Course Schedule for FSAD 1250

1: Wednesday, Aug. 24:

Introduction: Visual language

Assignment: Portrait

2: Friday, Aug 26:

Design elements: Point

Assign: point exercise

2: Monday, Aug. 29:

Design elements: Line

Wednesday, Aug. 31:

Two and Three dimensional form

Friday, Sept. 2:

Design elements: Space, Movement

3: Monday, Sept. 5:

LABOR DAY
NO CLASS

Wednesday, Sept. 7:

Design elements: Color


Friday, Sept. 9:

Design elements: Color

Point exercise due beginning of class

4:Monday, Sept. 12:

Design elements: Pattern, Texture

Assign: 3D exercise

Wednesday, Sept. 14:

Design principles: Balance, Proportion, Emphasis
Assign: Paper due Oct 7

Friday, Sept. 16:

Design Principles: Rhythm, unity

5: Monday, Sept 19:

Creativity and the Design Process
Media: techniques of drawing

Wednesday, Sept 21:

Media: Techniques of painting

Friday, Sept. 23:

Media: Techniques of printmaking

3D exercise due beginning of class

6:Monday, Sept 26:

Media: Structural design of textiles

Wednesday, Sept. 28:

Media: Surface design of textiles

Friday, Sept. 30:

Media: Metal and wood

7:Monday, Oct 3:

Media: Glass and ceramics

Wednesday, Oct 5:

Evaluating functional design: Structural design

Friday, Oct 7:

Evaluating functional design: Applied decorative design
Assign: Critique of designed objects
Paper due

8:Monday, Oct 10:

FALL BREAK
NO CLASS

Wednesday, Oct. 12:

Purposes of Fine Arts

Friday, Oct. 14:

Fine Arts: Events leading to change

9:Monday, Oct 17:

Fine Arts: Beginnings of Modernism

Wednesday, Oct. 19:

Fine Arts: New forms and expression

Friday, Oct. 21:

Fine Arts: Recent trends

Critique of designed objects due

10: Monday, Oct. 24:

The art of persuasion

Assign: Persuasion and visual interpretation of data

Wednesday, Oct. 26:

Review for prelim

Prelim: 7:30 to 9:00 pm Thursday October 27 Room G71 MVR

Friday, Oct. 28:

Decorative arts: Developments to World War I

11: Monday, Oct. 31:

Decorative arts: 20th century design: Art Deco and Modernism

Wednesday, Nov. 2:

Decorative arts: Post-Modernism
The design of Apparel: Introduction

Friday, Nov. 4:

The design of apparel : 1800-1890

Persuasion and visual interpretation exercise due

12: Monday, Nov. 7:

The design of apparel: 1890-present

Assign: Historical sources exercise

Wednesday, Nov. 9:

The design of Apparel: Evolution of menswear
Integrating the visual languages of Art and Design

Friday, Nov. 11:

Review of the evolution of dress: Examples from the Collection

13: Monday, Nov. 14:

Non-Eurocentric modes of design: Introduction, Africa

Wednesday, Nov. 16:

Non-Eurocentric modes of design: Africa and India

Friday, Nov. 18:

Non-Eurocentric modes of design: The Islamic Near East

14: Monday, Nov 21:

Non-Eurocentric modes of design: China and Japan

Wednesday, Nov. 23:

THANKSGIVING BREAK - NO CLASS

Friday, Nov. 25:

THANKSGIVING BREAK - NO CLASS

15: Monday, Nov. 28:

Non-Eurocentric modes of design: Native American
Historical sources exercise due

Wednesday, Nov. 30:

Review for final exam

Friday, Dec. 2:

Review: Synthesis: the global view

Final exam on Tuesday Dec. 13 from 2:00-4:30 PM
Room TBA
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