Post by hypatia on Apr 17, 2011 13:27:10 GMT -5
Syllabus for Drawing: Semester I
Professor: H.S. Arovka
Class Time: Mon 11-1, Wed 11-1, Fri 1-3 (Note that Friday sessions are optional and will not be held for the first five weeks)
Office: Art Wing of Anderson Hall
Office Hours: Tues 1-3, Thurs 2-3
Contact: hsarovka@kingdomu.edu
Goals of the Course: In Drawing, we will be exploring both the ideas behind “art” and the “artist” as well as attempting to put these theories, in some way or another, into practice. The first third of the course will be mostly spent reading works on the nature of the artist, the nature of art and images, and the role of both the artist and her creation in society. All of the works that we will be reading were written by artists themselves (with the exception of the writings of the novelist Hesse and the composer Russolo) and will deepen the prospective artist’s view of what his own goals in producing art should be. In the end, the application of these texts to the canvas is the ultimate goal of this course.
Grade: 20% Participation in Class; 60% Artistic work(s) done in the last two thirds of the course; 20% Final Paper / Manifesto
Required Books: Lives of the Artists by Giorgio Vasari; Journey to the East by Hermann Hesse; Art in Theory: 1900-2000 edited by Charles Harrison and Paul J. Wood
Schedule:
Week 1 – The Nature of Images and of Art
Read: “Apologia of St. John Damascene against Those Who Decry Holy Images” by John Damascene; “Preface to the Lives” from Lives of the Artists
Week 2 – The Artist
Read: “Giotto” from Lives of the Artists; Journey to the East; Pages 15-126 in Art in Theory
Week 3 – Modernism and Artistic Revolution
Read: “The Futurist Manifesto” by F.T. Marinetti; “The Art of Noises” by Luigi Russolo; “Ghiberti,” “Brunelleschi,” “Fra Angelico,” and “Botticelli” from Lives of the Artists; Pages 127-173 in Art in Theory
Week 4 – The Attempt to or beyond Perfection
Read: “Michelangelo” from Lives of the Artists; Pages 221-249 in Art in Theory
Week 5 – Innovation (for Its Own Sake?)
Read: “Cimabue” from Lives of the Artists; Pages 250-332 in Art in Theory
After the fifth week, we will be actually attempting art. I would ask that you continue to read both The Lives of the Artists and Art in Theory, but there will be no required readings. By Week 7 you should have some idea of what your main composition or collection of compositions for the quarter should be (think about it while reading these texts) and your compositions should be completed by Week 13. Week 14 will be spent critiquing one another’s works. In Week 15 you will submit your final paper (on the some aspect of art theory) or a manifesto on art that your work in the embodiment of. You should be working on this final written piece while actually composing your main work.
[OOC Note: This is exists purely because I really wanted to make this, I guess for "realism's sake" and I thought it would be fun to make (it was... for me... 'cause I'm a nerd). I don't expect any of you to actually read it. If you want to, on the other hand, you should, because it's very interesting stuff.]
Professor: H.S. Arovka
Class Time: Mon 11-1, Wed 11-1, Fri 1-3 (Note that Friday sessions are optional and will not be held for the first five weeks)
Office: Art Wing of Anderson Hall
Office Hours: Tues 1-3, Thurs 2-3
Contact: hsarovka@kingdomu.edu
Goals of the Course: In Drawing, we will be exploring both the ideas behind “art” and the “artist” as well as attempting to put these theories, in some way or another, into practice. The first third of the course will be mostly spent reading works on the nature of the artist, the nature of art and images, and the role of both the artist and her creation in society. All of the works that we will be reading were written by artists themselves (with the exception of the writings of the novelist Hesse and the composer Russolo) and will deepen the prospective artist’s view of what his own goals in producing art should be. In the end, the application of these texts to the canvas is the ultimate goal of this course.
Grade: 20% Participation in Class; 60% Artistic work(s) done in the last two thirds of the course; 20% Final Paper / Manifesto
Required Books: Lives of the Artists by Giorgio Vasari; Journey to the East by Hermann Hesse; Art in Theory: 1900-2000 edited by Charles Harrison and Paul J. Wood
Schedule:
Week 1 – The Nature of Images and of Art
Read: “Apologia of St. John Damascene against Those Who Decry Holy Images” by John Damascene; “Preface to the Lives” from Lives of the Artists
Week 2 – The Artist
Read: “Giotto” from Lives of the Artists; Journey to the East; Pages 15-126 in Art in Theory
Week 3 – Modernism and Artistic Revolution
Read: “The Futurist Manifesto” by F.T. Marinetti; “The Art of Noises” by Luigi Russolo; “Ghiberti,” “Brunelleschi,” “Fra Angelico,” and “Botticelli” from Lives of the Artists; Pages 127-173 in Art in Theory
Week 4 – The Attempt to or beyond Perfection
Read: “Michelangelo” from Lives of the Artists; Pages 221-249 in Art in Theory
Week 5 – Innovation (for Its Own Sake?)
Read: “Cimabue” from Lives of the Artists; Pages 250-332 in Art in Theory
After the fifth week, we will be actually attempting art. I would ask that you continue to read both The Lives of the Artists and Art in Theory, but there will be no required readings. By Week 7 you should have some idea of what your main composition or collection of compositions for the quarter should be (think about it while reading these texts) and your compositions should be completed by Week 13. Week 14 will be spent critiquing one another’s works. In Week 15 you will submit your final paper (on the some aspect of art theory) or a manifesto on art that your work in the embodiment of. You should be working on this final written piece while actually composing your main work.
[OOC Note: This is exists purely because I really wanted to make this, I guess for "realism's sake" and I thought it would be fun to make (it was... for me... 'cause I'm a nerd). I don't expect any of you to actually read it. If you want to, on the other hand, you should, because it's very interesting stuff.]