Santa Reparata International School of Art
Catalog of Courses 2005
Course Descriptions
Note:
Course offering vary by semester, students should check for course availability
on the schedule of classes.
Note: All photography courses require
that student bring a 35mm camera that has a manual setting. In addition students will be
responsible for purchasing film and photographic paper. Students bring digital cameras should
also bring a card reader for downloading images. It is also recommended that students purchase a
Credit hours 3 Contact hours: 90
Course # 23-2651 SR
Dept: Photography
Students will explore the
history and craft of photography while developing their personal vision against
the backdrop of Florence and Tuscany. The class will examine such topics as
urban and rural landscape, portraiture, and digital techniques. Open to
students of all levels of photo experience. Beginners will master the basics of
camera usage, film development, and black and white printing while advanced
students will work on projects more concerned with personal vision. The digital
component of the class will be developed on an individual basis according to
interest and previous experience. The class will be structured to profit as
much as possible from our time in Florence--photographing in and around
Florence as well as visiting museums and galleries. In addition to these field
trips, class time will be used to work in the lab, for technical
demonstrations, individual and group critiques.
Credit hours 3 Contact hours: 90
Course # 23-1105 SR
Dept: Photography
Course Description: Students will learn basic photographic principles
and techniques along with darkroom and laboratory procedures. Aimed at
encouraging creativity, emphasis is given to developing a critical sense of the
visual language that modern photography uses so expressively. An understanding
of technical and critical skills in photography enables students to translate
their ideas from other areas of art into the medium of photography.
Credit hours 3 Contact hours: 90
Course # 23-1106 SR
Dept: Photography
Offered: Spring & Fall
Course Description: Designed for students who already have a strong
foundation in black and white darkroom practices, this course will present
detailed information on advanced techniques. These will include pinhole
photography; studio lighting; use of techniques such as solarization, still
life and portrait photography; use of the medium format camera; and a complete
description of the uses of different papers, developers and films. Classes meet
twice a week, 3 hours per class. Students have generous use of photo lab at
other times during the week. Prerequisite: Black & White Photography I
Credit hours 3 Contact hours: 90
Course # 23-2105 SR
Dept: Photography
Course Description: Designed for students wishing to add the element of
color to their work in photography. Early projects will be designed to help
students make the transition from shooting images for black and white to seeing
with color film in mind. Slide presentations and discussions will be offered to
help students recognize the many new possibilities the use of color offers for
making photographs.
Prerequisites: Black & White Photo I and Black and
White Photo II
Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: 90
Course #
23-3520 SR
Dept: Photography
Course Description: Social and aesthetic aspects of this vital and
evolving photographic tradition are explored through and examination of methods,
concepts, and history, and put to use in one or more photographic projects.
Prerequisites: Black and White Photo
Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: 90
Course# 23-3700
Dept: Photography
Course Description: This course is a
systematic exploration of alternative photographic processes, including
Cyanotype, Kallitype and Gum Bichromate.
Students will experiment with images through manipulation of graphic
arts film, creation of clich verre negatives, digital manipulation and
photographic prints. Students will be introduced to a variety of historic, as
well as some contemporary photo processes, that are typically classified as
alternative or experimental. In
addition to mastering the technical side of these mostly unconventional
processes, students will work on projects that extend beyond traditional means
of presenting their photo work. This could mean printing imagery on
unconventional materials such as fabric, glass or wood or presenting the photos
in a more sculptural form. The
class will require students to make new imagery with conventional and less
conventional cameras (pinhole cameras, for example), but will also ask students
to work with found and collected imagery which can be collaged together with
other materials, photos, drawings, prints, etc. to create mixed media pieces. Prerequisites:
Black and White Photo II or equivalent
Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: 90
Course #
22-3798 SR
Dept: Art and Design
Course Description: An independent project is the advanced study of a
topic of particular interest to the student. An independent project must not be
equivalent in content to courses offered at Santa Reparata. The project takes
place outside the regular classroom environment and requires a faculty advisor
who will evaluate the result of the project and submit the grade. It is
expected that students create and develop a study or production schedule for
their projects and that they are prepared to devote at least 3 clock hours of
work per week (45 clock hours per semester) for each credit award to be
awarded. Students are required to begin developing their project ideas and
completing their independent project form before the add period ends. The faculty
advisor must approve the proposed project by signing the form. The completed
form must be presented to the Director.
Credit hours 3 Contact hours: 45
Course # 23-2652 SR
Dept: Photography
Course Description: As an introduction to the history of photography,
this course covers work from Europe and the United States from the late
nineteenth century to present. Students will develop familiarity with the
complex and contradictory genres of photographic images: between documentary
and discourse; between mass culture and avant-garde art. Particular emphasis
will be given to Italian photography.
