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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Teaches the art and craft of contemporary blackand- white photography. Emphasizes how to use a camera, develop negatives, and make prints in order to create images that are visually powerful and significant to the photographer and her audience. Bresler, Sills.
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3.00 Credits
Teaches the art and craft of contemporary color photography. Students learn how to use the camera and work with Photoshop to make prints in the digital lab. In addition to learning the basic principles of photography, color theory will be emphasized. Manually adjustable digital or traditional cameras will be used. Bresler.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Introduces students to the art of various cultures. Explores the idea of art as a visual language, why people make art, what purpose art serves, and how art reflects values and ideas. Discusses painting, sculpture, and architecture ranging from the Egyptian pyramids to Michelangelo's Sistine Ceiling. Includes frequent visits to the Museum of Fine Arts and the Gardner Museum. Hanni.
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Introduces paintings, sculpture, and architecture from Europe and the United States made between 1600 and the present. Explores the careers of key artists and interprets objects from this period, considering such issues as obstacles and opportunities for women artists at various periods, changing views on what art should accomplish in society, and the development of unconventional approaches to art during this century. Uses the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts and the Gardner Museum to study the work of such important artists as Rembrandt, Goya, Cassatt, Monet, O'Keeffe, Warhol, and others. Hanni.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Examines art from 1945 to the present with emphasis on the changing nature of the art object, role of the artist, and audience for art in the second half of the 20th century. Emphasizes primarily, but not exclusively, American art with attention to emerging awareness of feminism, multiculturalism, and postmodern critical influences. Cohen.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Studies Chinese art with travel to architectural and archeological sites, museums, and artist's studio in Beijing and Xi'an. Through lecture and discussion, students will gain an understanding of the visual meaning of artworks in their cultural context and consider the impact of socially and historically distant cultures on people in the 21st century. Maske.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Studies significant collections of art and antiquities in museums, galleries, and country houses in and near London; how they were formed; and their relationship to changing social and political contexts in Britain. Topics include classical and Assyrian art at the British Museum in relationship to empire building in 18th- and 19th-century England, portraiture as a document of changing aristocratic ideals and national identity, and the Victoria and Albert Museum as an example of social reform. Hanni.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Not offered in 2008-2008.] Introduces pictorial language and basic design elements to express ideas and develop creative thinking. Explores spatial techniques, color, and texture in representational and abstract imagery. Uses a variety of materials. Emphasizes process over product. Includes group critiques and presentations on contemporary and historical artists. Staff.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Offers a more animated perspective to a spatial environment than ART 111. Requires no previous studio experience and covers techniques and concepts that may overlap basic drawing. Includes work with a live model in numerous contexts and explores a broad range of media and techniques. Relates the figure to other figures, an environment, or more conceptual interpretations. Oppenheim, Kiely.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Uses Boston and Cambridge to explore the history and theory of modern and premodern American and European architecture. Considers such landmarks as Richardson's revivalist Trinity Church, Pei's international-style Hancock Tower, and Le Corbusier's sculptural Carpenter Center within the wider context of significant development. Lectures and museum and site visits required, as well as walking tours exploring Boston as architecture and urban design. Staff.
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