5/2/2024 9:05:37 PM	ART 75 Course Outline as of Fall 2019	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  ART 75	Title:  ADVANCED SCULPTURE
Full Title:  Advanced Sculpture
Last Reviewed:12/12/2023

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	3.00	Lecture Scheduled	2.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	35.00
Minimum	3.00	Lab Scheduled	4.00		17.5 min.	Lab Scheduled	70.00
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	6.00			Contact Total	105.00
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  70.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 175.00

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly:  ART 33C

Catalog Description:

Advanced sculpture with emphasis on personal work and portfolio creation.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Course Completion of ART 33B

Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Advanced sculpture with emphasis on personal work and portfolio creation.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:Course Completion of ART 33B
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Spring 1982	Inactive:
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Certificate Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1.  Employ advanced technical skills and more refined aesthetics in visual analysis of figurative,

    non-figurative and mixed-media sculpture.

2.  Use a variety of tools and materials to create large and complex structures.

3.  Plan and create a site-specific public sculpture.

 

Objectives:

At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1. Demonstrate skills in visual analysis by identifying specific formal elements in personal work.

2. Analyze the relationship between forms, surface, materials, proportion and scale to appreciate

    large sculptures and conceptual sculpture.

3. Demonstrate skills of designing a site/public sculpture plan.

4. Demonstrate construction techniques through personal aesthetic exploration.

5. Expand a working vocabulary of sculptural terms to make aesthetic and technical judgments

    of one's own work.

6. Demonstrate creative processes and decision-making skills for a site-specific sculpture and

    installation art project with both disciplined work habits and risk-taking experimentation.

7. Define health and safety issues that arise from the use of materials and equipment to maintain

    a sculpture studio.

Topics and Scope

I. Site Sculpture

    A. Materials

    B. Tools

    C. Installation

    D. Construction technique

    E. Methods of site-specific sculpture planning

    F. Proposal for site-specific sculpture and exhibition

    G. Safety

2. Large/Mixed Media Sculptures

    A. Materials

     B. Construction technique

    C. Safety

3. Conceptual Sculpture

    A. Materials

    B. Historical sculpture

    C. New technology

    D. Safety          

4. Aesthetics

    A. Contemporary sculpture

    B. Conceptual sculpture

    C. Site-specific sculpture

    D. Vocabulary

5. Tools and Equipment

    A. Pneumatic air tools

    B. Powered hand tools

    C. Hand tools

    D. Stationary machinery

    E. Digital tools

6. Critique

    A. Analysis of formal elements in sculpture

    B. Vocabulary for constructive exchange of formal and expressive criticism of sculpture

 

All sections covered in both the lecture and lab portions of the course.

Assignments:

Lecture- and Lab-Related Assignments:

1. Find one's own subject matter to resolve particular problems and express various ideas in

    traditional and conceptual sculpture projects

2. Make a series of at least three works for portfolio

3. Design a site-specific or public sculpture

4. Examine books and magazines devoted to historical and contemporary sculpture

5. Create a final portfolio demonstrating the techniques learned during course

 

Lab-Related Assignments:

1. Critique the aesthetic and conceptual success of one's own and other students' work

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 0 - 0%
None
This is a degree applicable course but assessment tools based on writing are not included because problem solving assessments and skill demonstrations are more appropriate for this course.
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 10 - 30%
Reseach and preparation for sculptures and portfolio presentation
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 60 - 80%
Constructing three sculptures, class critiques, and final exhibit of completed portfolio
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 0 - 0%
None
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 10 - 30%
Attendance, artistic growth, and participation

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

The Elements of Sculpture. George, Herbert. Phaidon Press. 2014 (classic)

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