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  • 3.00 Credits

    This course will examine the development of photography as an art form. Beginning with the introduction of the camera in the 19th century, the course will focus on early photographic experimentation and its effects on painting. Accordingly, students will then be introduced to the work of great photographers from Nadar to Stieglitz, and to the effects of their work on the development and refinement of the photographic form. An overview of photography in the modern age will conclude the course.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course further explores the drawing techniques established in Beginning Drawing. Students will concentrate on drawing objects and spaces from life and from the imagination. Individual drawing assignments and the development of a final portfolio and sketchbook will be emphasized. Fields trips are usually required. Instead of a textbook, students should expect to pay for art supplies for this course.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This is a hands-on course in how an idea is developed from a sketch to a fully realized prototype model. Fabrication strategies for overcoming material limitations and exploiting their strengths will be emphasized. In addition, students will be expected to control and critique their ideas, as well as develop a professional approach to craftsmanship and communicating those ideas. Industrial design as related to architecture and interior and product design will be introduced. Industry standard software, such as Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator, will be utilized in this course.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is a continuation of the investigations of landscape and still life and their implicit abstract qualities. A special emphasis will be placed on the function of surface, color saturation, scale, and multiple relations in contemporary painting. Projects will include finished paintings and sketchbooks. Studio projects will be analyzed and evaluated.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This is an introduction to the history of design as a major independent element of visual arts, and the ways in which intentionally produced objects, environments and experiences both shape and reflect their historical moment. The course will investigate how good design is expressed in architecture, household objects, crafts, tools and transportation. Emphasis will be placed on the importance of social, political and cultural factors and the role they play in how objects and structures are made, and why they look the way they do. Museum visits will be required.
  • 3.00 Credits

    The painting, sculpture, and architecture of Renaissance Italy will be examined for humanistic content as well as for the visual qualities of composition, style and technique. Works of art will be discussed within the historical context of the Renaissance. Such renowned works as Michelangelo's Sistine Ceiling and Leonardo' s Last Supper will be compared to earlier styles. Renaissance art as a foundation of modernism will also be discussed.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is a continuation of problems in three-dimensional form related to the human figure, portraiture, and their abstract qualities. Emphasis will be placed on individual expression and the development of technical skills in plaster and clay.
  • 3.00 Credits

    (1lab) An intermediate course in photographic instruction, darkroom technique, and aesthetics. Students will be exposed to classic examples of photojournalism, and instructed in appropriate techniques in each area. Students will begin to build a portfolio in a chosen area. Each person will be expected to have a camera.
  • 3.00 Credits

    (3lab) This course is an extension of Digital Photography I, focusing primarily on the software and some hardware required for the output of digital images. Adobe Photoshop and QuarkXpress are the software that will be emphasized. Adobe Illustrator will also be introduced and some output devices such as inkjet and laser printers will be explored. Storage media such as the writeable CD, DVD, and the ZIP disk will serve as "working portfolios" from which the final portfolio of manipulated digital images will be printed.
  • 3.00 Credits

    (2lab) This course covers the theory and use of negative film (for prints) and positive film (for slides). The psychological and aesthetic effects of color will be investigated, and the student will learn to manipulate color through an understanding of various light sources and the use of filters. This course is offered in conjunction with Color Darkroom Techniques. Students must have a 35mm camera and should expect to pay for additional materials for this course.
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