Credit hours 3 Contact hours: 90
Course # 23-2201 SR
Dept: Photography
Course Description: Using Adobe Photoshop, a scanner and digital cameras, beginning students learn to create images using the computer. Step by step tutorials guide students progress from simple color corrections and digital painting to complex collage projects that offer unlimited possibilities for the creative artist. Students may also be introduced to Adobe InDesign or Adobe Illustrator programs to compliment work done with Photoshop. Projects will be diverse, sometimes requiring students to shoot or collect photographic images while, at other times, they may use the program as a tool for painting and beginning from scratch. Some projects will be wholly within the art world and might ask, for example, students to express their own thoughts and feelings in a project. Other projects may be more design-oriented and so deal less with the personal
Credit hours 3 Contact hours: 90
Course # 23-3202 SR
Dept: Photography
Course Description: Class broadens students understanding
of digital media in this diverse manifestations through slide presentations,
critical and theoretical readings, CD-ROM viewing, gallery visits, and class
discussions., Using Adobe Photoshop, students cover advanced image manipulation
techniques including layers, levels, curves, paths, masks and channels, and
filters and models. Assignments
are given in this class, but emphasis is placed on project development using
digital tools. Supplementary programs such as Fractal Design Painter and Adobe
Illustrator are introduced as complementary creative tools. Class strengthens and expands students
competence and knowledge of digital techniques, research, verbal, and
conceptualization skills within realm of digital imaging. Prerequisite:
Digital Imaging I
Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: 90
Course # 22-1620 SR
Dept: Art and Design
Course Description: This course demonstrates the interrelationship
between textiles and clothing design. It explores the importance of the textile
industry to the fashion industry.
Students acquire understanding of fibers, fabrics, manufacturing
techniques, trends, definitions, and uses of textiles applied to both
industries. On-site visits of local textile factories and when possible to
textile fairs give students the opportunity to gain a first hand look at the
Italian textiles industry. Prerequisites: Introduction to fashion design
Credit hours 3 Contact hours: 45
Course # 22-3670 SR
Dept: Art and Design
Course Description: Using the Italian fashion industry as a model,
students are introduced to the different workings and interrelationships of
various industries and services that compose the fashion business. From
textiles design and accessories to haut-couture and prt-a-porter, students
explore the many aspects of the Italian fashion industry. Visits to design
studios, fashion exhibits and textile factories introduce students to the
industry first hand. The course
looks at how trends are evaluated, fabrics are selected and final products find
their way from the drawing board to the runway and clothing racks. Prerequisites:
Introduction to fashion design
Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: 90
Course # 22-2603 SR
Dept: Art and Design
Course Description: A thorough foundation in fashion illustration is
established in this course, which covers fashion figure and garment
interpretation. Students study and
develop the basic structure unique to fashion figure and its characteristics,
history stylization, influence, and use in fashion illustration. Students learn
to interpret draping quality and surface texture of fabric. Individual
interpretation and creative drawing skills are emphasized.
Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: 90
Course # 22-3603 SR
Dept: Art and Design
Course Description: This course introduces advanced application of
fashion illustration in forms of communication such as advertising, marketing,
and designing of clothing. Students demonstrate further development of
individual interpretation and stylization of fashion illustration in various
problem-solving assignments. Refinement of drawing and conceptual skills is
stressed.
Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: 90
Course #
22-1600 SR
Dept: Art and Design
Course Description: This course is an introduction to basic sewing and
construction skills. Fabric definition, construction, and function are studied.
Students learn hand sewing and finishing, body measurements, pattern use,
fabric layout and cutting, and machine operation. Students are required to create and complete garments.
Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: 90
Course # 22-2600 SR
Dept: Art and Design
Course Description: This course presents more complex and specialized
manufacturing techniques in clothing construction. Applications of skills,
organization, and evaluation of the manufacturing process, and acquired
methodology are developed, discussed, and demonstrated. Emphasis is on the development of a
quality product. Prerequisites: Garment Construction I
Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: 90
Course # 22-2621 SR
Dept: Art and Design
Course Description: This course introduces students to the design and
construction of hats. 3D design
principles and hat-making techniques are studied and applied to wearable and
non-wearable creations. Students
learn basic skills of millinery construction through the methods of patterned
and blocked forms.
Credit hours 3 Contact hours: 90
Course # 22-2620 SR
Dept: Art and Design
Course Description:
The word batik (pronounced ba-teek) is Indonesian word
meaning wax writing. This
process involves brushing or applying melted beeswax to fabric. The waxed fabric is then submerged in
wet dyes. The waxed areas resist
the dyes creating designs in the fabric.
