Students will explore and experiment with the basic elements of design through the use of inks, pens, and papers. Alan Mette Alan Mette is a professor in the School of Art and Design. He received his B.S. from Wayne State University, his M.A. from the University of Illinois, and his M.F.A. from Michigan State University. He has exhibited his work throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. He is the recipient of the Campus Undergraduate Teaching Award.
Visual images constitute an important element of our culture.
The twentieth century and its technological advancements in photography, video, and computer graphics have contributed to a proliferation of images that penetrate daily lives and shape people s attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors. Understanding of ways in which visual images mediate meaning, engage senses, and affect human decision making is important both to those who create the images and those who respond to this rich visual world. This course is designed as an introduction to visual literacy to empower builders as well as consumers of visual culture to effectively use and understand the language of forms, colors, and textures, and ways in which they allow us to construct meaning across cultural traditions. Weekly lectures are complemented by laboratories that engage students in hands-on experimentation and practice in the use of visual language. He was formerly chancellor of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland, and the founder of the Industrial Design Department at that institution.