The Visual Experience
ARTH117 - Fall 2005
Christopher L. C. E. Witcombe

SCHEDULE

REQUIREMENTS

RESOURCES

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READINGS are
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SCHEDULE

Introduction

  • Wednesday August 31
    About the Course

    Gallery Lecture by Louisa Meeks in connection with the exhibition
    "The Madness of Paradise", Photographs by Gregory Crewdson, Annabel Elgar, and Justine Kurland.
    Thursday, September 1, 5:00 p.m., Pannell Gallery - attendance required

VISION & PERCEPTION

IMAGE MAKING

  • Wednesday October 19
    Art and Design
    READ Composition (PDF file - 23 pages)
    READ Depth and Distance (PDF file - 17 pages)
    READ Shading (PDF file - 8 pages)
    READ Illusion (PDF file - 16 pages)

    Exhibition Opening and Reception
    The Laura Hand Glover '86 Collection of Art Deco and Art Nouveau Decorative Arts
    Wednesday, October 19, 4:30 p.m., Sweet Briar Museum - attendance encouraged

    Gallery Lecture by Trudy Kawami, curator, Arthur M. Sackler Foundation
    "Ancient Bronzes of the Asian Grasslands"
    Tuesday, October 25, 7:30 p.m., Pannell Gallery - attendance required

  • Wednesday October 26
    Film and Media
    • Gladiator (2000)
    • Lost in Translation (2003)
    • Rear Window (1954)
    • Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974)
    • Casablanca (1943)
    • Son of the Sheik (1926)
    • The Gold Rush (1925)
    • The Mummy (1999)
    • Wizard of Oz (1939)
    • The Princess Bride (1987)
    • Koyaanisqatsi (1983)

    Gallery Talk by the artist Lorraine Brevig
    "Dolls"
    Thursday, October 27, 5:00 p.m., Babcock Gallery - attendance required

  • Wednesday November 2
    National and Corporate
    1. Meagan Chenault - Vera Bradley
    2. Tiffany Corbin - Ford
    3. Henslee Evans - CocaCola
    4. Jennifer Jones - Gap
    5. Sloan Houston - Abercrombie & Fitch
    6. Colleen Karaffa - Victoria's Secret
    7. Wendy Nash - Sheetz
    8. Britt Patterson - Apple
    9. Meg Shortlidge - Microsoft
    10. Micaela Weiss - Tommy Hilfiger
  • Wednesday November 9
    Institutional and Educational
    VIEW Sweet Briar College
  • Wednesday November 16
    Self and Other
    CONSIDER
    1. Clothing
    2. Jewelry
    3. Make-up (face, eyes, lips, fingers)
    4. Style
    5. Hair (color, length, style)
    6. Skin Coloration
    7. Face
    8. Body Shape
    9. Proportions
    10. External Genitalia
    11. Age
    12. Weight
    13. Accessories
  • Wednesday November 30
    Second Report (Image-Making)
    1. Micaela Weiss
    2. Meg Shortlidge
    3. Britt Patterson
    4. Wendy Nash
    5. Colleen Karaffa
  • Wednesday December 7
    Second Report (Image-Making)
    1. Sloan Houston
    2. Jennifer Jones
    3. Henslee Evans
    4. Tiffany Corbin
    5. Meagan Chenault
© Christopher L. C. E. Witcombe