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Drawing with Anatomy (FINA20035)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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This practice-based drawing subject focuses on developing skills and techniques in figurative drawing. It is designed for students who have little or no experience in visual art making.
Students will be introduced to specialist figurative drawing techniques through working from both life models and from anatomical specimens within the Harry Brookes Allen Museum of Anatomy and Pathology in the Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience.
Lectures and writing tasks that explore the human figure in historic and contemporary visual art will complement the drawing program. By the end of the subject, students will have developed a comprehensive folio of exercises and finished works exploring the body in both its living and preserved states, highlighting the ways in which artistic practice can be used to examine these conditions.
Additional Costs
Additional costs will apply for the purpose of purchasing materials as relevant. Details will be provided to students approximately 1 month prior to the first class.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- demonstrate drawing skills required to effectively represent the figure in both living and preserved states from direct observation;
- discuss how the human body has been represented in both historical and contemporary art and in the field of anatomy;
- use pictorial and technical experimentation to explore visual and conceptual ideas relevant to the representation of the human body;
- show technical development and proficiency in manipulating a range of media through practical experimentation and set tasks;
- demonstrate independent research in the field of figurative art;
- critically evaluate drawing processes, creative outcomes and their own development.
Generic skills
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- display an awareness of the graphic possibilities of a variety of concepts, materials and practices;
- exhibit evidence of skill development both pictorially and technically as a means of independent image making;
- indicate evidence of individual research in the relevant area of practice;
- demonstrate capacities for artistic imagination, creativity, transformation and interpretation;
- demonstrate practical skills in respect of critical analysis, problem solving; and
- demonstrate an open, independent and inquiring attitude towards contemporary cultural developments and new ideas.
Last updated: 8 November 2024