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Title: School catalog, 1917-1918
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art
Subjects: Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art--School catalogs Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art--School catalogs Philadelphia Museum School of Art--School catalogs Philadelphia Museum College of Art--School catalogs Philadelphia College of Art-- School catalogs Philadelphia Colleges of the Arts--School catalogs University of the Arts--School catalogs
Publisher: Philadelphia, PA: Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art
Contributing Library: University of the Arts (Philadelphia), University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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tiles,stencils, block prints, wall paper, carpet, rugs, lace, silk,cretonne, etc.ANALYTICAL STUDY:NATURE Drawing and analysis of plants and other natural forms, assources of suggestive decorative elements.HISTORIC ORNAMENT Study of Gothic, Renaissance and other historical periods inrelation to design.COLOR THEORY AND PRACTICE Study of the qualities of hue, tone, and chroma; exercises incolor matching, various harmonies, etc. In connection with the lectures upon these subjects, library andmuseum research is required.CAST DRAWING Study in different mediums from casts of various historic periods,and the human figure. At the conclusion of each subject a concours is given.Examinations in this course are: Historic Ornament, Color Har-mony, Principles of Design. Class B—Section IIThe study in this section is devoted to more technical design,and includes the execution of rugs on a four-frame, hand-powerJacquard loom; study of processes of reprodution for printed silk,wall papers, lace, etc.
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Original Design for Venetian BrocadeBy Otilie P. Bachman 20 COURSE IN MODELING. AND CONSTRUCTIVEDESIGN Class C—Section I CONSTRUCTIVE DESIGN Rapid sketching of problems in constructive design. Drawingto scale and full size original designs for furniture, pottery, andmetal work. MODELING Exercises in different degrees of relief and in the round, fromcasts, drawings, and prints. Decorative interpretation of ani-mals. Original designs for terra cotta, cement, cast andwrought metal, wood and stone carving, furniture, and mosaic,in clay, wax, and plaster. POTTERY Sketching, designing, and construction of forms, as bowls, vaseswith handles, etc. WOODWORK Furniture design; detail drawing; study of materials and tools,and their care and use. Joinery and constructive details.Studies of decorative carving. METAL Instruction is given in the various processes of metal manipula-tion and enrichment, as repousse, chasing, piercing, and etching. ANATOMY Anatomical studies of animals and the human f

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