Module Information
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Practical | 66 Hours. x taught life classes |
| Seminars / Tutorials | 100 Hours. 4 x 30 minute tutorials per student, 4 hours of group tutorials 28 hours of home based research and reading and preparation for portfolio submission |
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | Portfolio submission including: Preparatory work: (sketchbooks, studies etc.)A portfolio of paintings and/or drawings | 100% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Re-submission of portfolio |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this module, students should be able to:
a. demonstrate a growing proficiency in painting and drawing from the life model.
b. analyse the human form and interpret that analysis in the context of a number of different project briefs.
c. evidence a growing understanding of the creative potential of life studies within the framework of their other art practice.
d. evaluate their own work in relation to other students taking this module.
e. evidence some knowledge of methods and materials, their relative potentials and limitations.
f. articulate ideas about their own work through interaction in individual and group tutorials
Brief description
Students further their art practice in the context of the life class, following a series of projects based around the life model. The type and length of pose is set by the tutor who will also prescribe a series of projects that explore the subject of the nude in the context of: tone, structure, anatomy, colour, movement and arrested movement. The final part of the course comprises an extended project based around the nude to be determined by the tutor.
Aims
This module is designed for students wishing to work in the life class at level 2. It is an option for those students with a particular interest in painting and drawing the nude and forms the part of a pathway in Life Studies initiated in Part 1.
Content
Week 1: Introduction: strategies and materials (painting and drawing) for life studies
Week 2: Anatomy and structure of the body
Week 3: Tone (i)
Week 4: Tone (ii) development & group tutorial
Week 5: Colour (i)
Week 6: Colour (ii) development
Week 7: Colour (iii) development & group tutorial
Week 8: Movement and arrested movement
Week9: Extended project
Week10: Extended project
Week 11: Conclusion of extended project
Transferable skills
Module Skills
| Skills Type | Skills details |
|---|---|
| Communication | development and encouragement of communication skills occurs during tutorials and group tutorials |
| Improving own Learning and Performance | development of a self-critical appraoch to creative working and to time management, supproted through the tutorail programme. |
| Problem solving | development of practical drawing and painting skills |
| Research skills | development of a programme of art practice related research centred around the subject of the nude |
| Team work | A degree of teamwork is inherent in the group tutorials but not formally assessed |
Reading List
Recommended TextBoyd, Stephen (1989) Life Class: The Academic Male Nude, 1820-1920 London: Gay Men's Press Primo search Clark, Kenneth (1956) The Nude: A Study of Ideal Art , London: John Murray Primo search Cormack, Malcolm (1976) The Nude in Western Art Oxford: Phaidon Primo search Gerdts, William H (1974) The Great American Nude: A History in Art London: Phaidon Press Primo search Hobhouse, Janet (1988) The Bride Stripped Bare: the Artist and the Nude in the Twentieth Century London: Cape Primo search Lambirth, Andrew, (2001) Ken Kiff London: Thames & Hudson Primo search Levey, Michael, (1972) The Nude London: National Gallery Primo search Louville, François de., Lucie-Smith, Edward (1985) The Male Nude: a Modern View Oxford: Phaidon Primo search McDonald, Helen (2001) Erotic Ambiguities: the Female Nude in Art London; New York: Routledge Primo search Nead, Lynda (1992) The Female Nude: Art, Obscenity, and Sexuality London: Routledge Primo search Potts, Alex (1994) Flesh and the Ideal: Winckelmann and the Origins of Art New Haven: Yale University Press Primo search Saunders, Gill Victoria and Albert Museum (1989) The Nude: a New Perspective London: Herbert Primo search Smith, Alison (c1996) The Victorian Nude: Sexuality, Morality, and Art Manchester; New York: Manchester University Press Primo search
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 5