2024-2025 Yavapai College Catalog 
    
    Oct 10, 2024  
2024-2025 Yavapai College Catalog

ART 181 - Sculpture II


Description: Continued Study of Sculpture process through carving, fabrication and casting, to develop personal approaches to dimensional composition. Emphasis on sculpture history and modes of criticism.

Prerequisites: ART 180  

Credits: 3
Lecture: 1
Lab: 5

Course Content:
  1. Tools and materials safety
  2. Modeling and fabrication
  3. Figure proportions
  4. Clay, plaster, metal, wood, stone and/or other materials
  5. Texture and pattern
  6. Finish techniques
  7. Personal aesthetic
  8. Presentation and documentation of completed work
  9. Sketchbook
  10. Formal elements and principles of design
  11. Historical and contemporary art examples
  12. Critique

Learning Outcomes:
  1. Use tools and materials safely. (1)
  2. Use modeling and fabrication techniques. (2)
  3. Sculpt proportionate figures. (3)
  4. Use Clay, plaster, metal, wood, stone and/or other materials. (4)
  5. Use finish techniques, texture and pattern. (5,6)
  6. Convey a personal aesthetic.(7)
  7. Document and Present completed work. (7,8)
  8. Add images and inspiration to sketchbook to support sculpture work. (9)
  9. Identify the formal elements and principles of design. (10)
  10. Analyze the formal elements and principles of design. (10)
  11. Interpret the formal elements and principles of design. (10)
  12. Recognize historical or contemporary examples of the fine arts or crafts. (11)
  13. Use media specific terminology to critique and evaluate works of art. (12)

Required Assessment:
  1. Critique and evaluation of art and artifacts.