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3.00 Credits
A creative exploration of the tradition of the handmade book. Students learn to make several styles of binding, including accordion books, pamphlets, and Japanese bindings, developing some skill in letterpress printing, paper decorating, and simple printmaking techniques to create original handmade books. Readings, discussions, and slide lectures introduce students to the ingenious history of books and printing. Besides constructing imaginative, individual book art projects, students create one collaborative project. Lab fee required. Merrill.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ARTS 111 or permission of instructor. A survey of fine art printmaking media, with emphasis on beginning techniques and the artistic potential of the print. Media include a selection of techniques from intaglio, relief, and planographic printmaking. Beavers.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ARTS 227 and permission of instructor. Continuation of Printmaking I, with emphasis on one of the major media of printmaking (intaglio, relief, lithography). Students gain experience both with technique and the creative ability to solve visual problems and present compelling images in two dimensions. Beavers.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. An introduction to sculpture techniques, tools and materials. Studio problems develop skills in working with wood, stone, clay, and metal. Lab fee required. Stene.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ARTS 231 and permission of the instructor. Studio problems concentrate on one medium, e.g., stone, wood, clay, or metal. Contemporary concerns in sculpture are explored through readings and presentations by students. Lab fee required. Stene.
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4.00 Credits
Students design, construct, and install environmentally friendly site specific art. Design work is conducted in the computer lab, construction done in the art studios, and installation is on campus or at a selected site in the Lexington area. Stene.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ARTS 111 or 217 or permission of the instructor. Intermediate and advanced study in painting with emphasis on specialized media and topics. Examples of media offered include acrylic, oil, mixed media, and encaustic with subject matter ranging from the figure and landscape to non-objective imagery. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different. Lab fee required. Olson-Janjic.
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3.00 Credits
ARTS 292 - Special Topics in Photography FDR: HA Credits: 3 credits in fall or winter, 4 credits in spring Prerequisite: Varies with topic. Advanced study in photography, with an emphasis on a specialized topic within the medium. Lab fee required.
Topic for Spring 2011 only:
ARTS 292: Special Topics in Photography: Photography and Time (4) Prerequisite: ARTS 223 or 224 or consent of instructor. Utilizing both still photography and digital video, this course focuses on the integration of narrative, motion, and the passage of time in the artist’s working process. Projects include films comprised of multiple still images, as well as digital video. All films are screened and critiqued during class meetings. The works of experimental filmmakers, as well as photographers who also work in film and/or address concepts of time in their work, are viewed as a part of this course. (HA) Bowden.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ARTS 111 or permission of the instructor. In various years the topics and media change, given the interest of the faculty and presence of visiting artists. May be repeated with permission when topics are different. Lab fee required. Staff.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Studio art major and permission of the instructor. This course is a critique-based studio seminar designed to prepare students for the senior thesis in studio arts and built around a term-long visual arts project responding to current trends in contemporary art. This seminar introduces a theme or topic, supported by readings, films, and image presentations, as the focus of class discussions exploring and highlighting the work of relevant contemporary artists. Students develop and plan a body of work inspired by or in response to this theme. Group and individual critiques assess each student’s progress towards this goal. Bowden.
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