Three-Dimensional Design - ART 132 at Virginia Western Community College
https://courses.vccs.edu/colleges/vwcc/courses/ART132-ThreeDimensionalDesign
Effective: 2022-03-31
Course Description
Introduces the elements and principles of design as applied to three-dimensional studio projects. Introduces three-dimensional media, techniques, compositional strategies, and color concepts and interactions. Supports conceptual development through introduction to historical and contemporary practices and critical analysis. May include field trips as required. This is a UCGS transfer course.
Lecture 1 hour. Studio instruction 4 hours. Total 5 hours per week.
3 credits
The course outline below was developed as part of a statewide standardization process.
General Course Purpose
This course provides lecture and studio instruction on the fundamentals, practices, and related concepts of three-dimensional design. No prior art training is necessary. This course is a requirement for all ART curricula.
Course Objectives
- Communication/Critical Thinking
- Use media-specific terminology to critique and evaluate works of art and design.
- Composition
- Identify, analyze, and synthesize the elements and principles of design in regards to the creation of three-dimensional works of art and design.
- Identify, analyze, and synthesize the elements of color and the principles of color interaction.
- Technique
- Demonstrate technical skills and craftsmanship through the considered use of art and design media and techniques and through the correct handling of materials and tools.
- Cultural Understanding
- Identify precedents of traditional, historical, and contemporary three-dimensional art and design.
- Three-dimensional Theory
- Translate two-dimensional shapes into three-dimensional forms using the elements and principles of art and design. Examines the spatial relationship between objects and the space they occupy.
- Materials
- Explore and develop a sense of materiality using various three-dimensional media. Use various processes such as additive, subtractive, constructive and kinetic to manipulate media.
- Composition
- Explore traditional and contemporary three-dimensional design media and techniques and compositional strategies using the elements and principles of design.
- Critique
- Utilize media-specific terminology to critique and evaluate three-dimensional works incorporating the elements and principles of design.
- Conceptual Intent
- Use traditional, historical or contemporary examples of three-dimensional design to synthesize composition and a variety of three-dimensional processes dictated by conceptual and expressive goals.
- Elaborate upon the formal and conceptual implications of style, materials, composition, color and imagery/space.
Major Topics to be Included
- Three-dimensional Theory
- Materials
- Composition
- Critique
- Conceptual Intent