DWG2519 · Drawing: The anatomical specimen

Overview

This unit provides you with the opportunity to explore the relationship between Fine Art practice and anatomy. You will work from anatomical specimens at The Centre for Human Anatomy Education and various forms of diagrammatic representation of the body. Through a variety of media and methodologies, you will explore how to make sense of the form and structure of the body, drawing on perceptual, observational and conceptual drawing strategies, as well as contemporary issues regarding the body found in critical theory. The unit will also address the OHS and ethical issues required for study in this area.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

100% in-semester assessment.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. Employ a broad graphic vocabulary and perceptual approaches and representations of the body;
2. Describe the aesthetic contexts of anatomy in both historical and contemporary art;
3. Apply a broad range of material and techniques relevant to various conceptual approaches to the body;
4. Demonstrate an understanding of the structures of the body through the drawing process.

Workload

12 hours per week including 3 contact hours plus 9 hours of independent study.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.