These fabrics are recognized for their crackle or veining that appears
in the design. This course covers
the dyeing techniques of wax resist, silk painting, and the tied and shaped
resist processes of Shibori. Projects are designed to teach ways of controlling
the image making process through solving color and design problems with the
manipulation of the resists and dye bath sequences. The course also includes
emphasis on dyes and fiber techniques for the finishing and embellishment of
fabrics such as quilting and sewing. Students may choose only one course
from the Special Studies list per semester
Credit hours 3 Contact hours: 90
Course # 22-2226 SR
Dept: Art and Design
Course Description: Silkscreen techniques range from hand-cut lacquer
and paper stencils to photographic emulsion techniques using both hand drawn
acetates and photographs with lithfilm. Instruction is given in color theory,
registration techniques, darkroom procedures, and equipment use. Assignments
cover a variety of textile surface design problems covering various systems for
design repetition.. Students may choose only one course from the Special
Studies list per semester.
Credit hours 3 Contact hours: 90
Course # TBA
Dept: Art and Design
Course Description: This course is an introduction of the traditional art of
weaving fabrics. In this beginning
weaving course students work on four harness weaving looms. The basic loom
techniques include: weaving terminology, textile analysis and pattern drafting,
preparation of wrap, dressing and operating the loom. Weaving techniques covered are: twills, basket, satin rep,
double weave, and hand manipulated techniques: tapestry, inlay, pick-up,
brocade, rug knots, leno and lace, and belt weave. This course is intended for fashion design and textile
design students.
Credit hours 3 Contact hours: 90
Course # 22-2242 SR
Dept: Art and Design
Offered: Spring & Fall
Course Description:
Through hands-on experience, students will be introduced to
all of the basic elements of design and
fabrication of contemporary and traditional jewelry. This course will give a
solid foundation in workshop practices while placing emphasis on both the
quality of design and craftsmanship.
Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: 90
Course # missing
Dept: Art and Design
Course Description: This course is designed to give beginning jewelry
students direct practical experience in the design and fabrication of
contemporary and traditional jewelry.
Students are introduced to workshop safety, use of tools and materials,
and aims to provide a solid foundation in workshop practice. Emphasis is placed
on both design and craftsmanship.
Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: 90
Course # missing
Dept: Art and Design
Course Description:
This course is designed to give intermediate jewelry
students further direct practical experience in the design and fabrication of
contemporary and traditional jewelry. Students are introduced to workshop
safety, use of tools and materials, and aims to provide a solid foundation in
workshop practice. Emphasis is placed on both design and craftsmanship.
Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: 90
Course # 22-2260 SR
Dept: Art and Design
Course Description: Color Strategies will examine the study of
traditional color theory in depth, along with modernist color
applications. The basic text
sources for the course are Johannes Ittens The Elements of Color, and
Joseph Albers The Interaction of Color. Many of the color exercises taught at the Bauhaus will be a
foundation of the course. The
students will be able to orient their color thinking towards their major area
of study throughout the semester. This course or its equivalent is a
prerequisite for Beginning Painting
Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: 90
Course # 22-2220 SR
Dept: Art and Design
Course Description: In this introductory oil painting course, students
will learn the basic techniques of pictorial representation: color mixing,
color composition, the depiction of light and form through painterly means,
alla prima painting, under-painting and glazing. Through studio assignments, students will explore a variety
of approaches to oil painting and gain competence using these techniques and
materials. Studio assignments will be augmented by discussions, critiques,
illustrated lectures, museum visits and the analysis of historic and contemporary
paintings. Prerequisites: Drawing I and Color Strategies
Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: 90
Course # 22-2221 SR
Dept: Art and Design
Course Description: This intermediate painting course builds upon the
formal skills learned in Beginning Painting and cultivates further conceptual
understanding. Through a series of
studio projects based upon a variety of historical approaches to painting,
students will strengthen their mastery of materials and techniques while
developing an increased understanding of the relationship between form, subject
and content..Museum visits, illustrated lectures, critical readings and
critiques will supplement studio projects. Prerequisites: Drawing I,
Beginning Painting
Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: 90
Course # 22-2223 SR
Dept: Art and Design
Course Description: Compositional context of the figure and individual
form development are studied, using both nude and costumed models, various
media and techniques, and individualized instruction. Acrylics, oils, pastels, watercolors, canvas, and paper are
used.. Prerequisites: Figure Drawing I, Beginning painting
Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: 90
Course # 22-3222 SR
Dept: Art and Design
Course Description: Painting III is an advanced painting course that
provides students with a loosely structured sequence of conceptual painting
problems based upon modern and contemporary artistic practices. Through studio projects that engage
broad topics in painting, students will begin to define their own personal
interests and develop an informed individual aesthetic. This course leads students to develop a
greater level of conceptual knowledge and technical skill, which prepares them
for the self-generated problems of Advanced Studio and independent professional
practice. Studio projects will be
augmented by critical readings, illustrated lectures and visits to contemporary
art exhibitions. Prerequisites: Drawing II, Painting II
Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: 90
Course # 22-3223 SR
Dept: Art and Design
Course Description: Students will be encouraged to choose subject matter
and materials that relate to their individual visual concerns and interests.
