aCademiC Catalog 2013-2014 - Lorenzo de Medici

School of Creative Arts FLORENCE
Sculpture and Ceramics
Ceramics
SCU 130 F
Cr: 3; Contact hrs: 90
This course is suitable for students who do not have any
experience with clay or have only basic knowledge regarding
hand building and wheel throwing with clay. Students will be
instructed in the fundamental notions regarding this topic.
Special attention will be given to the correct and healthy
positions for the spine, hands, fingers and wrist. Students will
receive technical information about clay and firing, and at the
end of the course, they will be able to decorate their objects
with slips and glazes.
Ceramics (Summer only)
SCU 131 F
Cr: 3; Contact hrs: 60
This course is suitable for students who do not have any
experience with clay or have only basic knowledge regarding
hand building and wheel throwing with clay. Students will be
instructed in the fundamental notions regarding this topic.
Special attention will be given to the correct and healthy
positions for the spine, hands, fingers and wrist. Students will
receive technical information about clay and firing, and at the
end of the course, they will be able to decorate their objects
with slips and glazes.
Expanding Creativity
SCU 150 F; Dual listed: PER 150 F / PHO 150 F / PDM 150 F
Cr: 3; Contact hrs: 45
Problem solving in the field of fine arts is coupling inspiration
with practical solutions. Viewing the situation with an artistic
eye, whether it be in drawing, painting, sculpture, graphic
design, music or writing, the creator of the work must discover
how to “put the line where he/she wants it to go”, using his/
her talents to realize in a tangible form what he/she envisions
in his/her imagination. The primary goal of this class will be for
students to learn to express their true selves while transforming
media in an artistic and mindful way. Students will learn to
expand their thinking into areas of art other than their present
chosen media. Since the class is made up of students from
various artistic experiences, there is a wide variety of outlooks
to broaden perspectives.
Introductory Sculpture
SCU 160 F
Cr: 3; Contact hrs: 90
This course is an introduction to figurative work in clay. It covers
the major techniques required in clay work, such as wedging,
joining, pinching, coiling and slabbing, as well as the techniques
of building a figurative sculpture and the use of mark and
surface in figurative work. Possibilities of various surfaces and
finishes will be discussed. Students will be guided through
exercises through the basic forms and anatomy of the body.
Work will be both from models in the studio as well as from
museums and sculptures in Florence. No previous experience is
required, however it would benefit students to have studied the
foundations of drawing.
Introductory Sculpture (Summer only)
SCU 161 F
Cr: 3; Contact hrs: 60
This course is an introduction to figurative work in clay. It covers
the major techniques required in clay work, such as wedging,
joining, pinching, coiling and slabbing, as well as the techniques
of building a figurative sculpture and the use of mark and
surface in figurative work. Possibilities of various surfaces and
finishes will be discussed. Students will be guided through
exercises through the basic forms and anatomy of the body.
Work will be both from models in the studio as well as from
museums and sculptures in Florence. No previous experience is
required, however it would benefit students to have studied the
foundations of drawing.
Marble and Stone Sculpture
SCU 170 F
Cr: 3; Contact hrs: 90
This course focuses on sculpture using Carrara marble. The
aim is to introduce students to the basic technical information
required to work with hard stone by utilizing sketches or small
scale prototypes in clay to execute their own marble sculptures.
The first part of the course will be dedicated to acquiring skill
in using the various chisels and hammer in the “roughing out”
stage, through demonstration and practice. After gaining basic
knowledge of the manual tools, students will begin using air
tools. A part of the course will be dedicated to class discussion,
the viewing of ancient and contemporary sculpture in stone and
a field trip to Carrara where Michelangelo selected the marble
for some of his most well-known statues. The last part of the
course will be dedicated to acquiring refinishing and polishing
techniques. No previous experience is required; however, it
would be of benefit to know the foundations of drawing or
subtractive sculpture.
Florence and Carrara Marble Sculpting
Workshop (Summer only)
SCU 200 F
Cr: 6; Contact hrs: 90
This unique course combines the two exceptional locations
of Florence and Carrara in order to explore the world of
marble sculpture. For well over two thousand years the
Carrara marble mines and workshops have played a central
role in the development of Italian art and architecture. The
Renaissance in Florence is unthinkable without this resource.
Michelangelo himself was inspired by Carrara’s magnificent
marble mountains, and chose blocks of marble there for his
own works. Situated only three miles from the coast, Carrara
is a site of incomparable natural beauty, combining fauna and
flora with dramatic and breathtaking views. Three of the four
course weeks will be conducted in the studio in Florence, where
students will be introduced to various methods of marble
sculpting through both individual and group demonstrations.
The instructor will provide for viewing various images of
contemporary and ancient stone sculptures to aid students in
realizing their own ideas in marble. One of the four weeks will
be held in Carrara, the world’s marble capital. Students will be
housed in a hotel situated between the town of Carrara and
the coast. Work will continue in a traditional marble workshop
alongside the instructor and local artisans. Visits to the quarries,
other traditional workshops, museums and other locations
dedicated to marble sculpting will be organized during the stay
in Carrara. The successive weeks in Florence will be dedicated
to deepening the students’ skill in using various hand and
automatic tools. Refinishing techniques will be demonstrated
and applied, enabling the students to complete a sculpture of
their own.
Intermediate Sculpture
SCU 260 F
Cr: 3; Contact hrs: 90
This course is designed for students who have either covered
the foundations of figurative sculpture or who have worked
with other approaches and wish to improve their technical skills
through class exercises. Students will work on independent
projects focusing on subject matter from observation and
reference to personal issues. The course is designed to introduce
students to more sophisticated and critical approaches to
their chosen areas of focus in the context of contemporary
sculpture. Project work will revolve around given themes, and
students will be taken through a process of how to develop
their projects. The course covers work in clay, wire and plaster,
casting from plaster and flexible molds in gesso, wax and paper.
Structured exercises to assist the students will be given so that
they will be able to better interpret relevant concepts.
Prerequisites: SCU 160 Introductory Sculpture, or equivalent
Intermediate Sculpture (Summer only)
SCU 261 F
Cr: 3; Contact hrs: 60
This course is designed for students who have either covered
the foundations of figurative sculpture or who have worked
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LdM Academic Catalog 2013-2014