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CSCH 3015: Drawing in Museums (3 cr.)

This course is a museum drawing course. Classes

will meet at various venues where students

will select (or in some cases, be assigned) a

work or architectural feature to sketch using

proper drawing technique. The instructor will give

on-site lessons in technique and terminology as

the course progresses and will also direct

discussions on the pieces or features to be

considered at each meeting. Moreover, students will select and

sketch their pieces with an eye towards the

concept of transformationality, that is, how

artists working in non-moving media are able to

explore and convey the universal notion of the

process of change and becoming. Sites will

include, but not be limited to, traditional

museums, gardens, places of worship, as well as

outdoor locations where the architecture of the

cityscape can be observed and drawn. In this

way, students will be able to consider this idea

of transformation as it manifests itself in the

various dimensions of the human experience -

biologically, physically, mentally, emotionally,

socially and even spiritually. The student's goal

will be to produce a portfolio of museum

sketches as well as to prepare a paper and give

an in-class presentation at the end of the course

discussing the ways that artists are able to

portray metamorphosis in their work and the

various treatments that change is given. Students

need not have prior experience or training in

Studio Art.

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