Students will work on developing their own body of work that deals with the
issues of content, process, and technique. Classes will include discussions of
painting, slides, videos, and visits to museums and contemporary galleries. Prerequisites:
Drawing II, Painting III
Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: 90
Course #
22-2217 SR
Dept: Art and Design
Course Description: This course introduces beginning and advanced
students to the formal and technical issues of on site drawing. Students will learn to accurately and
creatively render from life. The
class will address the challenges and benefits posed from working on site. Taking advantage of the city of
Florence and its environs students will work primarily on location in museums,
gardens and other historic locations of interest to the instructor and
students. Student will be
encourage to use a wide range of mark making tools including:
Credit hours 3 Contact hours: 90
Dept: Art and Design
Course # 22-2218 SR
Course Description: This course introduces beginning and advanced
students to the formal and technical issues of on site painting and
drawing. Students will learn
to accurately and creatively render from life. The class will address the challenges and benefits posed
from working on site. Taking
advantage of the city of Florence and its environs students will work primarily
on location in museums, gardens and other historic locations of interest to the
instructor and students. For
practical reasons students will be encourage to use only water based colors
though more advanced students may choose to further develop work done on
location in other medium outside of class time.
Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: 90
Course #
22-2219 SR
Dept: Art and Design
Course Description:
This course introduces beginning and advanced students to
the formal and technical issues of on site painting. Students will learn to accurately and creatively
render from life. The class will
address the challenges and benefits posed from working on site. Taking advantage of the city of Florence
and its environs students will work primarily on location in museums, gardens
and other historic locations of interest to the instructor and students. For practical reasons students will be
encourage to use only water based colors though more advanced students may
choose to further develop work done on location in other medium outside of
class time.
Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: 90
Course #
22-2226 SR
Dept: Art and Design
Course Description: In the Landscape Painting class students will develop
critical thinking skills about thematic issues in art by exploring the subject
of landscape through drawing, painting, discussion and readings. We will look at the issues surrounding
the use of landscape in art by examining different cultures attitudes about
space and place.
Using
Florence and the surrounding countryside, the class will consist of several
sessions of on-sight sketching and painting. We will also have studio time to develop a long-term project
using landscape as the subject.
Credit hours: 1-3 Contact hours: n/a
Course #
22-3998SR
Dept: Art and Design
Course Description: An independent project is the advanced study of a
topic of particular interest to the student. An independent project must not be
equivalent in content to courses offered at Santa Reparata. The project takes
place outside the regular classroom environment and requires a faculty advisor
who will evaluate the result of the project and submit the grade. It is
expected that students create and develop a study or production schedule for
their projects and that they are prepared to devote at least 3 clock hours of
work per week (45 clock hours for semester) for each credit award to be
awarded. 3 credit hours equal about 9 hours per week of work outside of class
time. Students are required to begin developing their project ideas and
completing their independent project form before the add period ends. The
faculty advisor must approve the proposed project by signing the form. The
completed form must be presented to the Director.
Credit hours 3 Contact hours: 90
Course # 22-1210 SR
Dept: Art and Design
Course Description: Through observational drawing, using black and white
media, students learn the skills needed to realistically render 3-dimensional
objects on a 2-dimensional surface. Renaissance systems of perspective and
chiaroscuro drawing are explored along with the formal aspects of drawing such
as line, tone, shape, rhythm, composition, space and proportion.
Credit hours 3 Contact hours: 90
Course # 22-1211 SR
Dept: Art and Design
Course Description: While the emphasis remains on accuracy, clarity,
observation and realistic rendering, individual creative solutions are
encouraged in this class. Throughout the semester, students will be challenged
to find their own creative means to eloquently express their ideas in drawing.
In this class, there is a choice of various drawing media and color. Prerequisite:
Drawing I
Credit hours 3 Contact hours: 90
Course # 22-2214 SR
Dept: Art and Design
Course Description: Using live nude and costumed models, on-site visits
to draw from sculptures, and street life in Florence, students will study the
anatomical and structural dynamics of the human figure. This course will
emphasize the role of the human figure in both traditional and contemporary
art. Materials used include pencil, charcoal, conte and wash drawing. Prerequisite:
Drawing I
Credit hours 3 Contact hours: 90
Course # 22-2224 SR
Dept: Art and Design
Course Description: Students explore the expressive forms and history of
printmaking while learning various printmaking techniques. Projects will start
with simple one-color relief prints and graduate to multi-color relief, intaglio,
monotype and photomechanical
processes. The inter-relationships of these media to other art disciplines and
ideas are stressed.
Pre-requisite: Drawing I
Credit hours 3 Contact hours: 90
Course # 22- 2225 SR
Dept: Art and Design
Course Description: The approach to printmaking at Santa Reparata
includes low-tech processes such as relief prints, intaglio and monotype,
combined with the most advanced digital and photomechanical processes. Students
will be encouraged to build on their prior experience in printmaking and learn
new processes in order to develop their personal approach to image making. Pre-requisites:
Drawing I and Printmaking I
Credit hours 3 Contact hours: 90
Course # 22-2227 SR
Dept: Art and Design
Course Description: Introduction to simple black and white woodcut
printing and more complex methods of working in on color. Students will learn
reduction printing, multiple blocks, chine-colle, and the use of the jigsaw to
divide the block for separate, multi-colored inking will also be demonstrated,
as will various methods of registration and printing, both by hand and using
the presses.
Credit hours 3 Contact hours: 90
Course # 22- 2226 SR
Dept: Art and Design
Serigraphy or Silk Screen is a printmaking technique that can be applied to fine art prints, graphic design and photographic experimentation. The course covers various stencil making techniques; paper and cut stencils; direct block out, with the main emphasis on photographic emulsion techniques using both hand drawn acetates, photocopies, computer printouts and photographs with litho film or diffusion transfer film. Instruction in darkroom procedures, ink mixing, registration; and printing methods will be given.\
Credit hours 3 Contact hours: 90
Course # 22-3347 SR
Dept: Art and Design
Course Description: This intensive course will introduce students to the traditions and methods of the handmade book, as well as the expressive possibilities available with bookworks. The student will begin with simple foundational structures such as pamphlet-stitched and accordion style books and progress through more complex historical structures such as books sewn on supports, longstitch and coptic bindings. Exploration with materials is encouraged and students can combine other media (such as photography, printmaking, painting, etc.) they are familiar with in creating their bookworks. In addition students will be introduced to traditional methods of typesetting. To help acquaint the student with the long and on-going tradition of book arts in Italy, time permitting, fieldtrips will be organized to visit contemporary artists (bookbinders, papermakers) in their studios as well as visits to museums and institutions in the area which maintain collections relevant to the art of the book. Lastly, through slide presentations, sample works and lectures, the student will be given an overview of the history of the book and its development in Western art.
Credit hours 3 Contact hours: 90
Course # 22-3348 SR
Dept: Art and Design
Course Description: This course is intended for intermediate and
advanced book arts students. In
addition to learning three to four new book structures students will be given
more complex projects and variations of structures learned in past
semesters. More emphasis will be
given to craftsmanship and creativity in completed projects. In the second half of the course
students will project a book or series of books that will be completed by the
end of the semester. In addition
to the final book project students must complete research in an area of book
arts to inform and integrate into their final project. This research may be on ancient
manuscripts studying calligraphy, illuminated manuscripts, ancient binding
structures, typographic research or other areas relating to book arts.
Credit hours 3 Contact hours: 45
Course # 22-1103 SR
Dept: Art and Design
Course Description: Beginning with the frescoes of the late 1200s from
the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, this course covers the most important
artists of the 1300s, 1400s, and
early 1500s. Students are guided through the major artistic developments of
these centuries from the spatial discoveries of Giotto, to the mathematical
discovery of perspective, and on to the rebirth of interest in the classical
world. The course covers historical and political events and analyzes their
influence on the artistic production. Many class sessions are held on-site in
museums and churches to enhance the in-class slide lectures.
Credit hours 3 Contact hours: 45
Course # 22-3100 SR
Dept: Art and Design
Course Description: This Special Topics course offers the opportunity for
specialized study in the area of Art History not normally available as part of
the course offerings. Possible courses that may be offered include Futurism;
The High Mannerists; History of Printmaking and the Book; Roman and Etruscan
Art and Archeology; Realism, Modernism and Post-Modernsim; Il Quattrocento; and
Il Cinquecento.
Credit hours 3 Contact hours: 45
Course # 22-3100 SR
Dept: Art and Design
Course Description: This course will introduce students to
Early Renaissance Italian Art, focusing mainly on Florence and Venice. The
course is designed to explore the relationship between art history and history,
between art objects and important episodes in political , social and
intellectual history. Students
will learn a new way to see a work of art as a product and and a producer of
its time. Beginning with the competition for Baptistery doors we will follow
the evolution of the discovery of perspective, the rediscovery of classical
elements in architecture, painting
and sculpture. While the contribution of artists such as Brunelleschi,
Donatello, Masaccio, Ghiberti, Botticelli, Ghirlandaio, Michelangelo will be
discussed in detail, the course will also cover lesser known artists such as
Lippi.Pollaiolo, Verrocchio, Piero della Francesca, Paolo Uccello, Luca della
Robbia, Beato Angelico, Andrea del Castagno, Rossellino.
Credit hours 3 Contact hours: 45
Course # 22-3100 SR
Dept: Art and Design
Course
Description: The
art, history, and culture in Florence ,Rome and Venice between Late XV century.
and the beginning of the XVII cent are explored in this course. This historical
period marked a shift in political, religious and artistic life of Italy. During this time many of the
values acquired in the previous periods were put in discussions. The works of
writers and artists were deeply affected by the social and political
climate. It is during this period
in History that we begin to see the roots of modern individualism.
