Art Studio

This course examines the science behind the fundamental perceptual processes underlying your sense of vision, including: motion and time perception, luminance and contrast perception, colour perception, geometry perception, space and size perception, and face perception. Visual illusions will be used to highlight key features of these complex perceptual processes.

The course introduces many aspects of piano music culture, including elementary guqin playing techniques. It simultaneously studies both theory and practice and uses piano music as the starting point for exploration into the ancient Chinese classical music culture and classical music culture represented by the guqin. The course introduces the specific rules and regulations of playing the piano, and the aesthetics of piano music and ancient piano theory as a means to understand the cultural life paradigm and musical aesthetic interest of ancient Chinese literati and doctors.

This course presents various methods of drawing using pencil, charcoal, ink, and pastel, under constant supervision and instruction. Exercises focus on the perspective of depth, and students go outdoors to draw various things from real life. Students receive critique on style and on the ability to follow instructions.

This course explores the fundamental aspects of the theory and practice of scenery perspective. Topics include: application of perspective in the theater scene-- linear, aerial, and cavalier perspective; perspectives of a stage from its plan and elevation; visual perception and aspects of form-- scale, visual lines, and appraisal; architecture and scenography; perspective as stage language.

The course introduces the basic concepts and theory of ceramic art, ceramic molding, decorative techniques, and ceramic creation. It provides a systematic explanation of the development of ceramic art, the main style and genre, and its classic artists and works. The course includes ceramic training, handwork, and mold forming; decorating, glazing and firing; and a demonstration of the basic methods of pottery making.

This studio course examines human-centred design processes to create a multi-dimensional response to a specific brief. Using a human-centred approach, students will negotiate the opportunities and tensions inherent in the design of services and experiences, offering original solutions that explore current paradigms (including the dynamic interplay of production and consumption).

This is an advanced level course in the second year of the LM degree program in Fashion Design at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna. The course is intended for Art Studio majors, Design majors, and Fashion Design majors. Principles of design are applied specifically to jewelry  Enrollment is by consent of the instructor. Students work on specific projects under the direction of the course instructor from the initial planning stage through development to execution of the final project. Evaluation is based on the number of projects completed and objectives attained.