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  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is a study of abstract painting methods, which develop from perceptual observation. Working from subjects found in nature, students learn how to manipulate explicit appearance in order to express implicit potential. Prerequisiste(s): any drawing course including Art and Visual Culture 205A, 212A, 213A, 312A, or 366A. Open to first-year students. Enrollment limited to 12. P. Johnson.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Continued study of abstract painting methods. Prerequisiste(s): Art and Visual Culture 215A. Instructor permission is required. P. Johnson.
  • 3.00 Credits

    An introduction to the ceramic process covering the nature of clay, application of glazes, firing procedures, wheel- and hand-formed work, design, and aspects of the history of pottery. There is a laboratory fee. Prerequisite(s): Art and Visual Culture 203 or s21. Not open to students who have received credit for Art and Visual Culture 217. Open to first-year students. Enrollment limited to 12. Normally offered every year. P. Heroux.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This advanced ceramic course continues the study of the history of ceramics and the use of the potters wheel. There is a laboratory fee. Prerequisite(s): Art and Visual Culture 217A. Recommended background: Art and Visual Culture s25. Instructor permission is required. Normally offered every year. P. Heroux.
  • 3.00 Credits

    A study of photographic imagemaking. This introductory course covers concepts and techniques of black-and-white photography. Working with film-based cameras and darkroom techniques, the course offers improvement in perceptual awareness and a study of the medium's expressive possibilities. There is a laboratory fee. Open to first-year students. Enrollment limited to 12 per section. Normally offered every year. E. Morris.
  • 3.00 Credits

    A study of photographic imagemaking using digital technology. This introductory course covers concepts and techniques of photography and the use of basic image-editing software (e.g., Adobe Photoshop). The course offers improvement in perceptual awareness and the study of expressive possibilities, especially as they pertain to digital manipulation. There is a laboratory fee. Open to first-year students. Enrollment limited to 12. E. Morris.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course explores the art of early Buddhist rock-cut temples. These temples appeared in India during the third century B.C.E., then spread along the ancient trade routes from India to eastern Asia. The rock caves not only chart artistic development, expressed through breathtaking architecture, sculpture, reliefs, and mural paintings depicting legends and stories, they also reveal the religious practice along the trade route, as well as international and local cultures. Recommended background: Art and Visual Culture/Asian Studies 243. Open to first-year students. Enrollment limited to 40. [W2] T. Nguyen.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course concerns the art and architecture of Northern and Southern Europe between 1450 and 1600, with emphasis on art in the court and the city. Students study several methods of analysis as they investigate the impact of religion, technology, urbanism, gender, sexual orientation, social class, and national identity on the visual arts. Artists discussed include Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, Bronzino, Giovanni Bologna, Titian, Sofonisba Anguissola, Lavinia Fontana, Palladio, Dürer, Grünewald, Holbein, Brueghel, and Bosch. Not open to students who have received credit for Art and Visual Culture s18. Open to first-year students. R. Corrie.
  • 3.00 Credits

    A survey of painting, sculpture, landscape and urban design, and architecture in Italy during the seventeenth century. Artists studied include Caravaggio, the Carracci, Guercino, Bernini, and Borromini. Recommended background: Art and Visual Culture 266. Open to first-year students. Enrollment limited to 40. E. Harwood.
  • 3.00 Credits

    A survey of painting, landscape design, and architecture in France and the Low Countries during the seventeenth century. Artists and places studied include Rubens, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Poussin, Lorrain, Vaux-le-Vicomte, and Versailles. Recommended background: Art and Visual Culture 271. Open to first-year students. E. Harwood.
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