Credit hours 3 Contact hours: 45
Course # 22-3100 SR
Dept: Art and Design
Course Description: The end of the 1950s brought new directions in
artistic practices and beliefs. With the advent of Happenings, Pop Art,
Conceptual Art, Body Art, Earthworks, Installations and many other
investigations, the role of the artist in society changed significantly.
Starting with a review of the formative artistic ideas, which led up to these
new directions, this course will take a close look at the art of today. This
inquiry is of absolute importance for artists wishing to understand the challenges
faced as the 21st century begins.
Credit hours 3 Contact hours: 45
Course # 22-3100 SR
Dept: Art and Design
Course Description: As an introduction to the history of photography,
this course covers work from Europe and the United States from the late
nineteenth century to present. Students will develop familiarity with the
complex and contradictory genres of photographic images: between documentary
and discourse; between mass culture and avant-garde art. Particular emphasis
will be given to Italian photography.
Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: 45
Course # 22- 1131
Dept: Art and Design
Course Description: This course will provide the student with a basic
survey of the history of architecture, from antiquity through the twentieth
century, using the city of Florence and Italy as a case study of major
movements and issues in architectural and urban design. We will examine the city from its
earliest foundations as a Roman military colony through its great Romanesque,
Gothic, and Renaissance monuments that still define the city today. We will finish the course by looking at
the interventions of Poggi and Michelucci in the nineteenth and twentieth
centuries.
Credit hours 3 Contact hours: 45
Course # 22-3100 SR
Dept: Art and Design
Course Description: This art history course focuses on the history and
development of the Venice Biennale, one of the oldest and most famous
international contemporary art expositions in the world. Founded in 1893, the
Venice Biennale was the first exhibition of its kind to invite participating
artists from around the world.
With the exception of the years during WW I and WW II, it has been held
every two years since. The evolution of its organization has been interesting,
complex, and includes historical, art historical and political influences. Beginning with selected European
countries and the United States, the Venice Biennale now represents more than
60 countries. The Venice Biennale was the first exposition that attempted to
bring the most influential and important international art and artists together
in one venue. Since its founding
it has been a model to many other international art exhibitions and biennials
as well as a mirror of the developments of contemporary art trends. In studying the history of the Biennale
students will have the unique opportunity to explore all the aspects that make
up such an event, from the practical to the political, and from the national to
the international. Beyond the
historical developments of the Venice Biennale, topics of discussion will include: the global art market; development of
the concept of installation; the role of the curator; the proliferation of
other international biennial exhibitions; and the changes in art criticism that
have evolved from this event. Lectures will also be given on a selected number
of artists represented in the exhibition.
Credit hours 3 Contact hours: 45
Course # 51-2684 SR
Dept: Liberal Education
Course Description: This course is
designed to broaden students Italian experience through a wide range of
cultural activities and lectures on a variety of subjects. A local Instructor
will coordinate and lead various field trips such as: visits to artist and
artisan studios; a night at the Opera; a visit to Pietrasanta to see the
marble-carving and bronze-casting studios; visits to museums, concerts and
nearby towns. The course will also include lectures on topics ranging from the
history of Italian Opera to Contemporary Italian Politics. One of the first
classroom activities (lead by a professional book artist) is to create an
original sketchbook or journal using traditional book-making techniques.
Students will be asked to record their experiences by collecting materials,
writing and sketching. Classes are held once a week with several guest visits
and five additional field trips or workshops as well as local excursions.
Students are given a schedule at the beginning of the semester so that they may
coordinate their weekend traveling.
The Italian Journal course is designed to aid students in maximizing
their stay in Florence. It seeks to provide a general framework into which
students own experiences may be more contextually placed, whilst offering
insights into various areas of Italian, and more particularly Tuscan, culture
and society. It is hoped that the expressive elements of the course will offer
students the opportunity to develop their communications skills whilst
consolidating and solidifying the material learnt.
There is an additional lab fee for this course that covers
transportation, museum entry fees, and other activities. This fee must be paid
in addition to tuition fees or the student will not be enrolled in course.
Credit hours:3 Contact hours: 45
Course # Missing
Course Description: In this
course students are introduced to the world of Italian Cinema. It is a general
analysis of post-war cinema and a parallel social history of this period using
film as "decoded historical evidence". In the first part of the class
discussion will focus on Neorealism, a cinematic phenomenon that deeply
influenced the ideological and aesthetic rules of film art. The second part of
the course will concentrate on the films that mark the decline of Neorealism
and the talent of "new"
auteurs such as Fellini and Antonioni . Focusing on the latest
developments of the Italian film industry the last part of the course is
devoted to the cinema from the 1970's to the present. The class will also analyse
the different aspects of Film Making both in Italian and the U.S. industry.
