
tempera, inks applied with pen and brush, both natural and fabricated chalks,
and various forms of charcoal. Through readings, lectures, discussion and museum
visits, the development and application of drawing technique are studied as both
a reflection of and impetus for the artist's ongoing search for form and meaning.
3 credits.
History of Painting Technique
H303
This course explores basic principles of the layered painting techniques that developed
and flourished in Europe in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries, and examines
how varying approaches to illusion, form, color and content are intrinsic to the expressive
aims of painting. While the context of the class is historical, emphasis is
placed on the practical application of technique to the student's own painting. Instruction
will be given in the use of toned grounds, underpainting and grisaille. Various
forms of paint application will be explained and examined: alla prima, velatura,
glazing, etc., with specific attention to the optical effects of paint and color perception.
A variety of palettes and mediums will be examined in terms of their historical
applications. Discussions of technique and its relationship to content will be
strongly encouraged. Students gain practical experience as well as insight into past
technical developments.
3 credits.
History of Sculpture Technique
H304
This course focuses on figurative sculpture from three major periods of art history.
Students investigate the form conventions and cultural context in which figurative
sculpture was produced. Formal dynamics and canons of proportion are seen as
manifestations of ideology, philosophy and/or spirituality, rather than simply as
stylistic readjustments. The course includes lectures and studio work. Each historical
period is considered in terms of conceptual, perceptual and technical aspects
of sculptural production and their correlation to anatomy, scale and composition.
Through modeling the figure, students investigate various period-specific subjects,
gestures and canons of proportion in order to gain an understanding of a range of
historical sculptural applications.
3 credits.
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Painting at the MET
with Academy Instructor, Edward Schmidt |
