The Art of Relief Composition
October 13 @ 5:30 pm - October 18 @ 1:00 pm EDT
Join us for this 10-session Sacred Art studio course in relief composition with George Nista as we explore the four types of relief discovered in the Florentine Renaissance. Participants will learn the various methods of working from old master compositions as we work from the painted masterpieces and transpose them into the various types of relief, including high, medium, and low relief. Sessions will include how relief sculpture remains a long-standing in Catholic art form for its powerful ability to illustrate the sacred in both liturgical and devotional art forms. Ranging from bronze doors to tabernacle doors, from reliquaries to stations of the cross, lectures, discussions, and demonstrations will include methods, themes, and how they can be used today.
Material Provided:
Masonite or wooden panel
Oil Based Clay
Modeling tools
This week-long workshop begins with check-in at 4:30 PM on Sunday night. Dinner is served at 5:30 PM for students and instructors. Dinner is followed by a workshop introduction and conference which ends at 9:00 PM. Students are welcome to attend daily Mass at 9 AM. Hands-on instruction begins Monday morning after Mass. The entire workshop ends Friday at 1 PM.
