ART HISTORY 117A – AUTOMATONS, AVATARS, AND ANDROIDS:
THE HISTORY OF ANIMATION, ILLUSTRATION, AND CLAYMATION
Instructor: Yvonne Owens
Ever wonder about the connection between classical Greek sculpture and virtual reality? Cyberspace now features the same kind of illusions once dreamt of in ancient times. The legend of Pygmalion tells the story of a famous sculptor whose Venus, fashioned in stone, became living flesh.
Through history, the vision of automata has inspired artists like Leonardo Da Vinci, Mary Shelley, Fritz Lang, and William Gibson.
This course traces the long lineage of ideas about robotics, re-animation, and contemporary cyborg culture,the rise of social critique, cyborg imagery, robotic mechanization, animation, and the evocations of alternative, “virtual” realities, such as cyberspace in art.
To be offered Fall 2012 : Classes begin September 17, 2012
Tuition: $480
ART HISTORY 107: Mythology and Lore of Design
Instructor: Yvonne Owens
The history of sculpture is a human odyssey of technological, aesthetic and intellectual evolution.
In the works of sculptors of all ages is the desire to connect with the
three-dimensional, physical world, and to participate in the co-creation of
that world. The connection between magic and sculpture includes the ancient
Greek myth of Pygmalion, who created such a life-like statue of a woman that he
fell in love with his creation. Daedalus, creator of the Labyrinth, enlivened
his statues with human voices, and the blacksmith god Vulcan, created robotic
humanoid “helpers” in his underworld workshops. Sculptors have always played a
magical role in the lore of all cultures. In this intensive course we will trace the history of sculpture from its
earliest primitive beginnings to modern sculptors like Henry Moore or Giacometti.
To be offered Winter 2013
Instructor:Kerry Mason Discover the breadth and range of Emily Carr’s career from her earliest sketches and still-life paintings to the finished canvases of her mature years. Explore First Nations cultures of the Northwest Coast focusing on the precise areas where Emily Carr sketched and painted.Themes we will touch on are: Carr’s documentation of First Nations Cultures, her contacts and exchanges with First Nations people and the profound effect on Emily Carr throughout her life and work of Northwest Coast Art. Emily Carr and First Nations will be understood within the context of changes and developments in historical and contemporary visual art in BC