The Department of
Sculpture
The Department of Sculpture is the only
program specialized
in sculpture arts at all universities and colleges in the country.
Founded almost 40 years ago, the Department has trained
more than 700 professionals and became the main force of
today's sculpture arts. There are four stages in its development:
Stage1:Established
at National Taiwan Academy of Arts in 1962,
the Fine Arts Course was divided into three sections,
Chinese Painting, Western Painting, and Sculpture, for
students in five-year program only.
Stage2:The
Sculpture Course was permitted to set up individually.
Stage3:The
Academy was upgraded to a college in 1994.
Therefore, the Sculpture Course was transformed into
a department as well.
Stage4:The
College was upgraded to "National Taiwan University
of Arts" on 1. August 2001 and the Sculpture Department
was subordinate to college of Fine Arts.
●Teaching
Objective
The major objective of the
curriculum is to realize the cultural specialties
and to train the modern artistic creators. This curriculum is divided into
academic and practical courses. Academic courses are divided into
art history and theoretical courses. Practical courses are divided into
basic training courses, specialized skills courses, and supplementary
courses.
The first-and second-year curriculum consists
of basic education that
seeks to instill correct concepts through balanced emphasis on
fundamental skills and theory. The third- and fourth- year curriculum
consists of development education that seeks to cultivate independent
creative ability through balanced emphasis on creative training and
encouragement of thinking.
During the third-and fourth-year students may
opt to take specialized
elective courses in four subject areas of modeling, woodcarving, stone
carving, and metalworking.
●Curriculum
With the ideal of “passing on tradition and pursuing contemporary
artistic creation,” the courses may be classified as follow:
A. Basic Training Courses
The goal of these courses is to train students in basic carving and
plastic arts skills and give them basic exposure to arts. Courses
include: Drawing, Basic Modeling, Modeling I, Stone Carving I,
Woodcarving I, Metal Molding I, History of Arts, Essay of Art,
Formative Theory.
B. Specialized Development Courses
The goal of courses is to instill professional creative ability in accordance
with students’ interests. Depending on the types of materials
used, courses include: Modeling, Stone carving, Woodcarving and
Western Sculpture and other academic courses are also included in
this category.
C. Electives
The goal of these courses id to assist and strengthen professional
training in academic and technical aspects. Courses include:
Figurative Drawing, Relief Study, Ceramics Sculpture, Mental
Casting, Mix Media, Theory of Contemporary Art, and Folk Art.
D. Elective Courses from Other Departments
E. The students whose grades reach the required standards
May
submit their applications of studying supplementary department
and double majors.
●Faculty
The following is a breakdown of instructors in this department.
A. Full Time
Three Professors, one Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, four
Lectures and one Teaching Assistant.
B. Part-Time instructors
Five Lectures.
C. Academic Attainments of full time instructors
One person with Ph.D. Degree, eight with Master degree, one with
Bachelor degree.
●Facilities
The sculpture building set up in 1983 is very well equipped in spaces
as well as installation, and also well designed for future changes.
There are six types of educational facilities in this building:
A. Sculpture
Four dedicated sculpture classrooms-A bust sculpture revolving
stage, and a model revolving stage.
B. Woodcarving
One dedicated sculpture classroom- One dedicated classroom: Board
cutting machine, band saw, planning machine, beveling machine,
wood lathe, portable chain saw, drill press.
C. Stone Carving
Outdoor stone carving studio area: Stone cutter, sand blaster, air compressor,
crane, high-power drill press, portable electrical and pneumatic drill, files
, chisels and cantilever drilling.
D. Metal Molding
One dedicated sculpture classroom-Corner bending machine, pipe
bending machine, argon welder, electric arc cutter, electric welder,
sheet metal cutter, shearing machine, oxyacetylene torch, carbon
dioxide welder, metal band saw, ball rolling machine.
E. Ceramics
One dedicated sculpture classroom-Vacuum clay refining machine,
electric kiln, glaze application machine, ceramic board machine, and
glaze polishing machine.
F. Sketching
One dedicated sculpture classroom-Plaster statues, easels, projection
lamp, and revolving stage for models.
G. Multi-Media Accersory
One fully equipped multi-media room.
H. Meeting Places
One Convention room.
●Admission
To recruit a total of 34 students, there are two ways of recruiting:
A. Distribution through Examination
The “Multi-Entrance to University Program B” is adopted.
B. Recommendation, Selection & Application
●Vision
& Future Development
The coexistence of academic and practical courses, and the responsibilities
of social service as well as promotion of the sense of arts are the objective
of university education. In addition to collect more international information,
the department will also engage more excellent instructors and international
professors to demonstrate and teach here. At the same time, it is hoped that
student can discover the most suitable creative methods and styles through
working with different materials, techniques, and manners of expression.
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