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  • ART 101: Introduction to the Arts

    3.00 Credits
    College of Our Lady of the Elms

    This course acquaints the student with the fine and performing arts. The study of works from various cultures and periods reflecting the unique point of view of the artist broadens the student's own vision of the world. The focus of the course is the exploration of the arts to provide insights into creativity and the aesthetic experience. Students participate in discussion, studio work, performance, and museum visits as they improve critical skills in looking and listening.
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  • ART 102: Basic Drawing and Design I

    3.00 Credits
    College of Our Lady of the Elms

    This course will give students practice in organizing two-dimensional space through the application of the elements and principles of art. Students will be introduced to color and its expressive use. They will learn the definition and function of the elements of art as applied to representational, abstract, and nonobjective drawing. Students will explore the blending of basic techniques and creative thought leading to growth of personal style.
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  • ART 104: Drawing II

    3.00 Credits
    College of Our Lady of the Elms

    Students will explore further the development of stylistic skills through heightened perception of still life, human figure, and studies from the imagination. Method and materials are more widely explored, encouraging the fullest use of individual capacities. Prerequisites: ART 102 required for majors only.
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  • ART 201: Painting I

    3.00 Credits
    College of Our Lady of the Elms

    Students will investigate the application and effects of painting media on a variety of grounds. They will practice image making through pictorial composition, with stress on inventive experimentation. Students will study works of art from various cultural art heritages. Prerequisite: ART 104 required for majors only.
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  • ART 202: Painting II

    3.00 Credits
    College of Our Lady of the Elms

    Students will refine personal imagery through pictorial interpretations of figure and setting, still life composition, and imaginary theme. Prerequisite: ART 201 required for majors only.
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  • ART 205: Word and Image

    3.00 Credits
    College of Our Lady of the Elms

    This course explores the affinity between language and visual art. A series of studio workshops using word to inspire image frees the creative response in everyone. Students will develop projects connecting visual art in various media to text. Studios may include illustration, photography, video, painting, graphics, mixed media, and artist's books. Various thematic areas are investigated: e.g. social and political issues, the environment, myths and legends, poetry, and literature. While studio courses are often more technique-oriented, this interdisciplinary course aims at creative expression and active student involvement.
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  • ART 208: Design II

    3.00 Credits
    College of Our Lady of the Elms

    Three-dimensional forms are the focus of this advanced design course. The students will solve problems in spatial composition using a wide range of media. Assignments may include furniture design, sculpture, and architectural models. Students are expected to read and investigate the history of design with an emphasis on contemporary works. Fulfillment of a design contract for a final project is required. Prerequisite: Art 102 required for majors only.
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  • ART 212: Special Topics in Art

    3.00 Credits
    College of Our Lady of the Elms

    In any time and place, ancient Greece to the contemporary Western world, early China to modern Africa, art takes its form from the technologies available and the philosophies and history that influence a culture. Not a survey course, it will explore the art from selected cultures, ancient to modern, through books, slides, and by working with various media to understand better the artistic processes that have been used throughout the centuries.
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  • ART 213: Art History I

    3.00 Credits
    College of Our Lady of the Elms

    Students will study the art and architecture of ancient civilizations from the near East through Greco-Roman period, Byzantine, and Islamic world. The course includes important work of the medieval period and culminates with the late Gothic period in Western Europe. Comparative studies with arts of non-western civilization such as India, China, pre-Columbian Central America, and Africa, provide the student with cross-cultural considerations.
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  • ART 215: Art History II

    3.00 Credits
    College of Our Lady of the Elms

    This survey course focuses on the art of Western Europe from the early Renaissance through the rise of modernism, and includes contemporary trends in Europe and the United States. A special emphasis is placed on painting and sculpture and the relationship of art to social and political currents. Students will compare these works with examples of arts from non-Western cultures.
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