Visual Language: On Images - September Term at MBL
Course Code
ARTV 10100 98
Course Description
Through studio work and critical discussions on 2D form, this course is designed to reveal the conventions of images and image-making.
Basic formal elements and principles of art are presented, but they are also put into practice to reveal perennial issues in a visual field. Form is studied as a means to communicate content. Topics as varied as, but not limited to, illusion, analogy, metaphor, time and memory, nature and culture, abstraction, the role of the author, and universal systems can be illuminated through these primary investigations.
Visits to museums and other fieldwork required, as is participation in studio exercises and group critiques. Students must attend the first two class sessions to confirm enrollment.
Course Criteria
This course is not open to visiting students. Course meets for three weeks at Marine Biological Laboratories, in Woods Hole Massachusetts. For more information see http://college.uchicago.edu/academics/mbl-september-courses
This September Term section (98) runs for three weeks and focuses on painting and drawing. This section is NOT eligible for the DOVA waitlist.
ARTV 10100, 10200, 10300 meet the arts core requirement and may be taken in any order. This course fulfills the general education requirement in musical, visual and dramatic arts. Enrollment is limited to 16.
Instructor(s)
Serena Himmelfarb
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