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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the development of modernism in the visual arts ca. 1871-1945, emphasizing contemporary interests in spirituality, discoveries in science, mathematics, psychology, and new philosophical perspectives on the nature of reality. (Offered fall semester, alternate years.) 3 credits.
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3.00 Credits
Surveys American art from colonial times through 1945, emphasizing painting and sculpture. Consideration is given to the social, political, and cultural influences on major artists and movements. (Offered spring semester, alternate years.) 3 credits.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of photography from 1839 to the present. Emphasis will be placed on the relationship of photography to other arts and current critical issues in the field. (Offered fall semester, alternate years.) 3 credits.
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3.00 Credits
Surveys the major artistic developments in Europe, America, and Asia between the close of World War II and the emergence of postmodernism, including abstract expressionism, pop art, minimalism, conceptualism, and site-specific art. (Offered fall semester, alternate years.) 3 credits.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the evolution of art since 1970 in Europe, America, and Asia. Traditional media, performance, video, and installation are discussed in the light of post-modernist theory, Feminist and Marxist criticism, and the impact of mass media and new technologies. (Offered spring semester, alternate years.) 3 credits.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of contemporary art and artists from India, Pakistan, China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam and the Philippines. Artworks will be considered both as expressions of their respective cultures and as formal statements. Issues of Orientalism, colonialism, nationalism in the art of the "East" and the effects of globalization on contemporary art will guide this study of post WWII art, with cultural differentiation as a major goal. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite, ART 230, or consent of instructor. Introduces the major epochs in the history of graphic design. Explores how visual communication was designed to fit the needs of pre-modern societies and how it responded to shifting contexts and new technological inventions at three critical moments: the invention of the printing press, the industrial revolution, and the digital revolution. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite, ART 295, ART 332, or consent of instructor. Required of all junior graphic design majors, this seminar deals with aesthetic, ethical, and theoretical issues affecting the practice of contemporary graphic design. Focus is on graphic design in the 20th century and beyond. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite, ART 295, or consent of instructor. Required of all junior studio art majors, this seminar explores how modern art has been written about by artists and their contemporaries. Students discuss a variety of texts by critics, artists, and art historians from the 1860s to 1980. (Offered fall semester, alternate years.) 3 credits.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite, ART 295, or consent of instructor. Required of all junior art history majors, this seminar surveys the many methodologies used by art historians to understand works of art. Seminal texts representing the methods of Formalism, Iconography, Connoisseurship, Marxism, Feminism, Structuralism, and Post-Structuralism are discussed and applied. (Offered fall semester, alternate years.) 3 credits.
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