ISC
280, Science & the Visual
Arts
Syllabus
for Spring 2003
Course
Description: An overview of how science and
mathematics contribute to the visual arts. Emphasis on perspective, proportion,
scientific topics in art, mathematically based art forms, and artists
materials.
Prerequisite: MTH
121 or higher
Meeting Times:
Instructor: Dr.
Judith Silver
Office: SH
778F (In the alley.)
Office Hours:
Phone:
696-3044
Email: silver@marshall.edu
Webpage:
http://webpages.marshall.edu/~silver
Course Requirements:
1.
Homework will be given weekly, and is due the following
Monday. Late homework will be
discounted 5% for each day it is late, weekends not included. Homework will count for 20% of the final
grade.
2.
Three in-class
exams will be given on lecture
material and class activities. The
final exam is not comprehensive.
Exams count for 50% of the course grade. Missed exams may only be made up if the
instructor is notified in advance and documentation is provided showing that the
absence was unavoidable.
3.
Laboratories are worth 25% of the course grade. Laboratory grades will be based on lab reports, which are due one week
after each laboratory session. The
final lab report is due on the final exam (poster session) day.
For full credit, each lab report must be typed. It must also include an introduction
(covering objectives and what methods will be used), a results section, a
discussion of how the lab was actually carried out, and a
conclusion.
Laboratories cannot be made up. If an excused absence is provided, the
following lab score will be doubled.
The student remains responsible for the material
covered.
4.
The term
project will be a poster. Posters are due at the Poster
Session, which will be held during the first class session of Dead Week (last
week of class). You will be allowed
a 5 minute time slot to present your poster and to answer questions. The presentation must last at least two
minutes for full credit.
Posters
may illustrate any concept in math or science, or they may demonstrate the
connection between art and math or science. They must be made on standard size (22
x 28) poster board, but you may tape two or more sheets together if you
wish. Poster grades will count for
5% of the final grade.
5.
Attendance will count in the case of borderline grades. Students attending 90% or more of the
class sessions may have 1% added to their final average.
Grading Scale:
90% - 100%
A
80% - 89%
B
70% - 79%
C
60% - 69%
D
0 - 59%
F
Exam
Days:
February 10, March 10, May 5 (Monday,
Poster
Session:
Monday, April 28
,
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DATE |
ASIGNMENT |
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Jan 13 |
Read Lesson #1 in Viewpoints. |
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Lab 1 |
Buildings & Vanishing Points. Meet in the Atrium on the Third Floor of Drinko Library. |
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Jan 14 |
Problems 1-4 on pp. 1-7 & 1-8. |
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Jan 20 |
Martin Luther King Holiday. No class. |
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Lab 2 |
Similarity & Perspective. Read Lesson #2 in Viewpoints. Do Problems 1-4 on pp. 2-4 through 2-7. Meet in SH 532 Computer Lab. |
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Jan 21 |
Draw front, side, and base views of a unique house plan. Mark the coordinates. |
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Jan 27 |
Guest Lecture Stan Sporny. |
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Lab 3 |
CAD Drawing with Excel. Meet in SH 532 Computer Lab. |
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Jan 28 |
Read Lesson #3 in Viewpoints. Problems 1-3 on 3-9 & 3-10. For Problem 3, use the Junction painting in Drinko Library, 2nd floor. |
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Feb 3 |
Read Lesson #4 in Viewpoints. Problems 1-3 on p. 4-8. |
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Lab 4 |
Viewing
Art. Meet at the
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Feb 4 |
Seeing is Believing video. |
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Feb 10 |
Exam on Perspective and Proportion (Lessons 1, 2, & 3) |
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Lab 5 |
Polyhedra. Meet in S 200. |
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Feb 11 |
Platonic Solids and the Golden Mean. Worksheet on Platonic Solids. |
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Feb 17 |
Lecture on Symmetry. Read pp. 561-567 in Section 10C of MTH 121 book. Do problems 11-14 on p. 574. |
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Lab 6 |
Levers and Mobiles. Meet in S 200. |
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Feb 18 |
Guest Lecture on Symmetry Protip Ghosh. |
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Feb 24 |
Lecture on Reflections and Rotations. Read pp. 670-677 in For All Practical Purposes. Do problems 7-12, 15 on pp. 682-684. |
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Lab 7 |
Symmetry with Kaleidomania. Meet in SH 532 Computer Lab. |
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Feb 25 |
Lecture on Frieze Patterns, Wallpaper Patterns, and
Tessellations. Make your own
tessellation using Kaleidomania. |
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Mar 3 |
Guest Lecture on Fractals and Sculpture
|
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Lab 8 |
Fractals with Fractasketch. Meet in the Art Department Computer Lab on the 6th floor of Smith Hall. |
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Mar 4 |
Lecture on Fractals. Read Lesson 4 in Viewpoints. Problems 1-3 on pp. 4-14 to 4-16. |
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Mar 10 |
Exam on Mathematically Based Art Forms (Polyhedra, Symmetry, & Fractals) |
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Lab 9 |
Pigments. Meet in S 200. |
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Mar 11 |
Lecture on the Chemistry of Paint. Worksheet. |
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Mar 16 23 |
Spring Vacation |
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Mar 24 |
Guest Lecture Gary Ellis (BASF). |
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Lab 10 |
Binders. Meet in S 200. |
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Mar 25 |
Lecture on Pigments & Binders. Worksheet. |
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Mar 31 |
Guest Lecture on Mineral Pigments Protip Ghosh. |
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Lab 11 |
Reflectance. Meet in S 200 with Marcia Harrison. |
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Apr 1 |
Lecture on Color & Light. Worksheet. |
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Apr 7 |
Lecture on Optics. Worksheet. |
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Lab 12 |
Hypothesis Testing. Meet in S 200 with Marcia Harrison. |
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Apr 8 |
Guest Lecture on Digital Cameras Dewey Sanderson |
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Apr 14 |
Lecture on Detecting Fakes. Worksheet. |
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Lab 13 |
Scanning Electron Microscopes. Meet in S 200 with David Neff. |
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Apr 15 |
Lecture on Paint Films. Worksheet. |
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Apr 21 |
Lecture on Art & the Human Genome Project |
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Lab 14 |
DNA &
Art. Meet in S 200 with
Liz Murray. |
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Apr 22 |
Guest Lecture on Oriental Lacquer Vicki Bragin |
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Apr 28 |
Poster Session |
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Lab 15 |
Level
Curves. Meet in the Corbly Hall Early
|
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Apr 29 |
Review Session |
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May 5 |
Exam on the Science of Painting (Pigments, Binders, Color & Light, Detecting Fakes, DNA Art) |
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