Gropius view on art is,it is a balancing act of what you physically see and how you emotional feel and your mental understanding of it. He set up a school teaching students how to paint what they see, not in a stylistic way. Leaving the interpretation completely up to them, not striving for a "look". They would have plenty of time to develop their own style as it happens.
I feel this is the way UNH teaches art. I completely agree with this way of painting. I find it extremely important to have an understanding of form and structure while I make art. Expression is good, but it is funner and more fulfilling to express myself in times when I feel suffocated by the structure of my classes. It is also important to have a basis of knowledge to be able to understand how to express emotion. It is a hard to tell someone how you feel if you don't know how to speak their language. Some people might say, well you could express your emotions and feeling through primal screaming and body language. Once again you need a basis of understanding yourself and other's to express to them and yourself effectively.
Human beings love their brains, we love logic. To express ourselves effectively we need to incorporate some form of logic into it.
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