Class Drawing V

In this course students create an abstract graphic language, which is understood as an autonomous visual discourse, detached from figuration.

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Paths of Abstraction - Historical background of the emergence of abstraction in art history and recent developments.   Strategies and fundamentals of graphic expression - dot, line, hatch, blot.   Project I - From representation to abstraction. Seeing differently - execution of a series of drawings from the observation of several materials under the microscope. Creation of an artist's book of standardized dimensions, defined by the teacher.   Project II - Personal project - development of an autonomous visual language, exploring a system of optical elements unrelated to the real world. Individual project to be defined between each student and the teacher.

Autonomy and experimentation in plastic research are required, with teaching supervision. The crossing of disciplinary boundaries is encouraged, starting from the viewing and photographic recording of materials under the microscope in the university laboratories. The creation of own images is the basis of research and graphic development. The lecturer regularly comments on this process, providing relevant references. The final grade expresses the fulfilment of the UC objectives. The assessment is continuous (compulsory attendance at 75% of classes), intermediate and final, quantitative, focusing on all the work of the semester. The final assessment results from the appreciation of the two projects (60% Project I; 40% Project II). If the student chooses to use digital media, his design process (layers) must be shown. For each image created in a traditional way, 4 digital images must be presented.

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