The Bachelor of Fine Art (Sculpture) will run from February 3 2019 to January 10 2020. It combines atelier style skills training in representational art with university level liberal arts topics, combined in an innovative structure that aims to give the optimum course of those aspiring to work as representational sculptors in the 21st century.
Note that students of this program will share compositional, drawing, anatomy and liberal arts subjects with students of the Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting) program, allowing sharing across the disciplines and highlighting the shared basis of the plastic arts.
3 Year Bachelor Degree Program with ECTS credits (European Credit Transfer System)
Semester Duration: 16 weeks
Semester 1: September 16 2019 - January 10 2020
Semester 2: February 3 2020 - May 18 2020
Contact hours: Semester 1: 592
Contact hours Semester 2: 608
(Semester 3, 4, 5, 6 semester dates yet to be decided)
First Year: In this year students acquire baseline knowledge and practical experience in the fundamentals of representation and the fundamentals of compositional design. The four categories of representational art that are dealt with in the academy are introduced and students are given the chance to experience working in each approach, leading towards the choice of which studio to specialise in, in second year. Italian language is undertaken towards achieving a level of B2 competence which must be achieved by the end of Semester 3.
Read an introduction to the Subject Lines, by which the courses are organised.
Plastic design and compositional process: The fundamentals of linear, tonal and colour design will be covered, and students will participate in exercises utilising these principles in their own compositional sketches. Colour theory as it applies to light falling on form, will support the painting subject. The key processes for conceiving , developing and resolving compositions will be covered and students will apply these in simple form through class exercises.
Semester 1 Subjects: Introduction to Design and Composition
Semester 2 Subjects: Classical Composition
Drawing and Anatomy: Working from the model, students will study gestural form drawing as well as tonal drawing throughout the year. The fundamentals of perspective and simple forms will be covered and students will develop their capacity to build form from imagination, and use this in developing a thorough understanding of the structure of the human head, . Artistic anatomy will be studied throughout the year, beginning with a simplified overview ecorche (flayed anatomical figure) course in first semester and leading to the first stage of a detailed ecorche course in second semester.
Semester 1 Subjects: Drawing Essentials
Semester 2 Subjects: Drawing Essentials II, Anatomy for Artists (Ecorche of Skeleton)
Liberal Arts: Students will study art history during first semester and philosophy in second semester. Overviews of these topics will be followed by more in depth lectures, which will be, where possible, surveys across topics, for instance the type of poses used in art by various cultures through history, or a comparison of various important aesthetic philosophies.
Semester 1 Subjects: Art History I
Semester 2 Subjects: Philosophy for Artists
Sculpture: Students will progress through a series of observational exercises including sculpting from the cast, sculpting the portrait in clay, half life size figures, and life size torso.
Semester 1 Subjects: Sculpture Fundamentals
Semester 2 Subjects: Sculpture Studio Major Practise (Practising the 4 studio approaches)
Second Language Students are required to achieve a B2 level of competence the end of their 6th Semester. Assessment will be available each year, and once competence at level B2 is achieved, at any stage of their study, students will have passed this component of their program. 2 levels of difficulty will be provided, so that students entering at different levels can study.
Semester 1 Subjects: Italian Language
Semester 2 Subjects: Italian Language
Electives:
Semester 3:
Semester 4:
Second Year: During second year, fundamental training in drawing, anatomy, compositional principles and processes, and liberal arts topics will continue. Students will have decided on which studio to specialise in and their painting practise will be focussed on the particular processes, subjects and considerations relevant to that studio.
Plastic design and compositional process: During third semester students will apply the lessons from the previous two semesters in more experimental exercises. This will be followed by compositional activities specifically related to the studio that the student has selected to specialise in.
Semester 3: Creative Drawing
Semester 4: Fundamentals of art and Design (for chosen studio)
Drawing and Anatomy: Students will complete the detailed ecorche (flayed anatomical figure) begun during Semester 2. Drawing class will specialise into the approaches relevant to the studio that the student has selected.
Semester 3: Anatomy for Artists (Ecorche - Soft Tissues)
Liberal Arts: During third semester, students will continue their study of Art History, with a particular emphasis on the 20th and 21st century, including a history of representational art running in parallel to the more celebrated modernist artists of this period. In fourth semester, students will be introduced to a variety of subjects from the social sciences including anthropology, psychology, and and sociology and aspects of these that might be of particular relevance to representational artists today. Also covered will be topics that have historical precedent of being be creatively stimulating for the artist, for example Jungian archetypes.
Semester 3: Art History II
Semester 4: Social Sciences and Humanities in Art
Sculpture projects will specialise to the approach of the chosen studio, beginning with more introductory exercises in third semester, and followed by more creative projects within the scope of that particular studio in fourth semester.
Semester 3: Sculpture Studio Major Practise II (in chosen studio), Sculpture Intermediate
Semester 4: Creative Composition (in chosen studio approach), Sculpture Material and Technique
Second Language Students are required to achieve a B2 level of competence the end of their 6th Semester. Assessment will be available each year, and once competence at level B2 is achieved, at any stage of their study, students will have passed this component of their program. 2 levels of difficulty will be provided, so that students entering at different levels can study.
Semester 3: Italian Language
Semester 4: Italian Language
Electives:
Semester 3:
Semester 4:
Third Year
Liberal Arts: The fifth semester will see students developing their academic writing abilities, in order to more successfully execute their thesis dealing with their major project in the final semester.
Semester 3: Academic Writing
Semester 4: Thesis (On Final Project)
Sculpture: Throughout third year, students will be guided to conceive, explore, execute and resolve their major project, within the scope of the studio in which they have been specialising. Regular feedback from sculpture teachers and fellow students will help each person to develop their ideas, and guide there work to being engaging for their audience.
Semester 3: Final Project - Sculpture Portfolio
Semester 4: Sculpture Advanced
Second Language Students are required to achieve a B2 level of competence the end of their 6th Semester. Assessment will be available each year, and once competence at level B2 is achieved, at any stage of their study, students will have passed this component of their program. 2 levels of difficulty will be provided, so that students entering at different levels can study.
Semester 3: Italian Language
Semester 4: Italian Language
Electives:
Semester 3:
Semester 4: