Yeshiva College Syllabi -- 2021 - 2022 courses (past versions for reference ONLY) -- ART (Art)
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Item Restricted ART1660: Cultures of Modern Architecture(Yeshiva University, 2021-01) Glassman, Paul; 0000-0003-3879-0266Modern architecture is revolutionary. Based on local climatic, historical, and social conditions, the expression of that revolution differs from culture to culture. And across cultures it seeks to liberate itself from historical styles, to embrace technological innovation, and to use industrial materials. It rejects decoration, and in fact the Viennese architect Adolf Loos, in his influential essay "Ornament und Verbrechen," equated ornament with crime. From its roots in the guild culture of the Arts and Crafts Movement, we will trace the development of innovative environmental design through the filters of various 20th-century architectural cultures, such as Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie Style, European expressionism, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's Neue Sachlichkeit (functionalism), Le Corbusier's International Style, up to more recent trends, such as the Metabolic group in Japan, Robert Venturi's postmodernism (conceived theoretically in his Learning from Las Vegas), and various forays into deconstructivism by SITE, Morphosis, and Frank Gehry.¶ Class sessions consist of presentations and discussions with visual material, site visits to key examples of modernist architecture in New York, tours of architecture exhibitions in museums, and writing-intensive exercises, such as reverse outlining, abstracting, and one-sentence observations. Credits, meeting time and place, course management system, methods of instruction 3 credits, undergraduate (blended) Wilf Campus, Furst Hall 213 Wednesdays, 6:30-9:30 p.m. and Sunday, February 25, 1:30-4:00 p.m. Canvas repository and course complement Illustrated lectures, reading, comparative analysis, studio exercise, and on-site building examinationsItem Restricted ART1633H The Language of Architecture(Yeshiva University, 2021-01) Glassman, Paul; 0000-0003-3879-0266Learn about building systems from ancient Egypt to post-modern Paris. Compare buildings from different eras and from different cultures. The result will be the basis for an architectural vocabulary and a greater consciousness of the built environment. We shall explore the elements of architecture from domes to space frames, from open-air ventilation to full climate control, and from stone load-bearing walls to light-weight glass curtain walls. We shall examine not only work of the masters of the discipline, but also architecture without architects. This introductory course will include lectures, discussion, presentations by class members, and numerous on-site visits.Item Restricted ART2201: Color and Design(Yeshiva College, Yeshiva University, 2022-08) Aurich, CarlaCOURSE DESCRIPTION: This class is an introduction to the basic fundamentals of design and color. Design is the organization or arrangement of elements to form a visual pattern. This course will focus on the process of visual thinking and problem solving to ultimately create an aesthetic solution to design and color issues. Students will gain a basic understanding of color theory, value, hue and chroma. These solutions are important foundations for all the visual arts courses.Item Restricted ART2031: Principles of Drawing(Yeshiva College, Yeshiva University, 2022-08) Aurich, CarlaThis course will cover a series of drawing fundamentals. The goal of this course is the development of a basic vocabulary of drawing as a visual expression and personal language. We will follow a general progression from the use of contour line to 2- dimensional shape and on to full value drawings to represent three-dimensional objects. Students will keep a sketchbook throughout the semester to be used for homework assignments. More than 2 absences will result in the lowering of your final grade.¶ Students are expected to be on time to class as we cover the assignment for the day in the first 15 minutes. 3 lates ( 7 minutes ) will be counted as one absence. Grading will be based on the combination of attendance, effort and class participation along with the midterm and final assignments. There will be a mid-term review and a final assignment. Class participation and hard work will be counted as well as quantity and quality of work produced. Those without previous drawing experience are not at a disadvantage, nor are those with extensive experience necessarily at an advantage. Attendance is essential in a studio class, most of your work will be done in session.Item Restricted ART1831: Architectural Design Process(Yeshiva College, Yeshiva University, 2022-08) Glassman, Paul; 0000-0003-3879-0266Explore the process of architectural design through a series of increasingly complex discoveries of how spaces are made. The focus will be on the development of the visual and verbal skills needed to approach conceptual and three-dimensional problem solving intelligently. Students will begin to understand basic design skills as well as develop a vocabulary for expressing their intentions.¶ The course will employ a dual approach: analysis and synthesis. Beginning with analysis of specific buildings from the canon of twentieth-century architecture, students will learn how the designer applied a vocabulary of visual concepts to built form. They will explore and enrich their understanding of the buildings by drawing them and producing a series of abstract diagrams clarifying the intentions of the designer.¶ The second segment of the dual approach will address synthetic skills. Through a three-week sketch problem, students will design a work area for themselves or for a key figure in the history of western culture. This assignment will provide the opportunity for more detailed study at a smaller scale, before approaching the more complex design of the final project. The final project, the design of a chapel, will ask students to apply the design concepts considered in the previous assignments to a real setting with pragmatic constraints.