1st Principles

Subject

Visual Arts

Drawing, painting, and composition as ways of seeing and arranging form.

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Topics

Foundations

Orientation and shared vocabulary for this subject.

Application

Constraints in real jobs in Visual Arts

Constraints in real jobs as it applies to Visual Arts.

Cost and benefit in Visual Arts

Cost and benefit as it applies to Visual Arts.

Failure modes in Visual Arts

Failure modes as it applies to Visual Arts.

Implementation steps in Visual Arts

Implementation steps as it applies to Visual Arts.

Maintenance over time in Visual Arts

Maintenance over time as it applies to Visual Arts.

Problem framing in Visual Arts

Problem framing as it applies to Visual Arts.

Risk in Visual Arts

Risk as it applies to Visual Arts.

Scaling up in Visual Arts

Scaling up as it applies to Visual Arts.

Stakeholders in Visual Arts

Stakeholders as it applies to Visual Arts.

Trade-offs in Visual Arts

Trade-offs as it applies to Visual Arts.

Communication

Cross-disciplinary talk in Visual Arts

Cross-disciplinary talk as it applies to Visual Arts.

Explaining to beginners in Visual Arts

Explaining to beginners as it applies to Visual Arts.

Media coverage in Visual Arts

Media coverage as it applies to Visual Arts.

Open questions in Visual Arts

Open questions as it applies to Visual Arts.

Policy briefs in Visual Arts

Policy briefs as it applies to Visual Arts.

Presentations in Visual Arts

Presentations as it applies to Visual Arts.

Public controversy in Visual Arts

Public controversy as it applies to Visual Arts.

Teaching others in Visual Arts

Teaching others as it applies to Visual Arts.

Visuals that teach in Visual Arts

Visuals that teach as it applies to Visual Arts.

Writing clear summaries in Visual Arts

Writing clear summaries as it applies to Visual Arts.

Comparison

Analogies from other fields in Visual Arts

Analogies from other fields as it applies to Visual Arts.

Common confusions in Visual Arts

Common confusions as it applies to Visual Arts.

Competing models in Visual Arts

Competing models as it applies to Visual Arts.

Consensus areas in Visual Arts

Consensus areas as it applies to Visual Arts.

Debates that matter in Visual Arts

Debates that matter as it applies to Visual Arts.

Historical shifts in Visual Arts

Historical shifts as it applies to Visual Arts.

Interdisciplinary links in Visual Arts

Interdisciplinary links as it applies to Visual Arts.

Regional differences in Visual Arts

Regional differences as it applies to Visual Arts.

Schools of thought in Visual Arts

Schools of thought as it applies to Visual Arts.

Translation of terms in Visual Arts

Translation of terms as it applies to Visual Arts.

Context

Climate and environment in Visual Arts

Climate and environment as it applies to Visual Arts.

Demographics in Visual Arts

Demographics as it applies to Visual Arts.

Equity and access in Visual Arts

Equity and access as it applies to Visual Arts.

Funding in Visual Arts

Funding as it applies to Visual Arts.

Future scenarios in Visual Arts

Future scenarios as it applies to Visual Arts.

Global trends in Visual Arts

Global trends as it applies to Visual Arts.

Institutions in Visual Arts

Institutions as it applies to Visual Arts.

Regulation in Visual Arts

Regulation as it applies to Visual Arts.

Social impact in Visual Arts

Social impact as it applies to Visual Arts.

Technology change in Visual Arts

Technology change as it applies to Visual Arts.

Core ideas

Abstraction levels in Visual Arts

Abstraction levels as it applies to Visual Arts.

Cause and correlation in Visual Arts

Cause and correlation as it applies to Visual Arts.

Central definitions in Visual Arts

Central definitions as it applies to Visual Arts.

Equilibrium and change in Visual Arts

Equilibrium and change as it applies to Visual Arts.

Feedback loops in Visual Arts

Feedback loops as it applies to Visual Arts.

Laws, rules, or patterns in Visual Arts

Laws, rules, or patterns as it applies to Visual Arts.

Models and diagrams in Visual Arts

Models and diagrams as it applies to Visual Arts.

Scale: micro to macro in Visual Arts

Scale: micro to macro as it applies to Visual Arts.

Systems and parts in Visual Arts

Systems and parts as it applies to Visual Arts.

Units and measurement in Visual Arts

Units and measurement as it applies to Visual Arts.

