Course Contents

INTRODUCTION TO ART FORMS 1. Painting & its Forms • Easel Painting (Oil, Water Colors, Gauche, Acrylic, Airbrush, Pastels, Collage, Mix Media, Tempera, Wax Painting, Crayons, Pen & Ink) • Mural (Fresco, Mosaics, Stain Glass, Airbrush & Mix Media) • Miniature (Siyah Qalam, Gad Rang, Method, Making & Procedure) 2. Sculpture & its Forms • Carving • Modeling • Casting • Other Methods • 2D, 3D Sculpture • Installation/ Location or Site/ Space Specific Sculpture 3. Printmaking & its Forms • Lino • Wood Cut • Dry Point • Monotype Prints • Intaglio • Aqua Tint • Etching • Lithography • Mezzo Tint 4. Ceramics 5. Calligraphy & its Forms 6. Crafts 7. Puppetry 8. Textile 9. Photography 10. Architecture 11. Landscape Architecture 12. Publicity Design 13. Product Design 14. Film & the Historical Imagination 15. Introduction to Theater as art form 16. Dance as an Art Form 17. Graffiti

Course Synopsis

INTRODUCTION TO ART/ AESTHETICS • What is Art? Definition/ Principles • Language of Art • Art & Aesthetics

Course Learning Outcomes

• To develop skills as tools to rationalize/ quantify ideas • To give students comprehensive understanding of major art disciplines • To stimulate the understanding of visual structuring as a means of communication • To establish the norm that the dialogue between the object and the individual is crux of the creative process • LEARNING OUTCOME Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to: • Understand that form and content unify into one rational object • Understand how individual Art form works through the elements & principles of design • Understand how to appreciate Art • Understand role of Aesthetics in Art & its forms • Understand how Aesthetics and Art beautify everyday Life