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ART
The courses in Art are designed not only to teach the technique and practice
of drawing and painting and the making of pictures but also to promote an interest
in the subject and its relation to life. Students registered for these
courses will, therefore, have a cultural as well as a practical knowledge of the
subject.
Eliot Clark is an associate member of the National Academy; member American Water
Color Society (ex-President); New York Water Color Club; Allied Artists of America; New
York Society of Painters; Connecticut Academy; National Arts Club; Salmagundi Club, etc.
Awarded Hallgarten Prize, National Academy; Ranger Fund Purchase; National Academy;
Edgar Davis Prize, San Antonio. Represented in various museums and private collections.
His picture "Rolling Country" was purchased by former President Wilson from the Corcoran
Gallery, Washington, in 1915, Author of works on John Twachtman; Alexander Wyant; J.
Francis Murphy; Theodor Robinson (in press) and has contributed articles to Scribner's, Art
in America, International Studio, Arts and Decoration, Dictionary of American Biography,
etc. Formerly instructor Arts Students League; Froebel League, New York; Savannah Art
Club; Staff lecturer Roerich Museum, New York, 1930; and Grand Central School of Art,
1930.
Art s101: General Course in Painting: Both Terms. Art Studio,
Fayerweather Hall. Fee, $15.00 each term.
Mr. Clark.
Three criticisms each week on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday morning
from 10 A. M. to 12 noon. The Studio in Fayerweather Hall is open from
9 A. M. to 5 P. M. for the use of students enrolled in the Art courses.
Drawing and painting, including landscape painting, flower painting, still
life and figure. Instruction is by personal criticism and practical demonstration,
both in the studio and out-of-doors.
Instruction will include special consideration of the materials and methods
of the painter's craft; use of the various media; pictorial expression; fundamentals
of construction and composition; theory of color and its relation to
design.
Art s102: Commercial Art and Block Printing: First Term. Art Studio,
Fayerweather Hall. Three criticisms each week on Monday, Wednesday and
Friday, from 9 to 5. The studio will be open daily for use of students taking
these classes. Fee, $5.00 per week. A reduction will be allowed for students taking
full term. Inasmuch as instruction is individual, students may enter after
term has started by arrangement with instructor.
Mr. Smith.
Problems in commercial and advertising art. Layout, rendering, composition,
engraving processes, types, lettering and the development of ideas as applied to
advertising art. Color harmony. Block printing; its use in the commercial field.
Planning, cutting, and printing blocks in both wood and linoleum. Woodcutting
for book illustration and decoration, also print making.
This course is open to beginners as well as advanced students. Every effort
will be made to encourage the individual expression of the student. Enrollment
in classes will be limited so that each student may receive individual instruction.
Charles W. Smith studied art at Cocoran Art School, Yale University School of the Fine
Arts. Taught at William and Mary College (Richmond Division), New York School of
Printing, New School for Social Research. Represented in the collections of Newark Museum,
Yale Gallery of Fine Arts, Art Institute of Chicago, Springfield Museum, Seattle Museum,
New York Public Library. One man exhibitions at Art Center, Dartmouth College, New
York Advertising Club, Hood College, Youngs Art Shop. Prints included in California and
Block Printing, Old Virginia in Block Prints, Old Charleston. Also, print in Fifty Prints of
Year, in Colophon, Golden Book and many other periodicals.
Art sA1: Freehand Drawing: First Term. Studio period, 8:30 to 11:30;
hour for criticisms to be arranged to meet needs of students; Art Studio,
Fayerweather Hall. Fee, $15.00. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Mrs. Silvette.
Elementary course in drawing and composition.
Art sB1: Freehand Drawing: First Term. Studio period, 8:30 to 11:30;
hour for criticisms to be arranged to meet needs of students; Art Studio,
Fayerweather Hall. Fee, $15.00. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Mrs. Silvette.
Charcoal drawings from casts.
(Attention is called to the explanatory notes.)
History of Art sB3-I: Second Term. 8:30, 10:30, and one hour to be
arranged; Fayerweather Hall. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Mrs. Silvette.
The three terms of History of Art will consist of an appreciative study beginning with
the Italian Renaissance and the later development of art and painting in Western Europe up
to the 20th century. Lantern slides and colored reproductions of the artists' masterpieces will
be used to supplement the lectures. The aim of the courses will be to give the student a
means of recognizing and appreciating the works of the great artists along with a knowledge
of the history of art.
History of Art sB3-II: Second Term. 8:30, 10:30 and one hour to be
arranged; Fayerweather Hall. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Mrs. Silvette.
Continuation of History of Art sB3-I.
History of Art sB3-III: Second Term. 8:30, 10:30 and one hour to be
arranged; Fayerweather Hall. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Mrs. Silvette.
Continuation of History of Art sB3-II.
Note.—History of Art sB3-I will be given three hours a day during the first third of the
term. The examination will then be held and History of Art sB3-II will be given three hours
a day for the middle third of the term. After the examination in this course, History of Art
sB3-III will be taught for the final third of the term. The student will note that the three
courses are not taught simultaneously, but one after the other.
Industrial and Fine Arts—See page 70.
Industrial and Fine Arts in the Grades.
Theory and Philosophy of Industrial Arts Education.
Interior Decoration.
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