SCULPTURE
Offered Spring, Summer, & Fall Semesters

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Carrara marble, alabaster, bronze, gold, wrought iron, mosaics and stone inlay have traditionally been the materials of Italian sculptors and craftsmen. Sculpture courses take advantage of the reservoirs of skill and materials available in Italy with visits to artist’s studios, art foundries, and active marblecarving and woodworking studios. Coursework is offered on the beginning, intermediate, advanced and graduate levels.

In the beginning course, basic forms are explored through a series of assignments employing carving, modeling, and construction methods. Students incorporate 3-D concepts as they apply to materials and ate course primarily emphasizes carving processes utilizing a wide variety of Italian marbles and alabasters. For the advanced students, methods of producing metal sculpture including the lost-wax process and casting of bronze are incorporated into normal coursework. As an introduction to new genres in sculpture, students can take a course on
contemporary sculpture that explores installation and site-specific art.

In the favorable climate of Cortona, much of the sculpture work is done in an open courtyard. Inside studios are also available. A 135-pound metal casting furnace, burn-out kiln, air compressor for pneumatic equipment, oxyacetylene welding equipment, electric arc welder and a variety of hand tools are available.

ARST 2400 Fundamentals of Sculpture (Undergraduate)
Prerequisite: ARST 1070 and ARST 1080.
Technical fundamentals of carving, modeling, and constructive methods of sculpture and their aesthetic implications in terms of form and content.

ARST 3420 Sculpture: The Subtractive Process (Undergraduate)
Prerequisite: ARST 2400 or 2410.
Direct carving in wood or stone.

ARST 3430 Carving Wood and Stone (Undergraduate)
Prerequisite: ARST 2400 or 2410.
Carving wood and stone both representational and non-representational, with emphasis on aesthetic development.

ARST 3440 Fundamentals of Casting Metal Sculpture (Undergraduate)
Prerequisite: ARST 2400 or 2410.
Fundamental techniques for producing metal sculpture using refractory molds and sand casting.

ARST 3450 Intermediate Casting in Metal (Undergraduate)
Prerequisite: ARST 3440.
Production of sculpture in refractory molds and sand casting both representational or non-representational, with emphasis on personal aesthetic development.

ARST 4400 Advanced Casting in Metal (Undergraduate)
Prerequisite: ARST 3450.
Refinement of technical and expressive skills in producing cast metal sculpture.

ARST 4430 Advanced Stone Carving (Undergraduate)
Prerequisite: Permission of Department.
Refinement of technical and expressive skills in carving stone.

ARST 4900 Technical Problems (Undergraduate)
Prerequisite: Permission of Department.
For students qualified to carry out individual projects in studio areas.

ARST 7420 Sculpture Materials (Graduate)
Prerequisite: Permission of Department.
Formal three-dimensional concepts of sculpture applied to material or combinations of materials. In-depth work in cast bronze, cast cement, direct plaster, direct cement, fire clay, welded metal, stone, and wood.. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.

ARST 7430 Construction Composition- Advanced Techniques in Metal casting (Graduate)
Prerequisite: Permission of Department.
Production of wax models, venting, investing, casting, chasing and mounting of finished work. Independent experimentation and study in cast bronze sculpture. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.