ART 225: Printmaking: Advanced

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Class Program

Art

Credits

Weekly Contact Hours

Course ID

090905

Meets Degree Requirements For

Humanities with Performance

Description

Advanced study of the theory and practice of printmaking. Emphasis on the development of individual approaches to form and media.

Grading Basis

Graded

Prerequisites

ART 206 or ART 208 or ART 224

Course Learning Outcomes

Analyze and apply the principles and process of relief and/or intaglio printmaking, including traditional and contemporary tools, materials and methods at an advanced level.

Analyze and apply the principles of relief and/or intaglio print design and planning, including development and appropriate composition, and strategic planning of printing steps leading to final composition at an advanced level.

Display advanced analysis and application of the methods of printing plate preparation, including subtractive and additive processes, single-plate and multi-plate processes.

Show advanced analysis and application of the methods of printing, including hand-printing and press-printing, and color registration processes with multi-block prints.

Apply the principles of color and composition to the design of relief and/or intaglio prints in an advanced capacity.

Display strong understanding of artists and developments of relief and/or intaglio printmaking in the history of art.

Core Topics

Advanced-level work in currently offered printmaking courses. Includes topics covered in ART 206 Printmaking: Intaglio, and/or ART 208 Printmaking: Relief, including:

Materials, History and Processes of intaglio printmaking
Drypoint
Line etching
Aquatint etching
Aquatint etching with litho pencil
Materials, History and Processes of relief printmaking
Black & white composition design and linoleum block cutting
Printing the linoleum block
Color composition design and linoleum block cutting
Color printing multiple linoleum blocks
Black & white composition design and reductive wood block cutting
Color composition design and reductive wood block cutting
Color printing the reductive wood block
Additive relief block design, construction, printing