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  • ART 2660: Portrait Sculpture

    3.00 Credits
    Snow College

    This course is an integral part of figurative art foundation curriculum for visual arts programs in the country. Its primary goal is to provide a sound foundation in the visual representation and composition of the human head and features. Our colleagues from other fine arts institutions and commercial industries have encouraged us to make available as much figurative study as possible to emerging painters, illustrators, animators, sculptors.
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  • ART 2670: Ecorche - The Skeleton

    1.00 Credits
    Snow College

    The focus of this course is the historic tradition of Écorché (or Flayed) human figure for the purpose of anatomic study, with the emphasis being the human skeleton. The majority of class time will be devoted to the production of a reduced life-sized sculpture stressing the particular relationship of the bone structure of the human skeleton. Lectures and drawing assignments will reinforce the study of human anatomy and its importance to the practicing artist. A lab fee is required.
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  • ART 2680: Ecorche - The Muscles

    1.00 Credits
    Snow College

    The focus of this course is the historic tradition of Écorché (or Flayed) human figure for the purpose of anatomic study, with the emphasis being the muscles of the human body. The majority of class time will be devoted to the production of a reduced life ecorche' sculpture stressing the particular relationship of human muscle and bone. The main muscles of the body are explained using clay to understand their character and how they influence the surface form. Lectures and drawing assignments will reinforce the study of human anatomy and its importance to the practicing artist. A lab fee is required.
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  • ART 2690: Figure Sculpture

    3.00 Credits
    Snow College

    This course is an introduction to modeling the human figure in clay. Students will construct portrait and figure sculptures while working from the live model. Armatures, human proportions, anatomy, and types of clay and modeling techniques will be explored. This course is one of a triad of classes that revolve around the human form including, BIOL 2150 Human Anatomy for Artists and ART 2900 Figure Drawing.
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  • ART 2710: Survey of Western Art I

    3.00 Credits
    Snow College

    Survey of the Art and architecture primarily of Western civilization from Prehistoric Art through the Gothic Period. The course material will be presented chronologically within each culture. Emphasis will be given to the monuments and art works which illustrate important trends and concepts. Works of art will be examined according to their historical contexts: dominant artistic, political, religious, and social concerns of each period.
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  • ART 2720: Survey of Western Art II

    3.00 Credits
    Snow College

    Survey of the Art and architecture primarily of Western Civilization from late Gothic through the present. The course material will be presented chronologically within each culture. Emphasis will be given to the monuments and art works which illustrate important trends and concepts. Works of art will be examined according to their historical contexts: dominant artistic, political, religious, and social concerns of each period.
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  • ART 2756: Travel Seminar

    1.00 Credits
    Snow College

    This course is designed to expose art majors to the diversity of the art world through travel and first-hand experience. This one credit offering provides the opportunity to become immersed in the art and culture of major art centers both domestic and abroad.
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  • ART 2800: Special Projects

    1.00 - 3.00 Credits
    Snow College

    Involves a special project where there is a demonstrated need which cannot be met through enrollment in a regularly scheduled course. Also could include special projects of unusual merit in furthering a student's professional goals. Student(s) must be able to sustain framework for developing and enhancing student abilities to do lucid thinking. Requires approval of instructor, division dean, and curriculum committee.
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  • ART 2900: Figure Drawing for Art Majors

    3.00 Credits
    Snow College

    This is a drawing class that builds upon skills developed in beginning drawing and which introduces the exploration of the human figure as subject matter. This exploration will include the study of the internal components (anatomical structure), as well as the external appearance and representation of the live human figure. This course is repeatable for credit. A lab fee will be required.
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  • ART 2950: Experiments/CreativeThinking

    3.00 Credits
    Snow College

    Experiments in Visual Thinking is an idea-driven course designed to teach students to solve creative, conceptual, and material problems through interpretation and invention. Emphasis is placed on imagination, experimentation, audience, and on gaining an understanding of the rationale behind one's own and others artistic production. This course incorporates current themes in contemporary art and culture. Students develop an expanded vocabulary of contemporary creative practices while learning how to visually and verbally communicate their ideas and process. Students are expected to be self-motivated and directed. Class hours are devoted to lectures, discussions, creative exercises, and critiques. This course is open to all students interested in the creative process.
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