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Iconic & Emerging Artists

The Painting course investigates traditional and modern media and techniques through intensive studio sessions taught by practicing artists. Initial courses explore techniques applicable to a range of painting methods and initiate the student to a technical understanding of pigments, grounds, surfaces and preparation. These, supplemented with the exploration and understanding of colour through studio based exercises, form the basis of building a strong visual vocabulary. Students gain the opportunity to work with commissioned public projects in the city and work with faculty members on-site as part of their curriculum. Form may also include visual design principles, such as arrangement, balance, contrast, emphasis, harmony, proportion, proximity, and rhythm. The Department of Fine Art offers a studio based undergraduate programme that enables students to study both contemporary and traditional art practices through a variety of media. The programme is motivated towards both skill b
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The Arts

In its broadest form, art may be considered an exploration of the human condition, or a product of the human experience. Despite the seemingly indefinable nature of art, there have always existed certain formal guidelines for its aesthetic judgment and analysis. Formalism is a concept in art theory in which an artwork’s artistic value is determined solely by its form, or how it is made. In most countries, you will need a teaching qualification to teach at primary/secondary level, and a postgraduate degree to teach at university level. You should also have lots of confidence and excellent communication and presentation skills, in order to effectively teach and inspire your students. You may also choose to offer private art tuition to individuals or small groups, or specialize in an area such as art therapy. There are now degrees dedicated to the digital arts in areas such as photography, illustration, animation and computer arts. If you would like to pursue a career in one of these
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Google Arts & Culture

The Painting course investigates traditional and modern media and techniques through intensive studio sessions taught by practicing artists. Initial courses explore techniques applicable to a range of painting methods and initiate the student to a technical understanding of pigments, grounds, surfaces and preparation. These, supplemented with the exploration and understanding of colour through studio based exercises, form the basis of building a strong visual vocabulary. Students gain the opportunity to work with commissioned public projects in the city and work with faculty members on-site as part of their curriculum. The theory of art as form has its roots in the philosophy of Kant, and was developed in the early 20th century by Roger Fry and Clive Bell. More recently, thinkers influenced by Martin Heidegger have interpreted art as the means by which a community develops for itself a medium for self-expression and interpretation. Larry Shiner has described fine art as "not
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