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88 Illinois Industrial University. ufactures which they require has added new importance to the study of Drawing and Designing. It is the purpose to keep this school of Design abreast with the best movements in this direction. COURSE OF INSTRUCTION. The course in Industrial Art and Designing occupies two years, and if faithfully followed, will fit students to become efficient designers in the various branches of industry in which artistic skill and taste are indispensible to success. The course is divided into four stages, as follows : STAGE A. Elements of Form; Analysis of Compound Forms ; Outline Drawing on Paper and Black-board ; Principles of Shading; Elementary Designs ; Lectures on Art ; Descriptive Geometry. STAGE B. Shading with Pencil, Chalk, Pen, Charcoal, Ink and Sepia ; Monochrome and Distempera Color ; Perspective ; Drawing from Models and Common Objects ; Elementary Designs from Elements of Plant and Animal Forms ; Designs for Specified Objects ; Lectures on Art and its History. STAGE C. Shading from Models and Casts ; Outlines from Natural Foliage ; Botany as applied to Ornarnentation ; Harmony and Contrasts in Color; Optical and Physical principles underlying Color in Nature ; Contrasts in Design ; Styles and History of Ornamentation ; Higher Linear Perspective and Shadows ; Lectures on Art. STAGE D. Drawing from Statuary, Casts and Models ; Drawing and Sketching from Nature; Compositions in Ornamental and Industrial Arts ; Compositions in Monumental and Pictorial Designs; Analysis of Ornamental Art ; Esthetics ; Water Color and Oil Painting ; Lectures on Art History. ADVANCED COURSE IN ART AND DESIGN. This course comprises the regular branches of Figure, Portrait and Landscape Painting; Designing and Illustrating on Wood; Modeling in Clay, Wax, etc. It is designed for those who wish to become teachers, or to pursue painting and designing as a profession. Special art students will be received for this course, and allowed to devote their whole attention to the art studies. Students completing the full course in Industrial Designing will receive a certificate from the School. Fee for special students, Ten Dollars per term.
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