As the course progressess, longer poses enable students to work on large format drawings emphasizing heightened realism. An introduction to handbuilt ceramics. Emphasis on concept, design, and forming processes as they relate to ceramic sculpture. Students will explore sculpture concepts while working with a wide range of construction techniques including pinch, coil, slab, modeling, wheel throwing, and casting. Various firing and glazing processes will be used.
Art is presented as an objectification and record of man's major beliefs and ideas.
Offered in alternate years. Renaissance and Modern Continuation of ART 241. A study of important Western art of the twentieth century including painting, sculpture, and architecture. Beginning with the major contributions of the movements of the late nineteenth century, students will explore the ideas of modern, Western art on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Offered in alternate years.