¶ Class time will include the introduction of projects and the review of desk work. At the end of each project there will be a presentation.Item Restricted ART1635H: Evolution of Skypscrapers(Yeshiva College, Yeshiva University, 2022-08) Glassman, Paul; 0000-0003-3879-0266We shall examine the conception, development and construction of the skyscraper. Since the tall office building flourished in Chicago as nowhere else during the last century, we shall begin with the roots of the tall office building in that city. The course will include selections from the theoretical literature on the nature of the tall building. New York City, with its unparalleled concentration of skyscrapers in lower and mid-town Manhattan, will serve as our learning laboratory. Presentations by practitioners and class members are included.¶ Starting with the history of and theories about this building type and its early stages in the nineteenth century, we shall examine the following topics: ▪ The early history of the tall office building: embracing the machine age ▪ The impact of zoning ordinances on urban form ▪ The role of the real estate developer ▪ The architect and the design process ▪ Systems synthesis: engineering and construction ▪ Making space comfortable: the role of the interior architectItem Restricted ART2202: Art and Design(2020-09) Aurich, CarlaThis class is an introduction to the basic fundamentals of design and color. Design is the organization or arrangement of elements to form a visual pattern. This course will focus on the process of visual thinking and problem solving to ultimately create an aesthetic solution to design and color issues. Students will gain a basic understanding of color theory, value, hue and chroma. These solutions are important foundations for all the visual arts courses.Item Restricted ART 3005: Intro to Graphic Design Syllabus(2021-01) Schwartz, Esther►Graphic Design is everywhere, from billboards on the street, books you read, title credits on movies, to menus at restaurants, yet many people have a hard time describing exactly what it is. Essentially, graphic design is the art and skill of combining text and pictures to represent ideas, in both printed and digital media. And while graphic design has been around for decades before computers, computers have popularized the study and made executing artwork faster and more accessible. ►In this class students will explore concepts of graphic design through conceptual thinking and visual hierarchy. We will focus on analog idea generating and use Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign to execute each project.Item Restricted ART2301 Principles of Drawing, crn 11287(2021-01) Aurich, Carla►This course will cover a series of drawing fundamentals. The goal of this course is the development of a basic vocabulary of drawing as a visual expression and personal language. We will follow a general progression from the use of contour line to 2- dimensional shape and on to full value drawings to represent three-dimensional objects. ►Students will keep a sketchbook throughout the semester to be used for homework assignments. More than 2 absences will result in the lowering of your final grade. Students are expected to be on time to class as we cover the assignment for the day in the first 15 minutes. 3 lates( 7 minutes ) will be counted as one absence. Grading will be based on the combination of attendance, effort and class participation along with the midterm and final assignments. There will be a mid-term review and a final assignment. Class participation and hard work will be counted as well as quantity and quality of work produced. Those without previous drawing experience are not at a disadvantage, nor are those with extensive experience necessarily at an advantage.Item Restricted ART1832: Architectural Design Studio(2019) Glassman, Paul►You will explore the process of architectural design through a series of increasingly complex discoveries of how spaces are made. The focus will be on the development of the visual and verbal skills needed to approach conceptual and three-dimensional problem solving intelligently. You will begin to understand basic design skills as well as develop a vocabulary for expressing their intentions. ►The course will employ a dual approach: analysis and synthesis. Beginning with the analysis of outdoor shelter, you will develop a prototype for a public transit shelter. ►The second segment of the dual approach will stimulate abstract visual imaging, and the scale of the space analyzed will increase. In a three-week sketch problem, you will first examine and describe the components of a public space. Then you will construct a three-dimensional interpretation of that space. ►The final two projects will ask you to apply the design concepts considered in the previous assignments to real settings with pragmatic constraints. Basic computer-aided design skills will be introduced at this point in the semester in conjunction with these projects: an electronic library for a school of social work and a campus master plan. Class time will include the introduction of projects and the review of desk work. At the end of each project there will be a presentation.Item Open Access ART1650H: Architecture of the Synagogue(2019-09) Glassman, PaulWe shall examine the forms, materials, and structures of synagogues, the centers of Jewish communal life and worship, from their beginnings in the ancient world to the twentieth century. Using the comparative method, we shall explore regional influences in addition to links between liturgy and architectural form. To understand how the choices made in the construction of synagogues reveal the realities and aspirations of Jewish communities at different times and in different places, we shall discuss when and why structural and stylistic forms were adopted, why certain innovations were introduced, and why certain symbolic elements were expressed. Whenever possible, we shall compare synagogues in appropriate respects to buildings of other faiths as well as to secular buildings. Site visits to synagogues in New York will allow us to examine materials and forms first-hand