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TUSCANIA School of Creative Arts Discover Painting: Tuscania through Color and Space PDM 187 T Cr: 3; Contact hrs: 90 How is space constructed through the use of color? What is pictorial space? Why is color such an important element in design? What does space do to the content of a painting? How does color contribute to the expression of content? Why and how did the painters of the early Christian era use mosaic? How did they express abstract concepts through the design of space and color? How can spiritual content be achieved through the understanding of space, color, form and material? These are some of the questions that will be addressed in this course, and we will seek answers to them through actual painting experience, using the extraordinarily beautiful setting of Tuscania as a backdrop. Students will be guided and stimulated to engage in visual research work that will give insight to their personal pictorial language. The highlight of the course will consist of a series of visits to early Christian churches in and around Tuscania as sources of inspiration. As a general rule, students will be taken once every other week to a historic location to paint and then complete the project in the homebased studio under the guidance of the instructor. Discover Painting: Tuscania through Color and Space (Summer only) PDM 188 T Cr: 3; Contact hrs: 60 How is space constructed through the use of color? What is pictorial space? Why is color such an important element in design? What does space do to the content of a painting? How does color contribute to the expression of content? Why and how did the painters of the early Christian era use mosaic? How did they express abstract concepts through the design of space and color? How can spiritual content be achieved through the understanding of space, color, form and material? These are some of the questions that will be addressed in this course, and we will seek answers to them through actual painting experience, using the extraordinarily beautiful setting of Tuscania as a backdrop. Students will be guided and stimulated to engage in visual research work that will give insight to their personal pictorial language. The highlight of the course will consist of a series of visits to early Christian churches in and around Tuscania as sources of inspiration. As a general rule, students will be taken once every other week to a historic location to paint and then complete the project in the homebased studio under the guidance of the instructor. Telling Stories in Pictures PDM 192 T Cr: 3; Contact hrs: 90 This course is designed for students who want to increase their practical knowledge of illustration and drawing, and for those who would like to acquire a deeper knowledge of iconic traditions of the popular and applied arts of Southern Italy, particularly those of Sicily. We will start with an overview of a communicative artefact, namely a traditional story board made by a Sicilian storyteller. Students will learn how to set the story in context. (What was the purpose, who created it, and why.) The class will then examine the artefact as a whole through de-contextualization and reuse of the story board and image panels in a contemporary manner. Students will have the opportunity to create their own visual tradition in a contemporary illustrative format. These concepts will start with the communicative visual traditions typical of Southern Italy – that extends also to the Maremma and Tuscany and Latium. Students will finally create a personal visual book which can be used in different ways: as a poster for story telling, as an artistic artefact, or as a story board for a video. Telling Stories in Pictures (Summer Only) PDM 193 T Cr: 3; Contact hrs: 60 This course is designed for students who want to increase their practical knowledge of illustration and drawing, and for those who would like to acquire a deeper knowledge of iconic traditions of the popular and applied arts of Southern Italy, particularly those of Sicily. We will start with an overview of a communicative artefact, namely a traditional storyboard made by a Sicilian storyteller. Students will learn how to set the story in context. (What was the purpose, who created it, and why.) The class will then examine the artefact as a whole through decontextualization and reuse of the storyboard and image panels in a contemporary manner. Students will have the opportunity to create their own visual tradition in a contemporary illustrative format. These concepts will start with the communicative visual traditions typical of Southern Italy – that extends also to the Maremma and Tuscany and Latium. Students will finally create a personal visual book which can be used in different ways: as a poster for story telling, as an artistic artefact, or as a story board for a video. Tuscania Oil Painting Workshop PDM 207 T Cr: 6; Contact hrs: 90 This special summer course takes place in Central Italy, in an area that includes what was once the land of the ancient and intriguing Etruscan civilization. The ancient cities and towns of Tuscania, Tarquinia, Orvieto, Civita di Bagnoregio, Rome and the Lake Bolsena will be the field locations visited during the course. These visits will include open air painting sessions at specific sights known for their suggestive aesthetic qualities, as well as visits to three of the main Etruscan museums in Italy that will enable students to observe Etruscan art first hand and to sketch on site. The workshop focuses on observation of the landscape as well as on the architectural and historical richness offered by these locations. A great deal of attention will be given to the creative interpretation of nature, architectural details and historical sites. Color theory and line, form and proportions will be studied, all based on observation. Particular emphasis will be given to the interplay of light and color as key elements in a painting’s mood. Students will be based at the LdM School in Tuscania and, when not on site, classes will be held here. Tuscania is an ancient Etruscan hilltown nearby the seaside. Tuscania Sketchbook PDM 231 T Cr: 3; Contact hrs: 60 This course involves sketching in town and countryside sites around Tuscania and then using these sketches to create finished compositions in the studio. Eighteenth- and nineteenthcentury landscape painters, for example Turner, Constable and John Ruskin, would collect drawings and watercolor sketches in their sketchbooks while on their travels, so as to have a body of information which they would re-elaborate, often adding or eliminating elements for effect, in their studios when they returned home. Outings will be made to sketch in the countryside around Tuscania, at archaeological sites, and in the streets of the town. Students will be encouraged to gather as much information as possible through quick pencil and watercolor sketches, and written notes. In the studio students will process the information that they have gathered, combined with the knowledge that they will have gained through observation of the effects of sunlight and weather conditions and the way that scenery is put together, to create their own finished compositions. The object of the course is to develop the students’ observational abilities along with their creativity and understanding of forms in a process that is an alternative to the more direct but often constrictive methods of painting from photography or direct from nature. Prerequisites: PDM 130 Principles of Drawing and Composition or equivalent Intermediate Painting PDM 270 T Cr: 3; Contact hrs: 90 The course is structured for students who have already attended the foundation-level course or have a similar background in painting. It takes students into further studies in oil and will introduce the technique and methods of acrylic painting. Focus is on the nude as well as object painting using a number of different approaches to life painting. Some of the most essential techniques of oil and acrylic painting are covered to provide students with a sound foundation preparing them for 170 LdM Academic Catalog 2013-2014
more ambitious work. Emphasis is on color mixing, handling of brush strokes, glazing and scumbling, as well as traditional canvas preparation. The goal is to provide students with an understanding of the most essential elements in life painting. Prerequisites: PDM 140 Foundation Oil Painting, or equivalent Illustrating Books: Intermediate PDM 275 T Cr: 3; Contact hrs: 90 This course in editorial illustration is designed for students who want to deepen their knowledge in one of the several fields of application of the visual arts. Students will learn to interpret a text, to discover and develop a personal style of representation, and to project an illustrated book through the entire productive process. Students will also have the opportunity to deep their personal narrative technique and their way of visualizing it, through the experimentation of mixed media techniques of underline drawing. Finally students will create a personal prototype of an illustrated book, to be completed during the course. Prerequisites: requires one previous course in studio arts or visual communication TUSCANIA School of Creative Arts Photography Introduction to Digital Photography PHO 130 T 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 professional manual function and with at least one lens. Introduction to Digital Photography (Summer only) PHO 131 T 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. LdM Academic Catalog 2013-2014 171
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