| Description: | How is space constructed through the use of color? What is pictorial space? Why is color such an important element in design? What does space do to the content of a painting? How does color contribute to the expression of content? Why and how did the painters of the early Christian era use mosaic? How did they express abstract concepts through the design of space and color? How can spiritual content be achieved through the understanding of space, color, form and material? These are some of the questions that will be addressed in this course, and we will seek answers to them through actual painting experience, using the extraordinarily beautiful setting of Tuscania as a backdrop. Students will be guided and stimulated to engage in visual research work that will give insight to their personal pictorial language. The highlight of the course will consist of a series of visits to early Christian churches in and around Tuscania as sources of inspiration. As a general rule, students will be taken once every other week to a historic location to paint and then complete the project in the home-based studio under the guidance of the instructor. |