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JOHN CABOT UNIVERSITY

COURSE CODE: "AS 110-2"
COURSE NAME: "Drawing - Rome Sketchbook"
SEMESTER & YEAR: Fall Semester 2012
SYLLABUS

INSTRUCTOR: Pettit William
EMAIL: [email protected]
HOURS: TH 9:00-11:45
TOTAL NO. OF CONTACT HOURS: 45
CREDITS: 3
PREREQUISITES:
OFFICE HOURS: by appointment

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course aims to provide students with a means of solving the material and theoretical problems involved in art-making. Students will leave the course with knowledge of various material techniques and traditional formulas of representation of nature and architecture, and show a capacity to discover personal solutions to representation. 

SUMMARY OF COURSE CONTENT:

This course is designed to give students an introduction to the basic techniques of wet and dry drawing media on site in the city of Rome. Using natural and urban landscapes as subject matter, the course will explore the principles of picture-making such as composition, perspective, form, and the study of light and dark. The idea of the sketchbook favors a quicker approach to representing nature, and functions as a record of the artist’s travels both inside and outside the city. The majority of classes will take place outside, weather permitting.

Like all studio classes, much of the work will be executed outside of class, in the form of homework assignments. Slides of artwork will be shown and museum and gallery visits will be scheduled in order to familiarize students with the particular genre. Class discussions or critiques will take place to evaluate and analyze work as a group.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

Students will acquire the material and intellectual skills necessary for representing three-dimensional environments on a two-dimensional surface. They will gain competence in evaluating and understanding artwork.

TEXTBOOK:
NONE
REQUIRED RESERVED READING:
NONE

RECOMMENDED RESERVED READING:
NONE
GRADING POLICY
-ASSESSMENT METHODS:
AssignmentGuidelinesWeight
 Grading is based on attendance and completed sketchbook. 

-ASSESSMENT CRITERIA:

Grading will be done on a percentage basis: 92-100% = A, 90-91= A-, 88-89= B+, 82 - 87% = B, 80 81=B-,78-79=C+,72 - 77% = C, 70-71= C-,68 69=D+ 62-67% = D, 60-61=D- less than 60% will result in failure (no credit).


-ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS:

Attendance requirements: Attendance is mandatory.

ACADEMIC HONESTY
As stated in the university catalog, any student who commits an act of academic dishonesty will receive a failing grade on the work in which the dishonesty occurred. In addition, acts of academic dishonesty, irrespective of the weight of the assignment, may result in the student receiving a failing grade in the course. Instances of academic dishonesty will be reported to the Dean of Academic Affairs. A student who is reported twice for academic dishonesty is subject to summary dismissal from the University. In such a case, the Academic Council will then make a recommendation to the President, who will make the final decision.
STUDENTS WITH LEARNING OR OTHER DISABILITIES
John Cabot University does not discriminate on the basis of disability or handicap. Students with approved accommodations must inform their professors at the beginning of the term. Please see the website for the complete policy.

SCHEDULE

Outline of Excursions. Classes will meet at the location listed below unless otherwise specified. In case of rain, high risk of rain, or generally bad weather, we will meet at the art studio. Scheduled and unscheduled critiques will take place in the art studio. (Unscheduled meaning for rain days, for example, so have all work up to date.) All sites are more or less 15 minutes walking from main campus.

  1.  Introduction to course and objectives, and materials. HW: tonal scales
  2.  Saint Peter’s Square. Meet at the obelisk. Exercises in composition and scale.
  3.  Santa Maria in Trastevere. Meet at the fountain. simple perspective
  4.  Critique. Meet at art studio
  5.   Ara Pacis. Complex perspective and environment
  6.  Protestant Cemetary, Caio Cestio (Piramide). Light and shadow
  7.  Midterm drawing: Ponte Sant’Angelo. Meet on Castle-side of the bridge. speed and fluidity.
  8.  Midterm critique. Meet at the art studio.
  9.  Santa Sabina, Aventine. atmospheric perspective
  10.  Critique. Meet in class
  11.  Piazza Mattei (Ghetto). The human form.
  12.  Il Tempietto, Gianicolo
  13.  Final critique, prepare for student exhibit