aCademiC Catalog 2013-2014 - Lorenzo de Medici

Prerequisites: PDM 130 Principles of Drawing and Composition,
or equivalent
Rome Sketchbook - Beginning
PDM 182 R
Cr: 3; Contact hrs: 60
In this course students develop basic observation, drawing and
watercolor skills in a refreshing way. Students keep a series of
sketchbooks and develop finished drawing projects from them.
After initial training in fundamental drawing techniques for
pencil, pen and other media, the course is dedicated principally
to sketching outdoors in the city and environs. Students
develop ability in representing a variety of subjects, including
the human form, architecture, and landscape. Exploiting
the advantages of the site, students explore such themes as
historical monuments, street life, and formal gardens. They
encounter art of the past, including efforts to sketch the same or
similar topics. The course equips students to efficiently capture
impressions by drawing in various media at various rates and
scales, keeping annotations, ideas, sketches, and analyses of
artwork in a journal, and developing personal interests. Students
engage with the unrivalled visual and historic riches of Rome,
from ancient Roman ruins and buildings, to exuberant Baroque
churches and piazzas, and modern structures, immersed in the
bustle of a modern metropolis.
Rome Sketchbook
PDM 232 R
Cr: 3; Contact hrs: 60
The Rome sketchbook course is based on outdoor drawing
among the monuments and ruins of Rome. Students will learn
techniques for capturing detail and atmosphere with pencil and
watercolor sketches, which can then be used as a reference
to create more complex paintings in the studio. This process
was followed by landscape painters such as Corot and Turner,
who left a large body of travel sketchbooks. Many landscape
painters took the Grand Tour around Italy, a principal part of
which was a prolonged stay in Rome. The course will include
a study of the various sketching techniques of 18th and 19th
century painters.
Prerequisites: PDM 130 Principles of Drawing and Composition,
or equivalent
Watercolor and Tempera/Gouache
PDM 255 R
Cr: 3; Contact hrs: 90
This course is a study of two-dimensional watercolor and
tempera/gouache media and materials with emphasis on
traditional concepts, form and imagery. Transparent and
opaque techniques will be analyzed. The course includes studio
approaches to painting techniques and pictorial organization as
well as creative landscape painting in the open air. Form, value,
line, and proportions will be studied as means of determining
space, shape, volume, and composition. Various problems will
be presented aimed at encouraging individual response and
creativity. Emphasis will be put on technical proficiency and
creative expression.
Prerequisites: PDM 130 Principles of Drawing and Composition,
or equivalent
Introduction to Art Therapy
PDM 285 R; Dual listed: PSY 285 R
Cr: 3; Contact hrs: 60
At a time when concepts of education were being redefined
in the late 1400s, Leonardo da Vinci recommended that in
addition to reading, writing and arithmetic, all students be
taught to draw. He was ignored, to the misfortune of later
students. This course is an introduction to the vast area of the
therapeutic possibilities of art and specifically of drawing. The
course intends to transmit the experience of an artist to all
students. Students learn that drawing is a perceptive attitude
using all the senses, and dependent upon intuition and intellect.
Indeed, we can learn this from those with sense deprivations:
the blind draw unexpected and original drawings; the deaf have
a special rapport with space, images and the act of drawing.
Whether they are lifelong practitioners or have never drawn
before, all students in the course will “start all over again”, and
under the instructor’s guidance they will watch their personal
art evolve. The course will enable students to translate their
emotions into an expressive capacity.
Introduction to Art Therapy (Summer only)
PDM 286 R; Dual listed: PSY 286 R
Cr: 3; Contact hrs: 45
At a time when concepts of education were being redefined
in the late 1400s, Leonardo da Vinci recommended that in
addition to reading, writing and arithmetic, all students be
taught to draw. He was ignored, to the misfortune of later
students. This course is an introduction to the vast area of the
therapeutic possibilities of art and specifically of drawing. The
course intends to transmit the experience of an artist to all
students. Students learn that drawing is a perceptive attitude
using all the senses, and dependent upon intuition and intellect.
Indeed, we can learn this from those with sense deprivations:
the blind draw unexpected and original drawings; the deaf have
a special rapport with space, images and the act of drawing.
Whether they are lifelong practitioners or have never drawn
before, all students in the course will “start all over again”, and
under the instructor’s guidance they will watch their personal
art evolve. The course will enable students to translate their
emotions into an expressive capacity.
Photography
Introduction to Digital Photography
PHO 130 R
Cr: 3; Contact hrs: 90
The course provides a basic approach to how the photographic
digital camera works. Students gain a broad knowledge of
the history of photography and an appreciation of aesthetic
concerns that enable them to express themselves in a more
cohesive and creative manner. Basic classic photography skills
including an understanding of focal length, aperture, shutter
speed, composition, and quality of light are integrated with
techniques specific to digital capture and the manipulation of
images in Photoshop. Photoshop software is used to process
and print photographic imagery. During the semester specific
assignments help students to learn all basic digital techniques.
In the course students acquire confidence in knowing how
to use their camera well, increased technical control of the
medium, and a more critical eye. This course is 100% digital.
Note: each student must be equipped with an SLR digital
camera with manual function and with at least one lens.
Introduction to Digital Photography (Summer
only)
PHO 131 R
Cr: 3; Contact hrs: 60
The course provides a basic approach to how the photographic
digital camera works. Students gain a broad knowledge of
the history of photography and an appreciation of aesthetic
concerns that enable them to express themselves in a more
cohesive and creative manner. Basic classic photography skills
including an understanding of focal length, aperture, shutter
speed, composition, and quality of light are integrated with
techniques specific to digital capture and the manipulation of
images in Photoshop. Photoshop software is used to process
and print photographic imagery. During the semester specific
assignments help students to learn all basic digital techniques.
In the course students acquire confidence in knowing how
to use their camera well, increased technical control of the
medium, and a more critical eye. This course is 100% digital.
Note: each student must be equipped with an SLR digital
camera with professional manual function and with at least one
lens.
ROME
School of Creative Arts
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