Credit hours 3 Contact hours: 45
Course #
49-3320
Dept: Liberal Education
Course Description: In this history course, students will study the
history of Modern Italy from the Risorgimento and continue on through the
development and decline of the liberal Italian state, Mussolini and Italian
Fascism, World War II, and post World War II Italy up through recent historical
events. Introduction to major
literary, cinematographic, design, and artistic movements are covered as well
as social aspects of Italian life including topics such as the development of
the Italian educational system, the Italian Mafia, its roots and its influence,
the feminist movement and the changing roll of the woman in Italian society.
Credit hours 3 Contact hours: 45
Course #
49-3321
Dept: Liberal Education
Course Description: Students will be presented with an interdisciplinary
overview of the history of the city from its origins in antiquity to the late
fifteenth century. Although the course emphasizes the artistic achievements of
the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries still visible in todays Florence, it
will lead up to
these works through a consideration of their cultural context. Throughout the
course, visits to local sites of relevant interest will be scheduled.
Credit hours 3 Contact hours: 45
Course #
50-2515
Dept: Liberal Education
Course Description: This course is designed for both sociology and
Italian studies students. The course is divided into two parts. The first part will give background to
the historical development of the Italian family from Roman Times.
The Patriarchal
system that began in Roman times and endured into the twentieth century will be
explored. The second part of the
course will focus on the modern Italian family. The roll of each member of the family will be explored
in-depth. Topics of discussion will include the roll of the mother and how it
has changed over the last century, the roll that grandparents play in child
rearing, the change from extended family to nuclear family, the declining birth
rate and the effect it is having on family dynamic, regional as well as
socio-economic influences on the structure of the family nucleus will be
studied. The course will give students the opportunity to have a greater
understanding of the Italian people.
In addition, students will be asked to compare and discuss how their
family dynamics and structures differ from those of the Italian family. Students will be asked to interview
native Italians to gain a greater more personal understanding of the subject.
Credit hours 3 Contact hours: 45
Course # 50-2301
Dept: Liberal Education
Course Description: This political science course will introduce students
to the Italian political system.
Students will study the Italian constitution, parliamentary system,
political parties, electoral process and systems of administration. Historical background to political
parties and governmental structures are studied. A daily discussion of current events is incorporated into
lessons. Special attention will be
given to the relationship that Italy has with Europe and the United States.
Credit hours:3 Contact hours: 45
Course# 55-1101 SR
Dept: Liberal Education
Course Description: Emphasizing the positive, interactive relationship
among student, instructor, and class, students will explore the different
genres of creative writing.
Students will move at their own pace developing perceptual, technical,
and imaginative abilities in several forms of creative writing. This is a
writing workshop with a strong literature component. In each meeting we will do
a close reading of one or two short pieces of fiction or poetry by well known
British or American authors and discuss two or three pieces of student writing.
The literature gives students a good introduction to British and American
authors from the Romantics to the present, and, more importantly for our
purposes, it provides students with excellent examples of different genres and
styles that will inspire students to try fresh approaches in their own writing.
Credit hours 3 Contact hours: 45
Course #
51-2105
Dept: Liberal Education
In this Literature course students will study and read
portions of the major literary works of three of the most influential and
important poets in Italian Literature, Dante, Boccaccio and Petrarca. These works will be read in
translation. Main readings will be
taken from Dantes Diviine Comedy, Boccaccios Decameron and Petrarcas
Canzoniere. The historical,
political and philosophic influences will be discussed in-depth.
Pre-requisites: College level English composition course
Credit hours 4 Contact hours: 60
Course # 51-1320 SR
Dept: Liberal Education
Course Description: This is an entry level Italian language course
designed for students who have never studied the language before. After
completing this course, students will be able to communicate in everyday situations
such as introducing themselves, shopping for food or clothing, asking for
directions, and making reservations. The course goal is a basic but solid
grammatical understanding of the Italian language, listening, speaking, reading
and writing skills.
Credit hours 4 Contact hours: 60
Course # 51-2305 SR
Dept: Liberal Education
Course Description: Italian Language: Designed for students who have
attended at least one beginning level Italian course, students will build on
grammar and vocabulary learned in the first semester. Prerequisite:
Beginning Italian
Credit hours 4 Contact hours: 60
Course # 51-2320 SR
Dept: Liberal Education
Course Description: For students who have completed two semesters of
Italian Language, this course will develop further grammatical proficiency,
pronunciation and reading comprehension. Prerequisites: Italian II or the successful completion
of an entrance exam given at the beginning of the semester.
Credit hours 4 Contact hours: 60
Course # 51-2321 SR
Dept: Liberal Education
Course Description: This is a course for students who have completed at
least three semesters of Italian Language: it includes comprehensive reading
skills, oral communication, and an extensive grammar review. The student is
provided with authentic, unabridged reading materials that are both interesting
and relevant. Authentic texts provide the language learner with an
invaluable source of culture, rich source of vocabulary and more difficult
grammatical structures. All exercises and activities will focus on the
development of reading skills and stimulate students' ability to interact in
the target language through meaningful and creative communication.
