Course ARS 108 · Year I · Summer 2023-2024

ARTISTIC ANATOMY (II)

Compulsory course in Sacred art, taught by Cătălin Băluț.

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Overview

Lecturer
Cătălin Băluț
Seminar tutor
Cătălin Băluț
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
Romanian
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Visual arts
Field of study
Sacred art
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class / Seminary
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
lecture, debates, exemples, practical activities

Aims

Analysis and observation, multiple image composition skills, modeling and diversification of appropriate support

Real and objective analysis of the studied subject, the ability to synthesize the information characteristic of the study object, the competence to innovate and experiment with the plastic language specific to the drawing

Ability to motivate and objectively support the plastic solution chosen for the study, the ability to use the tools specific to the drawing

Course contents

General theme: Artistic drawing

General information regarding the anatonia of the portrait

Study of the elements that make up the portrait (nose, mouth, blue eyes)

Portrait study (by model)

Portrait interpretation (free speech)

Sketches

Full figure (nude after live model)

The human figure / draping relationship

Modeling light in chiaroscuro

Detail drawing

Rendering a detail from a work contained in the history of art

Oversize

Interpretation of the whole figure. Religious inspiration concept / artistic inspiration concept

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course students will master the anatomical drawing and what it is
adjacent to him.
The methodology of elaborating the work of art
-specialized techniques and technologies
-elaboration of a visual discourse

Assessment

oral exam 50%, and implication in seminar practical activities 50%

Recommended reading

The Artistic Anatomy of Trees
Rex V. Cole
Dover Publications, Garden City, NY, 1965 · -
Light, Shade and Shadow
E. L. Koller
Dover Publications, Garden City, NY, 2008 · -
Constructive Anatomy
George B. Bridgman
Dover Publications, Garden City, NY, 1973 · -