Nov 14, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2020-21

ART 3320 - Content & Concept in Material & Form


Through the development of a portfolio of work, students explore how choices and shifts of formal considerations, material, scale, and other physical properties of the art object contribute to and can affect content and interpretation.

Requisites: Two courses (ART 2310 or 2320 or 2330 or 2902) and two 2000-level Studio Art courses
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 lecture, 4.0 laboratory
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Acquire experience in the production of objects shaped by the consideration of content.
  • Acquire practice in the configuring of formal language to service specific content and project goals.
  • Develop a coherent portfolio of related works that visually demonstrates an artistic intent articulated via the employment of formal language, material choices, and the shaping of space and material.
  • Develop and apply evaluative criteria tailored to specific project goals and theoretical positions.
  • Have ability to place studio and research interests in historical and contemporary discourse contexts.


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