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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Major developments in painting, sculpture, and architecture are examined from 1850 to 1940. Attention is given to the theoretical foundations for these modern artistic movements as well as their stylistic distinctions.
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3.00 Credits
Major developments in painting, sculpture, architecture and other arts after 1940 are examined, with attention given to how they have reflected the cultural and social ideas and issues of our time. Consideration will be given as well to how the traditional forms and boundaries of the visual arts have been challenged and expanded through new mediums, technologies and approaches to visual communication.
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3.00 Credits
This course critically examines Orientalism as both a way the West views the East, and as the East sometimes views itself. The focus will be on the visual arts: painting, photography, architecture and film, as well as literature and music, and how they depict the “Orient” from the 18th century through the present. Emphasis will also be placed on how the East adopted the same mode of expression as a lens to view the Islamic world. The course emphasizes the Middle East, but the Far East and India are also included in lectures, readings and assignments. Museum trips to Boston and New York are a requirement.
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3.00 - 6.00 Credits
Topics in the history of art are studied in museums, architectural sites and related venues at a culturally rich location abroad or otherwise away from campus. Preparatory class work is conducted on campus prior to travel, and assignments are completed upon return. This course may be repeated in the case of different itineraries.
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3.00 Credits
Major achievements in architecture, sculpture, pictorial arts and crafts of these three important cultures will be studied in their religious, historical and social contexts. Relationships will be made to other Asian and Euro-American art forms. Museum visits will be required and will relate to an assigned research paper and in-class presentation.
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3.00 Credits
Students develop technical, conceptual and aesthetic experience pertaining to the creation of two-dimensional digital artworks as well as artworks that engage with the fourth dimension of art: space and time. Students gain an introductory knowledge of several art and design software programs. Included topics in the course are scanning, vector drawing, raster painting and time-based digital and analog media. Six hours per week. (Formerly ARTS 265) Additional fee required. (CFPA)
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on methods of direct observational drawing from life using inanimate objects, architecture and the landscape as subjects. It emphasizes realistic rendering of form and space using techniques of perspective and value. It also focuses on developing an understanding of formal design as related to drawing. The study of the figure will not be covered in this course. Six hours per week. Either semester. Additional fee required. (CFPA)
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3.00 Credits
Fundamental elements and principles of two-dimensional design, including color, shape, line, texture, balance, space and the organization of these elements in a work of art are studied through studio exercises. Six hours per week. Either semester. Additional fee required. (CFPA)
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Open to Commonwealth Honors students and to others at the discretion of the instructor Freshman Honors Colloquia in art allow exceptionally able students to explore a challenging topic in small classes under close faculty supervision. Colloquia meet once a week for 50 minutes and culminate in a paper or artistic project, which provides the major part of the grade. Topics vary from semester to semester. Fall semester.
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Open to Commonwealth Honors students and to others at the discretion of the instructor Freshman Honors Colloquia in art allow exceptionally able students to explore a challenging topic in small classes under close faculty supervision. Colloquia meet once a week for 50 minutes and culminate in a paper or artistic project, which provides the major part of the grade. Topics vary from semester to semester. Spring semester.
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