Calendar
Wk. Topic Reading Date Due
1
course overview
function, form, content, aesthetics
 
lazzari: pp. 3-24
Aug 26
Aug 28
 
2
practice with line, shape
discussion of first reading

Sep 2
Sep 4
 
3 formal elements
composition
lazzari: pp. 25-56 Sep 9
Sep 11
 
exercise 1
4
structure
color

Sep 16
Sep 18
 
5

media; process
mechanical reproduction
lazzari: pp. 57-82 Sep 23
Sep 25
 
exercise 2
6 creativity
conferences; studio

Sep 30
Oct 2
 
7

conferences; studio
content; context

lazzari: pp. 83-98

Oct 7
Oct 9
 
project 1
8
artists
support for the arts
lazzari: pp. 99-116 Oct 14
Oct 16
 

9
the role of art
preservation; impermanence
lazzari: pp. 117-136
Oct 21
Oct 23
exam 1
10
refining critique methods
studio
Oct 28
Oct 30
 

11
food, shelter, architecture
visual inquiry
lazzari: pp. 141-170 Nov 4
Nov 6
exercise 3
12
Veteran's Day (no class)
discussion

Nov 11
Nov 13
 

13
mortality and death
monuments; markers
lazzari: pp. 243-272

Nov 18
Nov 20
project 2
14
Thanksgiving Break

Nov 25
Nov 27
 
15
style and presentation; context
nature, knowledge, and technology
lazzari: pp. 401-430 Dec 2
Dec 4
 
exam 2
16
critiques


Dec 9
Dec 11
project 3
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