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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Prereq.: COMM/ART 138. Offers an opportunity to use photography to describe, understand, and interpret the world around us by creating photographic essays on subjects of students' choosing. Gives attention to refining technical skills while delving into aesthetic issues of significance and meaning in our images. Studies the documentary tradition as a basis to develop work. Sills.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Focuses on artists such as Vigee-Lebrun, Cassatt, Manet, Cezanne, and Van Gogh and how they revolutionized subjects and styles of art. Topics include romanticism and realism in painting, the development of Impressionism, and influences of photography on art after 1840. Studies the French Impressionist and 19th-century painting collections of the Museum of Fine Arts. Hanni.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Studies painting, photography, sculpture, and architecture from the colonial period to the 20th century. Considers how the nation during various historical periods defined and presented itself through art. Explores the experiences of women artists in America and the role of the U.S. in the international art world. Investigates themes of portraiture, landscape, and the development of modernism. Examines artists such as Copley, Sargent, Homer, Cassatt, and O'Keeffe at the Museum of Fine Arts. Hanni.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Concentrates on European painting and sculpture during the 17th century, with emphasis on the art of the Netherlands. Considers careers of significant women artists, the popularity of landscape and portraiture, and changes in the commissioning and selling of art. Includes visits to works by Rubens, Rembrandt, Steen, Van Dyck, and others in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts and the Gardner Museum. Hanni.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Introduces the Italian Renaissance in the context of historical, social, and religious developments, including the changing role of the artist in society, patronage, workshop systems and their effect on women artists, and humanism. Examines the careers of Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Botticelli, and Donatello and views the works from this period at the Museum of Fine Arts and the Gardner Museum. Hanni.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Surveys the history of photography, covering major developments from the 1830s to the present. Studies the medium in a broad cultural framework, with concentration on images and ideas and the cross-influence between photography and painting. Covers developments in art photography, documentary, and photojournalism. Hanni, O'Brien.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Introduces African art from 3000 BC through the present, including Egyptian, Ashanti, Benin, Dogon, Bambara, Ife, and Ethiopian art, as well as art from other African cultures. Includes guest speakers (artists, historians, curators, etc.) and visits to museums. Staff.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Introduces the cultures of Japan and China through a study of painting, sculpture, and architecture. Considers stylistic developments and regional and historical characteristics in the context of the social, religious, and political history of these countries. Makes use of the superb Asian collection at the Museum of Fine Arts for an important opportunity to study firsthand a wide variety of Asian art. Staff.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Surveys the history of African American art, with a strong emphasis on the contributions of African people to American culture, including special attention to the role of African people in developing world art. Includes tours of museums, galleries, artists' studios, and other institutions involved in the arts. Staff.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Prereq.: COMM/ART 138. Expands explorations in photography through selfdesigned photographic projects. Refines visual and technical skills. Includes two or three longterm projects, critiques, discussion of the work of art photographers, visits to exhibitions, and technical exercises. Sills.
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