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Basic Drawing I, II
F112141-F112142
This course introduces a primary role of drawing as a ground for the artistic creation. Special attention is given to training students for the close observation of objects centered on the human figure. The purpose of course is to give students an opportunity to explore the act of seeing and observation and to understand how quite personal act like observation can become a tool for expression and interpretation by the physical act of drawing. Many exercises are based on contour and gesture drawing of a nude model.
2-Dimensional Design I, II
F123221-F123222
This course is an introduction to the conventions of visual language. Through assignments, students are made to understand two-dimensional visual thinking and conventions as a tool for visual communication. The assignments include the self-study about color, perspective, division of space, use of black and white, etc.
F123231-F123232
This course provide students with chances to explore three-dimensional structures and concepts of mass, volume, and space and to experience various possibilities of the sculpture techniques. Many exercises are designed to test the student's visual endurance and perseverance as well as the ability to compromise between imagination, materials, and technical limitations.
Korean Art History
F112291
This is an introductory survey course of traditional Korean paintings, sculptures, and crafts. The approach is primarily theoretical, but in-depth case studies will help students get a comprehensive and vivid understanding of Korean aesthetics.
Creative Workshop I, II
F112301-F112302
In this course, students are encouraged to evaluate and analyze their individual concepts and sensibilities, and to experiment further with their artistic direction. The course includes an examination of works of major artists. From this experience, students will be also encouraged to rework their own works from a viewpoint of others.
Art & Culture I-VI
F112021-F112026
This six-continuing semester course examines several issues of liberal arts and social science from a point of view of an artist. The approach assumes that an artist is connected with society, and thus the works of art will be studied in their historical, cultural, political, socio-economic, philosophical, and aesthetic contexts. The methods and subject matters of the course will be very wide and open.
F112211-F112212
This course will provide a thematic view of the artistic evolution from the 1960s, including Pop, Minimalism, Conceptual Art, Process Art, New Figuration, Video Art, and New Media. The lecture focuses on how history, society, philosophy and politics have shaped them as well as the critical influence they have wielded in contemporary art.
Studio I-IV
F112191-F112194
The studio programs are open to juniors and seniors of the Fine Art department. With development of individual ideas and goals, students will be able to approach to arts in a more professional way in a studio.
Graduation Work
F114870
This course is designed to evaluate the student's work and their potentiality as an artist. A student is supposed to present his or her own work, and a group of critics, which consists of university faculty members and outside professionals, will decide whether the student deserves to participate in the graduation exhibition. The criterion is the unanimous appreciation of the evaluation committee.
Painting
F113101-F113102, F114011-F114012, F114021-F114022
This is a theoretical and technical introductory course to the masterpieces of Korea and the West. This will develop students' expertise on the traditional paintings.
Basic Printmaking
F114051-F114052
This course focuses on the origins and functions of printmaking. Printmaking works of major artists will be analyzed, but the emphasis is on the aspect of prints inherent in the medium. Both theoretical and practical approaches are provided to help students developing their own personal imagery.
Printmaking
F114261-F114262
The course covers advanced study in etching and lithography. Students will understand the characteristics of the medium as well as diverse languages of printmaking.
Photography & Its Expression
F114730
The course is an introduction to photography including the mechanics of camera, the history and the works of photography, and its properties and possibilities as creative expression. It will concern all the aspects of photography from aesthetical, philosophical, physical, and chemical viewpoints.
Image & the Computer
F114580
Digital technology has been dramatically redefining and broadening artistic expression. In this course, students will lean a basic visual vocabulary of digital art and examine the complex relationship between art and technology in relation to culture and society.
Space & Holography
F114830
Artists have employed scientific or technological invention for the aesthetic purpose. This course will provide students with a comprehensive understanding of holographic representation, which is possible with the advent of laser. The emphasis is on image formation in a space with laser. Mechanics and features of laser and three-dimensional representation by optical construction will be investigated throughout the course.
Light & Holography
F113120
Both technical and aesthetic aspects of using light sources including the natural and the artificial (neon and laser) will be considered as a means of art. Light is a fundamental element for all forms of visualization, and the extensive study of light will help students explore more expressive possibilities of art.
Presentation & Portfolio
F113110
Students will learn how to develop and present the distinct features of their works in front of other artist and curators. Themes include; explore personal visual language; organize a given space with works; analyze and criticize their own working processes, etc. During the course, a guest lecture will be held to introduce the current flow or trend of arts outside the country.
English Test
F412050
Graduate students of the Department of Fine Art should get a score of 70 (out of 100) for graduation.
Graduation Exhibition
F412040, F422040
To participate in the graduation exhibition, a student should make a presentation of his or her work with a well written essay and photos. When the student gets the unanimous appreciation of evaluation committee, he or she will have a solo exhibition and group critiques of it.
Model Shop
F122090
This course covers safety, logistics, and operation of both stationary and portable power tools available in the industrial design wood shop.
Industrial Design
F122051-F122052
Concerned with design from concept to conclusion, this course involves the student in all aspects of the design process. Through hands-on experience, criticism and analysis, students will begin to understand the complex process of design.
Image and Words
F123130
Image and words are the fundamentals of visual design. Students will learn how to visualize the peculiarity of one product through its BI (Brand Image).
Interactive Web Design
F123061-F123062
This course explores the concepts and structure of online communications employing interactive digital media. A variety of digital tools and procedures will be employed, including graphics processing, Internet access, file transmission and web page design.
User Interface
F123081-F123082
The issue of the interrelationship between human beings and products is very important, and design major students should understand how a well-conceived and well-designed product can comfort and improve the works of its user. Many case studies will performed as well as explorations on the designing procedures.
