Visual Language: On Images (11)
Course Code
ARTV 10100 11
Course Description
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.
Students must attend the first two class sessions to confirm enrollment.
Course Criteria
This section (11) runs for three weeks, focuses on painting and drawing, and will not require museum visits or fieldwork. ARTV 10100, 10200, 10300 meet the arts core requirement and may be taken in any order. This course fulfills the general education requirement in musical, visual and dramatic arts.
This course is primarily comprised of undergraduate students. A select number of places are reserved for advanced high school students.
The cost of this course for pre-college students is $4,980
Instructor(s)
Scott Wolniak
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