Sculpture II (ART-408)

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Course Description

This class is an opportunity for students who have taken Art 308 to continue their investigation of sculpture. Another set of technical skills will be taught, along with readings, slide talks, and visits to the Addison. In developing projects, students will be asked to focus on a particular concept, approach, or set of materials throughout the term. Students are expected to attend an informal, open lab one evening per week. Prerequisite: Art 308 or Art 312.

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Reference Sources

Recommended Databases

ARTstor [1] includes approximately 500,000 images covering art, architecture and archeology. ARTstor's software tools support a wide range of pedagogical and research uses including: viewing and analyzing images through features such as zooming and panning, saving groups of images online for personal or shared uses, and creating and delivering presentations both online and offline.

Selected Internet Resources

National Gallery of Art houses one of the finest collections in the world illustrating major achievements in painting, sculpture, decorative arts, and works on paper from the Middle Ages to the present. Records on all of the more than 110,000 objects and images of more than 6,000 objects in the collection are available online.

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