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CATALOG INFORMATION
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Discipline and Nbr:
ART 75 | Title:
ADVANCED SCULPTURE |
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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 | 8 min. | Lab Scheduled | 70.00 |
| Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| Contact Total | 6.00 | | Contact Total | 105.00 |
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| 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:
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Advanced sculpture with emphasis on the student's personal work and portfolio creation.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Course Completion of ART 33B
Recommended Preparation:
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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Advanced sculpture with emphasis on the student's 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: | |
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CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Spring 1982 | Inactive: | |
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UC Transfer: | | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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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:
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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:
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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 and the work of others.
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
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1. 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. Full-scale figurative sculpture
A. Materials
B. Human Anatomy
C. Construction technology
D. Safety
4. Conceptual Sculpture
A. Materials
B. Historical sculpture
C. New technology
D. Safety
5. Aesthetics
A. Contemporary sculpture
B. Conceptual sculpture
C. Site-specific sculpture
D. Analysis of formal elements of sculpture
E. Vocabulary
6. Tools and Equipment
A. Pneumatic air tools
B. Powered hand tools
C. Hand tools
D. Stationary machinery
E. Digital tools
7. Critique
A. Analysis of formal elements in sculpture
B. Vocabulary for constructive exchange of formal and expressive criticism of sculpture
Topics and Scope are covered in both the lecture and lab portions of the course.
Assignments:
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Lecture- and Lab-Related Assignments:
1. Define 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. Research 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
The above assignments apply to both lecture and lab course components in an integrated
format.
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 skill demonstrations are more appropriate for this course. |
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Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving 0 - 10% |
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 70 - 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 20 - 30% |
Attendance, artistic growth, and participation | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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The Elements of Sculpture. George, Herbert. Phaidon Press: 2014 (classic)
Instructor prepared materials
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