ART 256: Sculpture: Advanced

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Class Program

Art

Credits

Clinical Hours None

Weekly Contact Hours

Course ID

090916

Meets Degree Requirements For

Humanities with Performance

Description

Advanced Sculpture builds upon skills from previous sculpture classes, developing greater technical and conceptual skills in three-dimensional visual art practices. Students develop a sophisticated body of three-dimensional work, and a directed, productive approach to studio practice.

Grading Basis

Graded

Prerequisites

ART 155

Course Learning Outcomes

Analyze and apply the principles of 3-dimensional structure, spatial modulation, and planar modulation in making artwork that displays an awareness of good design and craftsmanship.

Analyze and apply physical forces and material characteristics in structural forms, while displaying an understanding of surface quality, color and finish.

Use tools properly and safely, and participate in appropriate shop maintenance.

Display an understanding of the vocabulary and applications in referring to the making and analysis of sculpture.

Display an understanding of the history and theories of sculpture, including appropriate references to the student’s own work.

Understand the process of building a sophisticated and cohesive body of work, as well as the associated elements of exhibition of that work (statements, documentation, installation, etc.).

Core Topics

The course will combine instructor lectures and student driven research. The instructor works with students to outline and design a body of artwork that provide skills and experiences working in a number of different materials. The student will also develop his/her own projects. The work created during the course of the quarter will display advanced understanding and facility with the following:

Visual elements:
- Functions of mass, volume and line in the sculptural object
- Movement and emphasis
- Style vs. Function in form
- Figure-ground relationship (positive/negative space)
- Surface Treatment (pattern, texture, color and finish)
- Studio resources and time management
- Architectural volume
- Visual Display (free-standing form, form with base and wall-mounted form)
Sculpture processes:
- Subtractive
- Additive
- Modeling
- Casting
History and theory of sculpture.