Design Process
F123010
This course explores the technical preparation of artwork for publication. The goal of this course is to develop the skills that are necessary to technically produce publications in the graphic design and advertising professions and to develop an understanding of how technical processes relate to the creative design process.
Media Studio
F132331-F132332
This course provides students with a fundamental architectural drawing and model-making skills. It will enrich, extend, and support the student's works in the area of representation. Freshman and sophomore students can take different lessons about documentation, image, planning, computer, concepts, etc.
Form and Space
F132180
This course examines the relationship between built form and space and introduces architectural and critical theory and concepts.
Architecture and Computer
F134140
This course focuses on the use of computers in architectural design, production, presentation, and communication. The basics of computer technology, the concepts of the prevailing software application packages, and the integration of analog and digital tools available are covered.
CAD (Computer Aided Design)
F124141
Basic two- and three- dimensional commands and procedures are applied to generate an elevation view, a floor plan, and a three-dimensional model of a house.
F132360
This course offers the architectural student the opportunity to explore the world of structures beyond basic analysis and strength of materials. Discussions include the history of building materials and systems, current building design practices, and where the industry is heading. In addition, the students will learn about past engineering structural failures, code compliance, serviceability issues, and the use of computer technology for structural design.
Architectural Research Studio
F132021-F132022, F432011-F432014
This is a year-long investigation of a specific research topic developed into an architectural proposition. The research should represent a synthesis of the student's understanding of a architecture through reading, writing, and visual analysis.
History of Asian Art
F142350
This course introduces the art of India, China, Japan, and Korea. Students will learn to identify the historical monuments and masterpieces of sculpture, painting and calligraphy of Asian civilizations and understand the cultural context of these works. The course is not intended to be a comprehensive history of the art of each of these countries, rather, lectures and class discussion will focus on the aspects that distinguish each country as well as important development that links East Asia as a whole,
Studies on Sculptures
F142430
This course studies sculpture from Rodin to the present. It covers developments such as Abstraction, Constructivism, Surrealism, and Kinetics; and recent movements such as earth art, conceptual art, and performance art.
18th, 19th Century Western Art
F142260
The main emphasis is on French 18th-19th century art, but the art of other European countries and America is also considered.
History of Meeting of Eastern and Western Art
F142360
Taking the Silk Road art as the point of departure, this course will discuss the development of Eastern and Western art in later periods. Confronting the challenge and stimulation of the other culture, how did the art world react and respond to foreign art and style? Did the interaction between the artists of the East and the West enrich each other? These counter-currents in art and culture are to be the focal points of discussion.
Renaissance Art
F142160
This course considers 15th- and 16th- century art in Italy; the innovations of Donatello, Brunelleschi and Masaccio; the High Renaissance of Raphael, Leonardo and Michelangelo; the emergence and decline of Mannerism; the late Renaissance in Venice (Titan, Tintoretto and Veronese).
Baroque and Rococo Art
F122210
The church answers Protestant austerity with the glorious spectacle of Baroque painting, sculpture, and architecture. Naturalism and realism, the classical revival and the uses of space, time, and light will be examined through masters of the 17th century such as Rubens, Caravaggio, the Caracci, Bernini, Cortona, Borromini, Ribera, and Velazquez.
From Pop Art to the Art of 90's
F142320
This course will act as an introduction to Pop and Conceptual Art, Happenings, Minimalism, Earth and Body Art, Photo realism, Political Art, Neo-expressionism, Post-modernism, Video, Performance and Installation Art. It will emphasize how our understanding of art since 1960s is continually being reframed by critical debate.
Collection Management and Museum Studies
F144250
This survey of museology introduces students to the history of museums and to debates on the philosophical nature of museums and their roles in society. The course covers the types and definitions of museums, traces the history of museums, discusses contemporary museum practice, and examines current issues in the museum profession.
Art Criticism
F142170
This course reviews of the history and methods of art criticism. Several types of art criticism are explored as the means to understand the aims and the methods of visual arts.
Studies on History of Chinese Painting
F443340
This course deals with Chinese painting from T'ang through Early Ch'ing dynasties. It investigates the philosophical ideas embodied in the subject and stylistic changes from the classical balance of Northern Sung landscape to the Expressionism of Confucian scholar painters and mad monk painters.
Studies on Buddhism Art
F443310
This course surveys Buddhist art and architecture in India, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, China, Korea, and Japan. Focusing on a single religious tradition, the course follows Buddhism's changing forms from India through Asia to Japan. Examining issues of politics, patronage, and iconography, a range of art forms will be covered, beginning with the historical Buddha's birth. Buddhism's adaptability and variety will be highlighted as the course moves across Asia.
History of Abstract Art
F443350
This course explores the development of abstract art in France, the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Russia, and the United States from circa 1900 through the 1920s. The focus is on the origins of abstract art in Symbolism and the movements of Cubism, Fauvism, Futurism, Orphism, Synchromism, Suprematism, Constructivism, De Stijl, as well as the contributions of Kandinsky and the Blaue Reiter.
Realism and Symbolism
F443360
The course covers the period of 1880-1907, from Seurat and Neo-Impressionism through early Matisse and Fauvism. Topics will include fin-du-siecle movements, such as Art Nouveau, and Symbolism? painters Redon, Moreau, and Puvis de Chavannes. Because of the synthetic character of early modernism, interdisciplinary approaches, such as symbolist literature, art theory, psychology, and nationalist politics are applied to the influence of style, iconography and criticism.
Classicism and Romanticism
F443390
The development of French painting from classicism through Romanticism will be examined in this course with consideration given to contemporary school of realism. International manifestations of these styles, especially in England and Germany, will be explored as they relate to French art. Painters to be studied will include David, Gericault, Girodet, Gros, Boily, Ingres, and Delacroix.