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3.00 Credits
This course examines the art of any one of four art historical periods by combining lecture/discussion with practical applications. The first week explores the character of the period as it developed according to historical, social, cultural and artistic trends, while the second week involves the practical application of painting techniques developed in the Italian Renaissance, but universally applied by academics of art in Western culture until the end of the nineteenth century. These techniques will include: creating your own painting medium; preparing a wood panel with gesso; toning the panel; transferring a preliminary drawing to the toned panel; developing an underpainting; and the application of traditional Venetian oil glazing techniques.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to African-American art designed to explore the diverse aesthetic expressions of African-American artists from colonial times to the present. Through an examination of aspects of the religious, social, cultural and creative history of Black Americans, students will develop an understanding of the wealth of contributions made by people of African descent to the development of American art and culture.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor and department chair. Selected topics of an advanced nature, which may include original research projects. Can be used in upper-level course requirements only twice with no more than 3 hours credit given each time.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ARH 2850 and ENGL 1102. A survey of art in Europe from the early 14th century to the mid 16th century. The veneration for classical antiquity and the development of realistic representation are examined. Besides a chronological study, the painters, sculptors and architects in Italy and in Northern Europe are covered. The issues of patronage, artist training and technology are also addressed.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ARH 2850, ENGL 1102, and approval of instructor and department chair. Selected special topics and seminars of interest to faculty and upper-level students interested in art history.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the history of women in the visual arts, particularly as artists, but also as subjects, focusing on western Europe and the Americas. It also considers the evolution of feminism and its applications in art history.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ARH 2850 and ENGL 1102. A survey of major movements, artists and themes in the 17th and 18th century western art and architecture. The mutual awareness and cultural interchange with the traditions of Africa, Asia, the Americas and Oceania are also emphasized.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ARH 2850, ARH 3150, ENGL 1101, and ENGL 1102. This is a combination of a lecture/discussion course and a practical application course in which students will examine the art of 17th-century Italy and Holland. The first week of the course will be an art historical examination exploring the charac-ter of Italy and Holland as they developed accord-ing to historical, social, cultural and artistic trends, while the second week will involve the practical application of painting techniques popular to the Baroque period. These techniques will include, preparing a wood panel with gesso, toning the panel, transferring a preliminary, toned drawing, done with a Conté white pencil, developing an underpainting, and then finally, the application of traditional glazing techniques.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ARH 2850, ARH 3150, ENGL 1101, and ENGL 1102. This course consists of two components: 1) a study of the work of the early Italian Baroque painter Michelangelo da Merisi, more commonly known as Caravaggio, and the impact that his unique artistic vision had on 17th-century Spanish painters from Naples-based Jusepe Ribera to the most renowned Spanish painter, Diego Velazquez; and 2) a technical exploration of the painting techniques that make Caravag- gio's work and 17th-century Spanish painting so visually impressive, emotionally compelling and dramatic. Students will create a painting, from scratch, during the second segment of the course, either after a masterwork of Carvaggio or after a Spanish master. ARH 4650. 19th Century Art. (3-0-3). Prerequisite: ARH 2850 and ENGL 1102. Study of major developments and trends in 19th century painting, sculpture, graphic design and architecture. Review of major aesthetic theories and non-western art forms that shape 19th century art.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ARH 2850 , ARH 3150, ENGL 1101, ENGL 1102. This course consists of a study of the Romantic phenomenon that developed in Europe and the United States, particularly at the end of the 18th and throughout much of the 19th century. We will not only discuss the philosophical ideas, read primary source literature, essays, poetry and prose, including some excerpts from works of fiction, and of course look at the art work in Europe and the United States, but we will create a Romantic painting over the course of the term. We will also listen to some Romantic music and even write about it in class. Romanticism in England, France, Italy, Spain, Germany and the United States will be explored, and students will produce a painting, either a figurative work or a landscape, of the professor's choosing, and based on a Romantic masterpiece.
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