ART 225 : Landscape Painting
This course investigates the landscape as a subject, utilizing the precedents of Romanticism and Impressionism as well as contemporary practice to explore personal subjective responses to the natural and built environments. Working primarily outdoors (plain air), students will develop a rigorous, multimedia practice (oil, pastel, charcoal) to explore core issues including light, color theory, atmospheric space and composition. The course bridges historical traditions with contemporary perspectives, prompting inquiry into the relationship between nature and humanity through readings, field studies and critical discussions. Students will develop a cohesive body of work reflecting their artistic voice. Three lecture hours and three studio hours per week.
Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Apply foundational and advanced concepts of light, color theory and atmospheric perspective to capture environmental atmosphere and mood
2. Analyze and integrate historical and contemporary landscape traditions into their own artistic practice
3. Compose painting using spatial, structural and observational skills to create visual narrative
4. Translate environmental, social or personal themes into formal and/or symbolic imagery
5. Begin to develop a consistent, personal and expressive style