Courses

10 Chinese Painters You Must Know

Course No. ACD377X.1  Credits: 3

Giorgio Vasari, the Italian Renaissance painter and writer, provided important information in his Lives of Artists, which gave readers portraits of artistsÕ character and talents. In the same manner, the lives and stories of Chinese painters were documented in records past and present. This course focuses on 10 (& a Plus 1) painters (with their lives, paintings, painting styles, and ideas/theories) and their influences in the development of Chinese painting history past and present Ð for example, Zhao Mengfu (1254-1322 AD) and the movement of ÒReturn to AntiquityÓ in the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368 AD) and Dong Qichang (1555-1636 AD) and his orthodox ÒNorthern and Southern SchoolsÓ in Chinese landscape painting from the 17th century onward. The painters we discuss will range from the 6th to the early 20th centuries AD, and the painting subjects will include figure, bird-&-flower, landscapes, narratives, and miscellaneous ones. Visual Culture Emphasis course. 3 credits.

100 Drawings

Course No. DRG290.1  Credits: 3
Faculty Royden Watson | Sarah Kabot

In creating 100 drawings within a single semester, students will move through many forms of drawing, from direct observation to work from photographic sources, from abstraction to the idiosyncratic. Assignments are sequenced to encourage experimentation and play with a wide range of drawing materials and methods. At the conclusion of the course, students will have begun to develop their own point of view, style, and approach to drawing. Required for Sophomore Drawing Majors. 3 credits.

12 Artists of Post-1950's China

Course No. ACD357.1  Credits: 3
Faculty Diana Y. Chou

In 2007, one of Yue MinjunÕs (b. 1962--) paintings, Execution, was sold for US$ 5.9 million dollars at SothebyÕs in London. It became the most expensive work ever by a Chinese contemporary artist, and created a sensation over Chinese Contemporary Art in the Art and Business Worlds. This course will focus on 12 major artists (from Installation, painting, sculpture, performance art, photography and cinema), some of whose works were banned in China, but gained international recognition. The year of 1949 is the year of the split of the PROC (Mainland China) and ROC (Taiwan), and when the Communist Party gained its political legitimacy in Chinese history; we will thus consider with the artistic climate from the 1950s until the present time. All these 12 artists were born between the 1950s and 70s; ten of them went through the Cultural Revolution of the 1970s, and were in exile after the TianÕanmen Incident/Massacre in 1989. Visual Culture Emphasis course. 3 credits.

3-Dimensional Drg: The Psychology of Space

Course No. DRG38X.1  Credits: 3

Through a theoretical understanding of drawing as mapping students will be asked to deal with problems of three-dimensionality in relationship to movement and time through space. Of particular interest will be concerns of mapping, spatial location and relative positioning and the ideas fourth dimensionality or the ÒhiddenÓ. Students will be asked to consider ideas of trace, residue, and rhizomatic or non-linear vs. linear progressions. Questions will include: How does the student navigate both three-dimensional and conceptual spaces? How can space be explored, mapped, studied both as a physical location and a spatial event. 3 credits.

3-Dimensional Drg: The Psychology of Space

Course No. DRG48X.1  Credits: 3

Through a theoretical understanding of drawing as mapping students will be asked to deal with problems of three-dimensionality in relationship to movement and time through space. Of particular interest will be concerns of mapping, spatial location and relative positioning and the ideas fourth dimensionality or the ÒhiddenÓ. Students will be asked to consider ideas of trace, residue, and rhizomatic or non-linear vs. linear progressions. Questions will include: How does the student navigate both three-dimensional and conceptual spaces? How can space be explored, mapped, studied both as a physical location and a spatial event. 3 credits.

3D Bioforms: Intro to 3D Modeling

Course No. BMA345/445  Credits: 3
Faculty Amanda Almon | Knut Hybinette

This course is designed to cover concepts in digital 3D organic and device model construction, whereby the virtual models designed are rendered and composited for 2D illustration purposes to solve specific visual communication problems. The subject matter within the Biomedical Art curriculum reflects the subject matter of natural science, medicine, and biotechnology. Students outside the Biomedical Art Major, are required to work with subjects appropriate to their major field of study for concept development and for long term portfolio objectives. Projects include concepts and workflow for constructing a virtual 3D surface by: (1) defining the visual problem within a concept drawing in pre-production, (2) utilizing specific introductory modeling methods to build the 3D illustration components, (3) the use of basic lighting and rendered materials, (4) export methods into Adobe Photoshop for illustrated compositing with digital illustration techniques and layout. Projects require the student to gain and improve upon research methods, visual communication skills, problem-solving in specific media (digital 2D & 3D) and technical proficiency at an introductory level in 3D modeling.

3D Modeling 1.1

Course No. IND303.1  Credits: 3
Faculty Darrell Covert

This course focused on introducing students to 3D digital modeling for the industrial design profession. It employs a surface modeling approach using Auto Desk Alias Design software to create multiple class driven projects. Study consists of a lecture/demo format in a computer lab environment. In class work will emphasize key modeling concepts and will be supplemented with student-driven projects intended to develop practical application strategies and skills. Junior standing is required for registration of this class. Offered fall. 3 credits.

3D Modeling 1.2

Course No. IND304/404  Credits: 3
Faculty Darrell Covert

This course is a continuation of the fall 3D Modeling (IND303) course with an emphasis on an expanded knowledge of surface modeling techniques. An emphasis will be placed on surface continuity and transition, in addition to exploration of organic forms. Students will acquaint themselves with the process of preparing and exporting files for output. Rapid prototyping will be introduced with and opportunity to created physical parts using an on site three-dimensional printer. Additional methods and resources for rapid prototyping will also be introduced.