Module 1.5: Space

Recognition: Certificate of Completion on completion of all 5 modules in this Short Course plus the assignments.

Course Category: Level 01

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Target Audience: Artists or people interested in art who want to understand the important aspect of space and spatiality in art. 

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Course Duration: It is difficult to determine how long it will take you to complete the course. The average time to read through the tutorial material is about 4 hours, but it can be longer, depending on how much time you spend on the links. There is quite a lot of reading to do on this module, so it can take you long to read through everything. Part of the study material is a pdf of a whole book on space.

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Language: English

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Course Value/Price: R600.00 VAT Incl/$35

  
MODULE DESCRIPTION:
This module looks at spatiality in art, different cultural theories on space, spatial metaphor and the semantics of psychospace. We consider positive and negative space; closed and open space; shallow and deep space;  spatial duality; Self and Other in space; real and imagined space; space as home; urban space; and non-place.

What you will learn:

The formal aspects of space rendering in an artwork, including positive and negative space, closed and open space;

How to create a more meaningful spatial component in your work;

How to understand space and place in art in general;

The difference between space and place, and space as an imagined place;

The meaning of psychospace and how it is created and functions in art.

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There is a practical Assignment for this module. It is not compulsory. 

If you are doing the Certificate, you have to complete any seven assignments in order to receive a Certificate.

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