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Illinois Industrial University.

FIFTH TERM.

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 TERM.

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 work.

Students having passed satisfactorily in thy above course will be permitted to enter the advanced classes.

ADVANCED COURSES.

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 speciality, the subject has at this stage bee i 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 bo acquired.

SPECIAL COURSE 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; rapid studies of interiors with varied arrangement of light and sha e; pictorial composition introducing figures or animals; theory and history of art. Portrait painting from life; pictures finished from sketches; studying of groups of still life subjects; painting of ideal composition of one or more heads; chemistry of color. ADVANCED COURSE IN DESIGNING. Studies in clay or wax. Ornaments and plant form in basso relievo irom flat examples; designs adaptive to useful 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 di tempera color; architectural construction. Designs for church decoration in historic styles; memorial windows for stained glass; decorative designs cimmsmoratin^ events in history; history of manufactures and important inventions.