1 Introduction. Meet (this time only) at JCU Art Studio, Largo dei Fiorentini, 1. Lesson: two opposed languages of drawing, line vs. tonal value. Sketching on the Castel Sant’Angelo bridge.
2 Meet at Santa Sabina on the Aventino. (From school walk to the other side of the river at Tiber Island, then continue south past S. Maria in Cosmedin; after the main street leading to the Circo Massimo turn left up a little pathway called the Clivio di Rocca Savella leading from the river to the Aventine hill. Past the famous orange grove you will find the big parking lot of S. Sabina. Wait there.) No bare shoulders or shorts in this or other churches. Lesson devoted to solving problems of perspective.
Assignment week 1: Five sketches of perspectives.
3 Meet at the Campidoglio (the piazza of the Capitoline Hill, up the big stairs to the south of Piazza Venezia. Lesson: view-finding, looking down upon the forum and on the city.
4 Meet at Santo Stefano in Rotondo (take the metro B to Colosseo, walk round the Colosseum and then up the hill which is called Via Claudia, about 3/4 of the way up the hill, on the left, there is a street called Via Santo Stefano in Rotondo, take this left, if you arrive at a fountain shaped like a boat you are too far, and a bit further on you will see on the right an entrance to the church). No bare shoulders or shorts in this or other churches.
Assignment week 2: Two far slower drawings that include more information.
5 Meet at Palazzo Altemps, a museum of classical sculpture located outside the curved end of Piazza Navona. The entrance is in Piazza Sant’Apollinare 48, just off of Corso Rinascimento. Drawing the large sarcophagus and other statues from antiquity. Entry fee 13 Euro. Fast line drawings to begin with to slower drawings that include simple forms of chiaro/scuro (light and dark).
6 Meet at Galleria Pamphili, with ticket money which will be 10 euros aproximately.
Assignment week 3: Roman antiquity or art from the past. Five drawings with light and shadows.
7 Meet at Guarini entry; we’ll go up the Gianicolo to draw views of the city from above fontana dell’ acqua paola
Bramante’s Tempietto at S. Pietro in Montorio. Drawing views over the city with the problem of atmosphere and then also drawing architecture: round forms in perspective.
8 Meet by the fountain of the Triton in Piazza Barberini. We will be looking at the Baroque by seeing the Ecstasy of Saint Theresa by Bernini and San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane by Borromini. Drawing greater complexity.
Assignment week 4: Five Roman views (can one still find a way to be personal in a city that has been depicted so many times before?)
9 Orto Botanico; meet at Guarini entry, and we walk from there. Entry fee 6 Euro. Suggesting forms instead of being able to describe them, observation of nature (possibly introducing color).
10 Meet at Musei Capitolini, Centrale Montemartini, concentration on making a "whole"image.
11 Appointments made for individual meetings that take the place of a final exam.
1 (Tuesday May 22) Introduction. Meet (this time only) at JCU Art Studio, Largo dei Fiorentini, 1. Lesson: two opposed languages of drawing, line vs. tonal value. Sketching on the Castel Sant’Angelo bridge.
2 (Thursday May 24) Meet at Santa Sabina on the Aventino. (From school walk to the other side of the river at Tiber Island, then continue south past S. Maria in Cosmedin; after the main street leading to the Circo Massimo turn left up a little pathway called the Clivio di Rocca Savella leading from the river to the Aventine hill. Past the famous orange grove you will find the big parking lot of S. Sabina. Wait there.) No bare shoulders or shorts in this or other churches. Lesson devoted to solving problems of perspective.
Assignment week 1: Five sketches of perspectives.
3 (Tues. May 29) Meet at the Campidoglio (the piazza of the Capitoline Hill, up the big stairs to the south of Piazza Venezia. Lesson: view-finding, looking down upon the forum and on the city.
4 (Thurs. May 31) Meet at Santo Stefano in Rotondo (take the metro B to Colosseo, walk round the Colosseum and then up the hill which is called Via Claudia, about 3/4 of the way up the hill, on the left, there is a street called Via Santo Stefano in Rotondo, take this left, if you arrive at a fountain shaped like a boat you are too far, and a bit further on you will see on the right an entrance to the church). No bare shoulders or shorts in this or other churches.
Assignment week 2: Two far slower drawings that include more information.
5 (Tues. June 5) Meet at Palazzo Altemps, a museum of classical sculpture located outside the curved end of Piazza Navona. The entrance is in Piazza Sant’Apollinare 48, just off of Corso Rinascimento. Drawing the large sarcophagus and other statues from antiquity. Entry fee 13 Euro. Fast line drawings to begin with to slower drawings that include simple forms of chiaro/scuro (light and dark).
6 (Thurs. June 7) Meet at Galleria Pamphili, with ticket money which will be 10 euros aproximately.
Assignment week 3: Roman antiquity or art from the past. Five drawings with light and shadows.
7 (Tues. June 12) Meet at Guarini entry; we’ll go up the Gianicolo to draw views of the city from above fontana dell’ acqua paola
Bramante’s Tempietto at S. Pietro in Montorio. Drawing views over the city with the problem of atmosphere and then also drawing architecture: round forms in perspective.
8 (Thurs. June 14) Meet by the fountain of the Triton in Piazza Barberini. We will be looking at the Baroque by seeing the Ecstasy of Saint Theresa by Bernini and San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane by Borromini. Drawing greater complexity.
Assignment week 4: Five Roman views (can one still find a way to be personal in a city that has been depicted so many times before?)
9 (Tues. June 19) Orto Botanico; meet at Guarini entry, and we walk from there. Entry fee 6 Euro. Suggesting forms instead of being able to describe them, observation of nature (possibly introducing color).
10 (Thurs. June 21) Final meeting at JCU Art Studio, Largo dei Fiorentini, 1. Group critique
11 (Friday June 22) Appointments made for individual meetings that take the place of a final exam.