Art and Design - ART 234

Course Description

This course is a continuation of ART 233 where multiple theories, elements and applications of ceramics are synthesized. In addition, students analyze and critique published complex ceramic works of art for theories, techniques and applications.

Prerequisites

(A requirement that must be completed before taking this course.)

Course Competencies

Upon successful completion of the course, the student should be able to:

• Predict what type of response a ceramic work of art would evoke from the viewer.
• Predict future ways in which ceramics can function within society.
• Summarize how ceramics impacted other art forms throughout art history.
• Determine safe and effective chemical compositions for glaze formulas.
• Critique a ceramic sculpture constructed by using the additive method.
• Analyze the steps for effective use of kilns in creating ceramic pieces.
• Recommend steps clay artists follow for effective use of kilns when creating ceramic pieces.
• Interpret how mold making techniques played a role in the history of ceramics.
• Validate published works of art based on theories, techniques and applications.

Course Schedule