Visual Period Styles for Theatre
About the Course
Course Description
Introduction to art, architecture, interior design, and clothing history, including social and economic factors that influenced development. Through research and critical thinking, students demonstrate knowledge of historical and contemporary art movements, architecture, and clothing for application in theatrical design.
Objectives
- Synthesize research and knowledge learned about global material cultures for its significance, potential application, and understanding of its relationship to the time/culture in which it was created.
- Facilitate and contribute to a discussion around a material culture different from their own or new to them.
- Review evidence and hypothesize how an object’s impact might be changed by re-contextualizing for use in a design.
- Synthesize research and knowledge learned about material cultures and apply that within a design process in order to devise a culturally competent historical world for the stage.
Learning Outcomes
- Research and Critical Thinking
- Analytical Skills and Problem Solving
- Practice and Collaboration
- Written Communication
Assignments
- Memento Mori/Vanitas
- Image Share
- Kawari Kabuto
- Reflection Essays
- Dark Room Project
- Elder Interview
- Design Mashup
- Capstone Project