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Introduces the basics of photography as well as an introduction to, Adobe Photoshop. Students will utilize and apply basic methods of image capture, rendering techniques, and manipulation of images to produce a body of work to be presented as a portfolio at the end of the semester. A digital SLR is required. Students enrolled in this course will have a course fee assessed to their student account. Additional information can be found at http://art.cua.edu/courses/courses.cfm.
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Enlightened entrepreneur, bankrupted spendthrift, brilliant teacher, grumpy curmudgeon, loving husband and father, and artistic genius -- Rembrandt's life reveals a man whose character was as complex and dramatic as his massive oeuvre. This course will explore the life and work of the most celebrated artist of the Dutch Golden Age. In-depth analyses of paintings, engravings, etchings, and drawings will be supplemented by close readings of art historical scholarship with an emphasis on the methods used to understand contemporaneous Dutch art. The exemplary collection of Rembrandt's work in the National Gallery of Art will serve as a vital resource.
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Surveys European and American art and art theory from the last Impressionist exhibitions through the rise of Fauvism, Expressionism, Dadaism, and Cubism. Examines the pioneering production of early Modernist artists such as Ce'zanne, Van Gogh, Matisse, Picasso, Kandinsky, Mondrian, and Duchamp, whose innovative work addressed the problems of the modern condition and transformed the very boundaries of artistic expression. Replaces in part both 563 and 462.
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A study of European and American art and art theory from 1945 to the present. Examines the major movements of High Modernism and Post-Modernism (including Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, Performance Art, Minimalism, and Appropriation) in relation to biographical and formal concerns, contemporary social and political conditions, and current art history debates. Replaces in part 462; see also 331.
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3.00 Credits
Builds on the introduction skills and expands on the visual design principles presented by focusing on perception and visual construction, grid principles, visual comparison, and the use of form, image, and typography to visualize the expression of concepts and ideas. Through tutorials and project assignments, students will refine acquire advanced techniques of image correction and image editing, layering and compositing through advanced masking techniques, and format specific color adjustment, as well approaches creating and presenting concept-based media. Projects will also prepare the students to create and re-purpose digital assets for production requirements, editorial illustration; fine art hand pulled screen-printing, large scale printing, digital animation and motion graphics, digital video in broadcasting formats, DVD lay-out and interactive formats, and others. As the course will require a high level of precise and effective execution through precise digital craftsmanship, a working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator is required. Prerequisite Art 231 or Approval from Instructor Students enrolled in this course will have a course fee assessed to their student account. Additional information can be found at http://art.cua.edu/courses/courses.cfm.
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3.00 Credits
This course traces the history of photography from its invention in 1839 to the present. Students will learn the technical aspects of photography, including the various types of photographs produced. Students will also learn about the different types of photographic practices, from portraiture to documentation and will see the most important works of the major photographic artists from the 19th and 20th centuries. Finally, the course will examine the development of photography as an artistic practice with its own critical history.
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Surveys the art and architecture of the Middle Ages in Western Europe, from the age of Charlemagne through the Ottonian, Romanesque, and Gothic periods, and from England to the borders of the Byzantine and Islamic worlds. Slide lectures, readings, and discussions consider secular and vernacular art forms in addition to art created for the use and glory of the Christian church.
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3.00 Credits
This course will explore Dutch art and culture in its Golden Age. The innovations of Rembrandt, Jan Steen, Pieter Saenredam, and Jan Vermeer among other remarkable artist. They will be investigated in relation to the disappearance of traditional patronage systems, the rise of a new middle class, and the impact of ongoing religious turmoil. Course will upon the exemplary Dutch collections in the National Gallery of Art.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to various kinds of paintings materials, and techniques with a emphasis on acrylics. Assignments will be from varied life sources and the imagination. Students enrolled in this course will have a course fee assessed to their student account. Additional information can be found at http://art.cua.edu/courses/courses.cfm.
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3.00 Credits
Love, lust, and desire spiritual, secular, and physical were among the dominant themes in Renaissance art and literature. In this course, we will examine the ways in which artists, poets, theologians, and philosophers struggled to define, and to represent, the complexities of love in all its facets. We will analyze the thematics of desire in male and female portraiture and mythological paintings, the erotics of mysticism in altarpieces, the role of love and friendship in Neoplatonic philosophy, and the taboos of sex in early modern printmaking. Artists to be studied include: Leonardo da Vinci, Fra Bartolommeo, Bronzino, Michelangelo, Titian, Correggio, and Lorenzo Lotto.
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