Studio Drawing practice - Remixing the Prado Museum

Overview

About the course

Students of Studio Drawing practice - Remixing the Prado Museum course from Nebrija University  will gain experiential knowledge of the working methods of the great masters that cannot be found any other way.

Students will enhance their skills and explore materials through a self-generated project based on the Prado Museum, and critical engagement with the instructor and peers. In-class critiques and open discussion will reinforce a vital part of their technical, conceptual, and professional development.

The rigorous path to artistic excellence must assimilate and build upon knowledge of the achievements already attained throughout art history. Combining direct observation from the great art of the past with knowledge of historical drawing skills will revitalize students´ creativity.

Focusing on the Prado Museum Masterpieces, Students will explore drawing across all mediums through history lectures, student-led discussions, in-class prompts, and Museum visits.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand the foundational principles of drawing.
• Draw from direct observation at the Prado Museum.
• Create an original and self-generated artistic drawing project based on the Prado Museum.
• Discover and analyze the work of some of the greatest artists of all time, such as Durer, Bosch, Titian, El Greco, Velázquez, Rubens, Goya or Sorolla, among many others.
• Relate the art of the past to Contemporary drawing practice and creativity.
• Investigate representations of the human body across different periods and locations to explore what it means to depict the body in the 21st Century.