Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1882 [PAGE 56]

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FOUETH TERM.

(Clay and Wax Modeling.) Basso Eelievo Ornament from the Solid. Features and the Human Head from description; Eelievo Ornament from shaded copies or Drawings; Original Designs for decorative purposes; Enlargements and Eeduction from casts; History of Styles of Ornament.

FIFTH TEEM.

Shading from Statuary, Casts, etc.; Drawing of Landscape and Animals from copy in charcoal and sepia; color applied to Decorative Art; designs for useful objects; perspective drawings of interiors of rooms.

SIXTH TEEM.

General review of the principal work done; Specimen plates to be completed; Optical and Physical principles of color in Nature; Aerial Perspective; Sketching from Nature in charcoal and color; Artistic Anatomy of Form and Proportion, by illustrated lectures; famous artists and their principal works.

Students having passed satisfactorily in the above course will be permitted to enter the advanced classes. The following course is for those who wish to become accomplished either as designers, painters or teachers. In order that the student may acquire thoroughness in the branch he wishes to pursue as a specialty, the subject has at this stage been formed into two divisions, decorative and pictorial. The teacher student must give attention to both branches, and with him theory will necessarily supersede practice. Opportunities will be afforded such pupils to teach in the elementary classes, whereby greater efficiency will be acquired.

SPECIAL COUESE IN PAINTING.

Trees, Animals and Figures from copy and from nature, in Pencil, Charcoal, and Sepia; Aerial Perspective. Anatomy of Expression; External muscular development; Shading from Statuary in Charcoal and Monochrome; Composition drawing from description; Memory Exercises. Water-color Painting from pictures; Sketching from Nature in Sepia and Water colors; Copying from Oil Paintings of Portraits and Landscapes. Sketching from Nature in Oil-colors; Eapid studies of interiors with varied arrangement of light and shade; Pictorial composition, introducing figures or animals: Theory and History of Art. t Portrait Pointing from life; Pictures finished from sketches; Studying of Groups of Still Life subjects; Painting of ideal compositions of one or more heads; Chemistry of color.

ADVANCED COUESE IN DESIGNING.

Studies in Clau, or Wax. Ornaments and Plant form in Basso Relievo from flat examples; Designs adaptative to nseful objects; The Human Figure from cast or original composition, reproduced by casting in metal or plaster; Process of manufacture; Monumental designs. Shading from cast and from nature; classic objects and furniture enlarged from copy; Designs finished with Pen, Brush, and Distempera color; Architectural construction. Design for Church Decoration in Historic Styles; Memorial Windows for stained glass: Decorative designs; Commemorating events in History; History of manufactures, and important inventions.

ADVANCED TEACHERS' COURSE.

A teacher must be prepared for emergencies for which the professional designer or artist has no experience. A general knowledge of the several subjects is therefore recommended. The decorative and painting courses will be worked together so as to form a thor, ough course for teachers. The authorities of the University have provided that persons not connected with the institution may join the drawing and painting classes on very moderate terms.