Academy of Classical Design in Southern Pines Logo for the Academy of Classical Design School of Fine Art - Classical Art School Training in the disciplines of Drawing, Oil Painting, Murals, Portraiture, Still Lives and Landscapes

U nique to modern atelier training, these illustrated lectures on ornament provide a look at elements of design and principles of ornamentation that link architecture, sculpture, and painting. The persistence of shared patterns and motifs through varying centuries and cultures is of particular interest, and the geometric construction of certain classical examples are examined and copied. Long considered to be an integral part of every artist's education - like anatomy and perspective - this study has been developed to strengthen the concept of design, and to discipline a dimension of draftsmanship that has been neglected even in traditional circles.