A course that further develops the concepts and processes introduced in ART 80 and 81, emphasizing the development of the individual student's artistic ability. A course emphasizing drawing from the human figure designed to develop an understanding of the human anatomy and proportion as well as the ability to draw the figure in various attitudes and movements using dry and fluid media. Required for the studio art major. A course depicting a knowledge of anatomy as it refers to drawing the human form from the basic learning experience of proportion and perspective and the expressive extension into other style and media directions. A course emphasizing a thorough understanding of anatomy for the artist and the use of the human figure as the basis of both representational and more abstract and expressionistic drawing.
Problems encourage exploration and control in a variety of design applications.
A recognition and choice of techniques in translating ideas into visual experience. Also listed as GD 141. Credit to be given in either area, not both. Basic principles of various kinds of handlettering, illumination and typography discussing and practicing type styles and characteristics, construction and development of type styles, familiarization with spacing techniques, and relationships and knowledge of tools, including computers and terminology. Also listed as GD 144.