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Observation: "viewing or noting a fact or occurrence for some scientific or other special purpose" Source: Dictionary.com
Observation: "viewing or noting a fact or occurrence for some scientific or other special purpose" Source: Dictionary.com
We begin the course by looking attentively, noticing detail, and seeing what is important. This requires knowing what to look for and being able to identify patterns and underlying structures. We will practice the vocabulary of visual art and design and apply it to a wide range of examples from Art History and Visual Culture. This vocabulary will help you describe what you see and communicate using the shared language of art and design.
We begin the course by looking attentively, noticing detail, and seeing what is important. This requires knowing what to look for and being able to identify patterns and underlying structures. We will practice the vocabulary of visual art and design and apply it to a wide range of examples from Art History and Visual Culture. This vocabulary will help you describe what you see and communicate using the shared language of art and design.
Act 1 Schedule
Act 1 Schedule
Class 1: Monday June 29th
Course Introduction
Student Introductions
Studio Project: Our Objects Our Selves (due Class 2)
Demo: Photography Essentials
Lecture: Elements & Principles of Design
Group Activity: Inventory of Formal Elements
Demo: Visual Description
Writing Assignment: Visual Description (due Class 2 & Class 4)
Act 1 Reading & Viewing Assignments (due Class 5)
Class 2: Wednesday July 1st
Due: Our Objects Our Selves Studio Project
Due: Part One of Visual Description Writing Assignment
What is Critique?
Critique: Our Objects Our Selves
Lecture: Point, Line, Shape
Group Activity: Point, Line, Shape Scavenger Hunt
Demo: Photographic Documentation
Studio Project: Exploratory Line (due Class 3)
Class 3: Monday July 6th
Lecture: Color, Value, Texture & Contrast
Group Activity: Color, Value, Texture & Contrast Scavenger Hunt
Studio Project: Contrast Cards (due Class 4 & Class 6)
Group Activity: Contrast Cards
Class 4: Wednesday July 8th
Due: Exploratory Line Studio Project
Due: Visual Description Writing Assignment
Critique: Exploratory Line Studio Project
Critique: Visual Description Writing Assignment
Lecture: Figure/Ground & Depth Cues
Group Activity: Figure/Ground & Depth Cues Scavenger Hunt
Nam June Paik, Magnet TV, 1965, Modified television set and magnet, 40 x 20 x 24 inches, Whitney Museum of American Art
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