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DWG2511

Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture

18 September 2017 22 December 2024

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This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2016 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

Monash University

6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Art, Design and Architecture

Organisational Unit

Department of Fine Art

Coordinator(s)

Dr Leslie Eastman

Offered

Caulfield

Clayton

  • Second semester 2016 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit provides students the opportunity to explore the relationship between Fine Art practice and anatomy. Students will work from anatomical specimens (including prosected cadavers) at the Anatomical Museum and various forms of diagrammatic representation of the body. Through a variety of media and methodologies, the students explore how to make sense of the form and structure of the body, drawing on perceptual, observational and conceptual drawing strategies; as well as contemporary issues regarding the body found in critical theory. The unit will also address the OHS and ethical issues required for study in this area.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit students should:

  1. have a wide graphic visual vocabulary to serve and maximise their individual expressive needs in relation to the body;
  2. have aesthetic sensibilities that enable them to critically determine imagery that bridges both historical and contemporary art;
  3. productively develop a wide variety of visual material and techniques relevant to their major discipline;
  4. have an appreciation of the structures of the body that may be of interest to the contemporary artist;
  5. have an understanding of the appropriate procedures for complying with OHS and ethical requirements in this area of study.

Assessment

By folio 100% (all objectives). Initial project or work-in-progress is assessed in the first part of the semester and contributes a weighting of no less than 20% to the final assessment.

Workload requirements

12 hours per week, including 4 studio hours and 8 independent study hours

See also Unit timetable information

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Leslie Eastman

Prerequisites

Any of DWG1201, DWG1202, DWG1301, DWG1103, DWG1201, or permission from Studio Coordinator.