STUDY PROGRAMME
Painting and Visual Arts

AFAM CODE
ABAV3

DISCIPLINARY AREA
Drawing

DISCIPLINARY FIELD
Drawing for Painting

CREDITS
8

APPROACH
Theoretical / Project based

The Drawing module provides students with the cognitive and methodological tools to support the study and critical assimilation of the thematic areas of their theses. Through practical exercises, it takes the students – directly and indirectly – to the definition and development of their theses, paying special attention to the approach and the implementation of the project as well as of related research and experimentations. Moving further and further away from traditional illustration, the Illustration module’s main methodology focuses on the use of expressive research and experimentation to lead the students to a conscious and mature use of their graphic and illustration abilities, regardless of the used techniques.

The total credits for this course are 8, divided as follows:

• Drawing: 5 CFA

• Illustration: 3 CFA

• The Drawing module consists in a practical laboratory which aims to further investigate the “technical / expressive” means of drawing, arousing critical reflection on the conventions and statutes of representation, and showing the central role of drawing in the context of reflection and contemporary artistic production.

• The Illustration module aims at stimulating and enhancing expressive abilities through graphic representation. The different exercises and insights, together with the strong experimental component, are introduced to allow the students to understand the use and economy of the different techniques, and the different possibilities that the field of illustration can open today. Therefore, each student is encouraged to develop the ability to approach a theme in a coherent and complex way, and to articulate relevant projects that develop, in the context of their work, personal and contemporary points of view.

• The Drawing module provides the cognitive and methodological tools to support the deepening and critical assimilation of the different thematic areas, and accompanies through practical exercises the definition and development of the final project both directly and indirectly, with particular attention to the setting up and implementation of the design part, and to the related research and experimentation.

• The Illustration module, moving substantially away from traditional illustration, intends to use expressive research and experimentation as the main tools to bring the students to a conscious and mature use of their graphic and illustrative skills, regardless of the used techniques.

• Theoretical/project based classroom lectures

• Workshops

• Use of tutorials, videos or other media tools for detailed study

• Classroom debates and presentations

• Individual study and research

• Field trips (conferences, meetings, visits to exhibitions as organized by the professor or department)

Assessment is based on the overall competence of the students and may include:

• Oral exam

• Written exam

• Submission of papers, projects or research work

Further details on specific tests can be provided by the professor during the course. Assessment criteria include commitment, active participation and personal growth of the students over the course.

• Bruno Munari, Design as Art.

• Umberto Eco, The Open Work.

• Lazlo Moholy-Nagy: Painting, Photography, Film: Bauhausbucher 8.

• Jurgis Baltrusaitis, Anamorphic Art.

• Vladimir Arkhipov, Design del popolo.

Further bibliographic recommendations may be provided by the professor during the course. A lot of the referenced material, together with other in-depth study material, can be consulted online in MyNaba, in the Library section.