Course Offerings by term

This introductory course is an exploration of both technical and aesthetic concerns in photography. Using a digital camera, students will produce original work in response to a series of lectures, assignments, and bi-weekly critique classes. The course will cover the fundamentals of photographing with digital SLR’s, and students will learn a range of digital tools including color correction, making selections, working with layers and inkjet printing. After mastering the basics, students will work towards the completion of a final project and the focus of the remaining classes will be on critiques. Students will be asked to make pictures that are challenging in both content and form and express the complex and poetic nature of the human experience.Please note that an additional fee will be charged for this course.

Explores in greater depth the concepts of drawing presented in AR 1010. Concentrates on the study of volume, the construction of shallow and deep space, and the design of shapes and negative space. Working from life provides the main focus; however, drawing from memory and collage develop visual imagination and personal expression.Please note that an additional fee will be charged for this course. May be taken twice for credit.

This course will focus on consolidating the basics of sculpture: firstly learning how to build up forms using planes and structure, and secondly mastering the carving technique. A nude model (male or female) will be posing for the class for at least 4 sessions, so if for any reason whatsoever this is problematic, the student is advised not to take the class. Proportions, measurements and axis will be discussed in detail, and numerous reviews of individual work will take place throughout the semester. The class will then focus on personal expression by creating from imagination, abstraction and figuration, and by developing an understanding of how to conceive and compose forms in space. The course will emphasize the different techniques not involving an armature. The main material used for sculpture will be clay. We will also study both Henry Moore and his approach to monumental sculpture and Alberto Giacometti’s creative world. A few excursions will be organized to museums. During these visits students will draw on sketch books with pencils or “sanguine” (red chalk).

Topics change each semester.
“For the course description, please find this course in the respective semester on the public course browser: https://www.aup.edu/academics/course-catalog/by-term.”