TOPICS: ANATOMY FOR APPLIED ARTS AND DESIGN in Fall 2024 (AR2091B)

Most artifacts are destined for human use. For different reasons - ergo-nomic, practical, ideological or physiological - any object or piece of art shows evidence of the body and its proportions.

If we look at our environment, from the most insignificant object to the most ambitious architectural project, we find that elements are adapted to the human anatomy or made from its image.

Understanding anatomy and its applications in fine and applied arts gives us the opportunity to analyze artifacts and understand how they are con-ceived.

The class “Anatomy for Applied Arts and Design” will explore links be-tween creative activity and anatomy. We will begin by studying human anatomy in depth, through drawing from the skeleton, from the nude, and by making casts from body parts. Then, we will contextualize our class work from an historical point of view. Finally, we will use our findings as a methodological basis for personal creative projects.