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...extracts from the 1967-1968 catalog of the Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

PORTFOLIO AND INTERVIEW

In addition to satisfying the above entrance requirements, the applicant is asked to present a portfolio for evaluation by the School of Art.

...The portfolio should represent work in as many two-and three-dimensional media as possible. Creative or imaginative projects should be submitted together with work which indicates the applicant's technical skill and ability to portray the figure, still-life, or landscape in representational terms. In this connection, a selection of drawings is required. In addition, the applicant is asked to submit a self-portrait in pencil on 8 1/2 by 11 paper. This sketch, which will be kept as part of the application file, should be specially done for the Tyler interview according to the specified size, on paper rather than cardboard, and is not to be mounted. Since it is the School's purpose to become acquainted with the student's normal art activity, the portfolio should include work done both independently and under instruction, as well as an appropriate number of items. In general, at least ten pieces are needed. More than twenty may prove unwieldy.

The applicant with advanced standing is advised to prepare a portfolio according to the principles outlined above, with the addition of work representing his achievement in the college Art courses he may have taken.

MAJOR IN PAINTING

The Department of Painting offers basic course in drawing and painting for all students as well as advanced work for those majoring in the field. Fundamentals of draftsmanship, anatomy, composition, and color theory are emphasized, particularly in the first years, but the maturing student is encouraged to work freely, with criticism and class discussion centering in problems of individual expression. Professional models are available for the program is the construction each mouth of a spatial "environment". This is a still-life terrain of striking character which may extend the length of the studio. Thus the usual conventional studio pose is avoided, and the student may draw upon a wealth of visual material for his composition.

...Painting affords rich opportunities for personal expression, but its technical and philosophical challenges-in view of revolutionary changes in recent years - are great. Tyler's program, therefore, emphasizes both a solid grounding in materials and media and a tolerant understanding of contrasting points of view. Such course as Pictorial Media, and the Museum Research class given at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, examine the nature and uses of oil, casein, egg-tempera, encaustic, and the new acrylic pigments. Meanwhile, advanced Painting