Sculpture

ITALIAN version

The independent course of Sculpture includes drawing and experimental practice, in the spirit of a continuing education for the study of form, and individual design practice as the basis of three-dimensional research for plasticity. The students will create sculptures, through which they will demonstrate their own creative development.
They will propose a reflection on several “historic” sculptors (of the present and the past), in order to expand upon fundamental topics of sculpture and formal codes of meaning, as much from the linguistic point of view as the technical, useful for identifying more personal vocations and stylistic characteristics. It will be possible to experiment with various techniques and materials, fostering a critical knowledge that allows one to be conscious and aware of one’s own purposes and intentions and of the most appropriate tools to achieve them.
It will be the responsibility of the teacher to keep the students continually informed of the most significant exhibitions taking place, utilizing them therefore in order to introduce the students to the themes of the plastic arts proposed by the classical sculptors as well as current phenomena and new trends. The teacher will also be concerned with informing the students of various competitions and to help them plan their participation.
The lessons at all levels, three hours each, are held once a week in the morning (10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.). The course can have a trimester, semester or annual duration and the classes are composed of a maximum of ten students. For those students who complete an annual cycle of courses (three trimesters), an end-of-year exhibition is envisaged.

SYLLABUS OF THE COURSE

• Studies of form and space
• Design
• Drawing and experimental studies
• Three-dimensional research on plasticity with full creative freedom on the part of the student
• Studies with models
• Technical experimentation with practice in modelling in clay
• Mould preparation in plaster (casts)
• Use of plaster/cement or working with terracotta
• Theoretical introduction to foundry technologies

Entrance requirements and Enrollment:
No particular qualifications needed; direct enrollment in Secretariat.

Minimum Course lenght:
Three months / 12 lessons (36 hrs.)

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