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Visual Language: On Images (Section 97)

Program(s): Undergraduate Courses

This course is currently at capacity. Students who currently are on the waitlist will be given priority if places become available.

Through studio work and critical discussions on 2D form, this course is designed to reveal the conventions of images and image-making. Basic formal elements and principles of art are presented, but they are also put into practice to reveal perennial issues in a visual field. Form is studied as a means to communicate content. Topics as varied as, but not limited to, illusion, analogy, metaphor, time and memory, nature and culture, abstraction, the role of the author, and universal systems can be illuminated through these primary investigations. Visits to museums and other fieldwork required, as is participation in studio exercises and group critiques. Students must attend the first two class sessions to confirm enrollment.  

This September Term section (97) runs for three weeks and focuses on painting and drawing. 

Cultural field trips and art-viewing excursions on campus and around the broader city of Chicago will inform studio work and critical discourse around two-dimensional art. Key principles and practices of art and design will be presented as models, as will methods and materials of the studio. This will occur through a combination of slide lectures and in-person encounters with artwork at museums, galleries, artists’ studios and public spaces. Principles will be put into practice in the studio, studying visual form as a means for communication, self-expression and cultural critique. Topics as varied as illusion, analogy, metaphor, memory, nature and culture, abstraction, the role of the author, and structural systems will be illuminated through studio projects.

Visits to museums and other city-wide outings will be required, as are participation in studio exercises, presentation of creative work and group discussions.

Remote or Residential

✓ Residential (On-Campus)

 

Course Considerations

This course fulfills the general education requirement in musical, visual and dramatic arts. 

Course Overview

Start Date

August 26

End Date

September 13

Current Grade / Education Level

Undergrad / Grad

Program

Undergraduate Courses

Class Details

Course Code

ARTV 10100 97

Class Day(s)

Mon Wed Fri

Class Duration (CST)

9:00

12:30 P.M.

Session

Sept Term

Course Length

3 weeks

Primary Instructor

Scott Wolniak

Academic Interest

Humanities (e.g., arts, philosophy)