DOI Heft:
No. 257 (September 1914)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21210#0345
Studio-Talk
simple floral subjects and gradually proceeding to
more complex and elaborate decorative motifs.
The students often go on sketching tours with or
without their teacher.
For the students who are taking the course in the
European style of painting special stress is laid on
charcoal drawing from casts during the first year,
in addition to the normal instruction in instrumental
drawing, anatomy and perspective. Lessons in
oil-painting of still-life and landscape are also given.
From time to time they are given subjects for
composition, using only charcoal, water-colour or
pencil. In the second year they are taught to
make charcoal drawings of the human body, and in
the third and fourth years they substitute oil for
charcoal. In oil-painting of still-life subjects and
landscape, as well as the subjects for composition,
they proceed gradually from the simple to the
complex. The first semester of the last year of the
course is devoted to the composition of diploma
pictures to be finished in the second semester,
together with a self-portrait in oils. Historical
subjects or those showing the manners and customs
of different periods are generally given for composi-
tion. At the end of each semester the works
executed by the students are exhibited and judged.
The department of sculpture at the Imperial
School of Art is divided into modelling, wood
carving and ivory carving. For the class in
modelling floral and other decorative subjects in
relief are given to be copied, and later animals and
human heads. After the second year the students
are set to make clay sketches of birds and animals
either in the class-room or in the zoological garden,
followed later by models from the living figure.
They are also taught how to make plaster casts,
and the last year of their school is devoted
to their diploma work. The order of instruction
in the classes for wood carving and ivory carving is
similar to that pursued in modelling.
In the design class lessons are given in designing,
painting and clay modelling. The instruction in
designing is intended to familiarise them with the
ATELIER OF MODELLING SECTION, IMPERIAL SCHOOL OF ART, TOKYO
simple floral subjects and gradually proceeding to
more complex and elaborate decorative motifs.
The students often go on sketching tours with or
without their teacher.
For the students who are taking the course in the
European style of painting special stress is laid on
charcoal drawing from casts during the first year,
in addition to the normal instruction in instrumental
drawing, anatomy and perspective. Lessons in
oil-painting of still-life and landscape are also given.
From time to time they are given subjects for
composition, using only charcoal, water-colour or
pencil. In the second year they are taught to
make charcoal drawings of the human body, and in
the third and fourth years they substitute oil for
charcoal. In oil-painting of still-life subjects and
landscape, as well as the subjects for composition,
they proceed gradually from the simple to the
complex. The first semester of the last year of the
course is devoted to the composition of diploma
pictures to be finished in the second semester,
together with a self-portrait in oils. Historical
subjects or those showing the manners and customs
of different periods are generally given for composi-
tion. At the end of each semester the works
executed by the students are exhibited and judged.
The department of sculpture at the Imperial
School of Art is divided into modelling, wood
carving and ivory carving. For the class in
modelling floral and other decorative subjects in
relief are given to be copied, and later animals and
human heads. After the second year the students
are set to make clay sketches of birds and animals
either in the class-room or in the zoological garden,
followed later by models from the living figure.
They are also taught how to make plaster casts,
and the last year of their school is devoted
to their diploma work. The order of instruction
in the classes for wood carving and ivory carving is
similar to that pursued in modelling.
In the design class lessons are given in designing,
painting and clay modelling. The instruction in
designing is intended to familiarise them with the
ATELIER OF MODELLING SECTION, IMPERIAL SCHOOL OF ART, TOKYO