ARTT 033C. Painting and the Landscape

The Landscape has long served painters and artists as a motif with endless interpretive possibilities.The campus of Swarthmore, its buildings and arboretum, along with the Crum forest and valley, hold a record of time and people from the Leni Lenape to the present. Through the painting process students in this class will have an opportunity to reflect on these histories while enhancing their personal understanding and appreciation of the world outside. The class will take regular field trips to explore the larger region including: Urban environments of Philadelphia and Chester; the suburban enclaves of Swarthmore, as well as trips to Nether Providence Township and Rose Valley with their chaotic array of architecture, landscaping and hardscaping. We will also visit the few agrarian, open spaces still available to us in this region with their 18th century farm buildings and agricultural settings. Media and techniques will include both oils and watercolor. Composition/design will be emphasized with a balance between the 2D arrangements of shape and color while simultaneously exploring effects of recessional space, atmosphere, and light.
Prerequisite: Painting I or by permission of the instructor.
Arts and Humanities.
1 credit.
Spring 2025. Exon.
Catalog chapter: Art
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art

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