Sculpture - Boston University

Sculpture from Boston University is a Campus Bachelor Sculpture degree that prepares you for a Art and Design career. The ability to think three dimensionally is empowering in all the visual arts. Therefore, sculpture is fundamental in the School of Visual Arts' core program. In this program, freshmen begin to develop the visual, perceptual, and conceptual skills necessary to work observationally in clay, plaster, wire, and wood. In the first semester of the sophomore year, students advance to figure work and can also elect to continue those efforts in the second semester. As juniors, Sculpture majors develop drawing skills that are necessary in the creation of bas-relief and use those skills to facilitate the exploration of creative ideas and observational form. In art history classes taken throughout the program, students learn to appreciate sculpture ’s evolution in style and imagery across the centuries. They gain a large vocabulary of expressive form and composition to draw upon in their own work. Sculpture majors meet in small groups, working closely with faculty and peers. Many hours of concentrated work are equally divided between the development of personal imagery in a wide choice of illusionistic styles, and observational work, including life-size studies from the model. Great works of sculpture have a powerful presence. This presence, or illusion of internal life, allows sculpture to speak about our most important feelings and ideas and to present those ideas viscerally and forcefully. In the sculpture program, the faculty focuses their efforts on teaching students to create that illusion of life inside the form of their work. View more details on Boston University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Sculpture courses.