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3.00 Credits
This introductory course will focus on learning to see and learning to translate what is seen into two dimensions. Learning to see often requires overriding what the brain knows and learning to trust one’s growing skill at visual response. Translating visual information to the page involves developing skill with line, shape, space, form, and composition. The intent is to develop a broad visual vocabulary which allows communication of the subject matter with sensitivity in charcoal, pencil, ink, and collage. This involves working from life, including the figure, and using slides to clarify and enrich what we do through references to art history. Studio supplies fee: $20. Flanagan, Read, Staff/ Three credits
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This course is an introduction to the concepts and the forms of three-dimensional design. It is based upon the recognition that the origins of and inspiration for much of design stems from nature. The course is not a class in the use of materials. Consequently, projects will start with an idea, and then the appropriate medium will suggest itself. Studio supplies fee: $60. Orlinsky/ Three credits
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This course is an intensive introductory investigation of basic painting problems. Using oil paint, students will thoroughly examine questions of composition, issues of light and color, and problems exploring uses of the paint material. In weekly in-studio and outside of class assignments, students will also consider both contemporary and historical approaches to painting. Prerequisite: ART 101 or permission of the instructor. Studio supplies fee: $60. Flanagan, Read, Rye/ Three credits
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This course will offer an introduction to visual design, and multimedia graphic design. Students will be introduced to the elements and principles of design as well as critical analysis and visual problem solving skills. The interrelationship between visual and verbal communication will be explored along with the study of typography. The computer application Adobe Photoshop will be used as a tool for design in this course. A working knowledge of basic Macintosh computer skills will be helpful but not necessary. Studio supplies fee: $75. Glushien, Leemann/ Three credits
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A survey of the development of Western art from Prehistoric times to the end of the Middle Ages. A broad historical and stylistic approach frames the course, but the students will learn a select number of works in closer detail. This course acquaints the students through lectures, discussions, and visits to local collections, with the tool of visual analysis, the ability to decode visual images from the past and present. Close studies acquaint the students with the elements of visual language and help them to develop critical skills which can be used to further their understanding of the visual arts. Beall-Fofana, Norris/ Three credits
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A survey of the development of Western art from the Late- Gothic period to the 21st century. A broad historical and stylistic approach frames the course, but the students will learn a select number of works in closer detail. This course acquaints the students through lectures, discussions, and visits to local collections, with the tool of visual analysis, the ability to decode visual images from the past and present, an essential skill for our digital age and one that will aid students in comprehending and navigating their environment. Students will develop critical skills that can be used to further not only their understanding of the visual arts, but also the history of Western culture. Beall-Fofana, Norris/ Three credits
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This course provides an introduction to the study of art and architecture in western as well as non-western cultures, including Islamic, Asian, African and Pre-Columbian, and privileges the collection at the Worcester Art Museum. Proceeding chronologically from the Paleolithic period (c. 2500 BCE) and culminating with the fourteenth-century, students will learn basic terminology for visual or formal analysis and methodologies for the study of art and the history of art. In addition this course will emphasize thematic issues within the artistic, cultural and historical contexts in which the art and the architecture were created such as the representation of the human body, the role of women in art, the changing role of the artist, shifts in patronage, the use of art and architecture to express secular and ecclesiastical aspirations, the relationship of art and ritual, the initiation of new visual systems and the art and architecture where differing cultures intersect. Beall-Fofana, Norris/ Three credits
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An introduction to the principles, methods, and meaning of architecture. Reflection on the nature of architecture (as well as city planning and landscape architecture) to acquire a method for the study of architecture by a close analysis of selected major works in the art form: the Parthenon, Hagia Sophia, St. Peter's (Rome), University of Virginia (Charlottesville), the city of Brasilia, the Seagram Building (New York City), etc. Beall-Fofana, Staff/ Three credits
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A two-semester interdisciplinary course in politics and art. The two semesters concentrate on the study of the worlds of politics and art in multiple periods of Western Civilization. The first semester studies Ancient Greece through the Renaissance. The second semester studies Modern Europe through 21st-century Europe and the United States. Both semesters emphasize the reading and interpretation of texts about the major political and artistic principles in each historical period as well as the viewing and analysis of major artistic works. Students earn three credits in Politics and three credits in Art. (Same as POL 150-151.) Beall-Fofana, Norris/ Three credits each semester
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This project-based studio course serves as an introduction to digital photography as it applies to the fine arts. Students will explore technical and aesthetic foundations of photography through the latest digital technology. Digital cameras, scanning, and image manipulation software will be covered as well as an examination of the history of photography and its role as a form of artistic expression. We will also read and discuss critical issues in photography and the history of photography. Studio Fee: $150.00. Glushien, Staff/ Three credits
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