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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; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1936; Instructor, Art Club, Lynchburg, Va.

Art sA1: Elementary Drawing and Composition: First Term. Art
Studio, Fayerweather Hall. Criticisms Monday, Wednesday and Friday;
9:30 A. M. to 12 noon. Credit, 1 session-hour.

Mr. Clark.

Art sB1: Charcoal Drawing from Cast: First Term. Art Studio,
Fayerweather Hall. Criticisms Monday, Wednesday and Friday; 9:30 A. M.
to 12 noon. Credit, 1 session-hour.

Mr. Clark.

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 Friday morning
from 9:30 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. For beginners and advanced students.

Art s102: Illustration: First Term. Art Studio, Fayerweather Hall.
Two criticisms each week on Monday and Friday from 10 A. M. to 4 P. M.
The studio will be open daily for use of students taking these classes. Fee,
$15.00 for the term. Inasmuch as instruction is individual, students may
enter after term has started by arrangement with the instructor. Drawings
in this course may be presented for faculty approval for credit for Drawing
A1 in the School of Architecture.

Mr. Smith.

This course will include all practical mediums used in producing illustrations and book
jackets: pencil, pen and ink, tempera, wash, and water-color. The assignments and working
out of each problem are carried through completely, from the rough idea to making
"finished working drawing" for the engraver. Mr. Smith will also give special instruction
in woodcutting and typographic layout and design to those interested. Beginners may
enter this class. Instruction will be individual. A short discussion will be held once a week
on dealing with art directors and publishers.

Charles W. Smith studied art at Corcoran 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
Chicago International exhibitions, American Print Makers, Whitney Museum of American
Art, and others. Author of Linoleum Block Printing, Old Virginia in Block Prints, Old
Charleston. Also, print in Fifty Prints of Year, in Colophon, Golden Book, in the recently
published Fine Prints of the Year and many other periodicals.

(Attention is called to the explanatory notes.)

History of Art sB3-I: Both Terms. 8:30 to 9:30, 10:30 to 12:30; C. H.
103. Credit, 1 session-hour.

Mrs. Silvette.

From the Italian Renaissance to the 20th Century. A study of painting, sculpture and
architecture in the countries of Western Europe. The lives and personalities of the great
masters and the times in which they lived will be studied as a background for the appreciation
of their works. The lectures will be illustrated with slides and supplemented by
colored reproductions. Aside from its cultural value, the course should prove of especial
value to teachers and students of history.

History of Art sB3-II: Both Terms. 8:30 to 9:30, 10:30 to 12:30; C. H.
103. Credit, 1 session-hour.

Mrs. Silvette.

Continuation of History of Art sB3-I.

History of Art sB3-III: Both Terms. 8:30 to 9:30, 10:30 to 12:30; C. H.
103. 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.