Prerequisites: Italian III or the successful completion
of an entrance exam given at the beginning of the semester.
Credit hours 6 Contact hours: 90
Course # 51-1329 SR
Course Description: This is an entry level Italian language course
designed for students who have never studied the language before. It is a more
intensive language course offering students the opportunity to focus a greater
amount of time on the acquisition of the Italian language. After completing
this course, students will be able to communicate in everyday situations such
as introducing themselves, shopping for food or clothing, asking for
directions, and making reservations, a writing and reading small basic texts in
Italian. This focus on practical topics will give students the tools
to interact immediately in their new environment. As
students develop their language skills, new and more complex topics of
conversation are introduced.
Emphasis is given to the introduction of Italian culture
(politics, history, art, traditions, social customs, literature, cinema, daily
life, etc.) Many conversation topics are taken from local newspapers,
television and Italian magazines. The course program is presented together
with the grammar book chapters. At the end of each week there will be one brief
quiz. The course goal
is a solid grammatical understanding of the Italian language, listening,
speaking, reading and writing skills.
About
Santa Reparata International School of Art: Santa
Reparata is a 501(c)(3) non-profit American art school located in Florence,
Italy. Santa Reparata is a program
for study abroad students.
Students attending
classes at
Santa Reparata do not graduate nor do they receive a degree.
Course
Numbering System
(Example:
Course N. 23- 3620 SR)
Department
Code: 23
Level:
3
Subject
catagory: 6
Sequencing
Independent Projects Internship: 20
School
code: SR
Departments:
Dept 22:
Art and Design
Subject Category Code: 1= Art History; 2=Fine Art; 3=Graphics; 6= Fashion
Design; 7= Product Design; 8= Interior Design
Dept 23:
Photography
Subject Category Code: 1=Foundation; 2= Digital; 3= General/ Commercial
Orientation; 4= Specific Focus- Commercial; 5= Documentary/ Photojournalism; 6=
History/ Criticism; 7= Art; 8=
Business; 9= Capstones.
Dept 49,
50, 51: Liberal Education
(49=
History; 50= Social Sciences, 51= Humanities)
Dept 55:
Fiction Writing.
Course
Levels:
1000=
Introductory courses that usually do not require prerequisites
2000=
Intermediate courses that may require prerequisites
3000=
Advanced courses that normally require prerequisites
Credit
Hours: One-credit hour indicates a minimum
of 50 minutes of class time per week. Most academic offerings are 3-credit hour
courses, requiring 45 contact hours per semester. Studio Art courses are
3-credit hour courses that require 2 contact hours per credit hour, per week,
for a total of 90 contact hours per semester.
Contact
Hours: Academic
courses meet for a total of 45 contact hours. Most academic courses require field trips and on-site
visits. These are mandatory and
may be considered part of the total contact hours. Attendance in ALL courses is mandatory. Students with more than 20% of
un-excused absences receive an automatic F for the course.
Semesters:
Fall
& Spring, 14 weeks full time load=15-16 credit hours
Summer
(three sessions)=3-4 weeks full-time load=6 credit hours per session.
Explanation
of grading system:
Hours
attempted are the
number of hours for which student
has received a grade of A, A-, B+. B, B-, C+, C, C-, D, OR
CR has been given.
Grades
and Symbols:
Course work
completed or incomplete is recorded on transcripts using the following codes:
A = 4.0
grade points (Outstanding)
A- = 3.7
grade points
B+ = 3.3
grade points
B = 3.0
grade points (Above
Average)
B- = 2.7
grade points
C+ = 2.3
grade points (Average)
C = 2.0
grade points
C- = 1.7grade
points
D = 1
grade point (Below
Average)
F = 0
grade points (Failure)
IN = 0
grade points (Incomplete) is given at the
discretion of the instructor. Incompletes must be made up by the end of the
successive semester.
CR = 0 grade
points Successful completion of all
course work under the credit/no credit option.
W = 0
grade points (Withdrawal) indicates that
the student was passing at the time of withdrawal.
EX = (Expelled)
Release
of Academic Records: Santa Reparata transcripts and other
student records are released by the Directors office located in Florence Italy
or the Registrars office in San Antonio, TX, by written request from the student or persons authorized to do
so.
Attendance Policy: All students
attending courses at Santa Reparata are required to attend classes
regularly. Attendance is daily in
every course and reported weekly to the schools administration. Students missing more than 20% in a
course will receive an automatic F , failing grade for that course on their
transcript. Exceptions will be
made for excused absences. For an
absence to be excused a student must present a valid doctors note signed by
the Director and presented to the instructor. Students with excused absence will be required
to complete all work, exams an extra projects to make up for missed classes. Field trips scheduled by instructors if
indicated as such on the syllabus require attendance and are consider part of
the course curriculum. Attendance
on these outings and events is mandatory.
Students will be informed in advance of the dates, meeting times and
costs associated with these activities.