Description
NOTE: For Painting majors, elective instructor cannot be the same as studio instructor.
In this course students will learn the studio procedures and materials science used by ancient, classical and contemporary artists. This course will be structured as an experimental workshop where students will learn through hands-on experience, preparing art materials from the ground up, making work using these approaches. We will focus on several periods and regions, ranging from East Asian material approaches to ink and paper, to Western European painting and drawing traditions, to modern projection and lens-based techniques that have changed the way we define material processes. At the same time students will learn how to handle contemporary materials and methods as they relate to these traditions, making their own work using these approaches. These projects will parallel conceptual conversations that reinforce the motivations behind their use, with a critical look at how the histories and vo