Deep dives

Advanced preview in Visual Arts

Advanced preview as it applies to Visual Arts.

Capstone directions in Visual Arts

Capstone directions as it applies to Visual Arts.

Classic papers or texts in Visual Arts

Classic papers or texts as it applies to Visual Arts.

Edge cases in Visual Arts

Edge cases as it applies to Visual Arts.

Landmark discoveries in Visual Arts

Landmark discoveries as it applies to Visual Arts.

Minority reports in Visual Arts

Minority reports as it applies to Visual Arts.

Open research fronts in Visual Arts

Open research fronts as it applies to Visual Arts.

Paradigm shifts in Visual Arts

Paradigm shifts as it applies to Visual Arts.

Synthesis projects in Visual Arts

Synthesis projects as it applies to Visual Arts.

Where to go next in Visual Arts

Where to go next as it applies to Visual Arts.

Evidence

Anomalies in Visual Arts

Anomalies as it applies to Visual Arts.

Bias and blind spots in Visual Arts

Bias and blind spots as it applies to Visual Arts.

Case studies in Visual Arts

Case studies as it applies to Visual Arts.

Conflicting studies in Visual Arts

Conflicting studies as it applies to Visual Arts.

Data tables and charts in Visual Arts

Data tables and charts as it applies to Visual Arts.

Primary sources in Visual Arts

Primary sources as it applies to Visual Arts.

Secondary summaries in Visual Arts

Secondary summaries as it applies to Visual Arts.

Strong versus weak claims in Visual Arts

Strong versus weak claims as it applies to Visual Arts.

Triangulation in Visual Arts

Triangulation as it applies to Visual Arts.

Uncertainty language in Visual Arts

Uncertainty language as it applies to Visual Arts.

Methods

Documentation in Visual Arts

Documentation as it applies to Visual Arts.

Estimation and error in Visual Arts

Estimation and error as it applies to Visual Arts.

Ethics in method in Visual Arts

Ethics in method as it applies to Visual Arts.

Experiments and controls in Visual Arts

Experiments and controls as it applies to Visual Arts.

Observation protocols in Visual Arts

Observation protocols as it applies to Visual Arts.

Peer review in Visual Arts

Peer review as it applies to Visual Arts.

Replication in Visual Arts

Replication as it applies to Visual Arts.

Reproducible workflows in Visual Arts

Reproducible workflows as it applies to Visual Arts.

Simulation and models in Visual Arts

Simulation and models as it applies to Visual Arts.

Surveys and samples in Visual Arts

Surveys and samples as it applies to Visual Arts.

Orientation

Careers and roles in Visual Arts

Careers and roles as it applies to Visual Arts.

Everyday examples in Visual Arts

Everyday examples as it applies to Visual Arts.

History in one glance in Visual Arts

History in one glance as it applies to Visual Arts.

How claims get checked in Visual Arts

How claims get checked as it applies to Visual Arts.

Jargon worth learning first in Visual Arts

Jargon worth learning first as it applies to Visual Arts.

Objects you study in Visual Arts

Objects you study as it applies to Visual Arts.

Reading habits that stick in Visual Arts

Reading habits that stick as it applies to Visual Arts.

Tools practitioners use in Visual Arts

Tools practitioners use as it applies to Visual Arts.

What questions the field asks in Visual Arts

What questions the field asks as it applies to Visual Arts.

What the field is not in Visual Arts

What the field is not as it applies to Visual Arts.

Skills

Checklists in Visual Arts

Checklists as it applies to Visual Arts.

Collaboration norms in Visual Arts

Collaboration norms as it applies to Visual Arts.

Debugging mistakes in Visual Arts

Debugging mistakes as it applies to Visual Arts.

Hands-on practice in Visual Arts

Hands-on practice as it applies to Visual Arts.

Mentorship in Visual Arts

Mentorship as it applies to Visual Arts.

Pattern recognition in Visual Arts

Pattern recognition as it applies to Visual Arts.

Portfolio pieces in Visual Arts

Portfolio pieces as it applies to Visual Arts.

Self-assessment in Visual Arts

Self-assessment as it applies to Visual Arts.

Speed versus accuracy in Visual Arts

Speed versus accuracy as it applies to Visual Arts.

Tooling basics in Visual Arts

Tooling basics as it applies to Visual Arts.