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2.00 Credits
2 hours. This course offers an introduction into Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal) Art. We will explore both traditional and contemporary artistic production (painting, sculpture, weaving, photography film) in different contexts, from the sacred realm of ceremony to present day public spheres. We will be looking in what way Aboriginal mythology influenced the art making. At the same time we will be asking questions about relationship between art, culture, and colonization.
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Selected topics art history from ancient to baroque are covered. Topics vary from term to term. (C)
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This course studies how art and architecture reflect political structures from the ancient Western world. Themes that will be addressed include the concepts of kingship, deifying rulers, class structure, colonial expansion, and political propaganda. We will pay particular attention to how works of art and architecture were made and how they were received in the ancient cultures of Sumer, Egypt, Greece, and Rome. (C)
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2 hours. This quarter-long survey is designed to introduce first-year students to the developments of art and architecture in Europe of the fourteenth through the seventeenth centuries. The course will consist of lectures, exams and a short research paper. (C)
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2 hours. An introduction to the revolutions of the eighteenth century in important technologies, such as those intrinsic to printing, pottery, and building. This course will consider the materials, styles, and social meanings of Wedgwood's pottery, James Watt's steam engines, Baskerville's and Caslon's typefaces, Sheraton's chairs, and Robert Adams' architecture. This first generation of industrial designers and their global impact will be our focus as we look at the larger significance of design.
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2 hours. This course will investigate the character and function of the image during the Middle Ages. The influences and development of Christian images from its early pagan antecedents to its fruition in Gothic courtly style will be studied. Aspects of learning, propaganda, and piety within European medieval culture will be considered both from clergy and secular patronage.
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Selected topics in modern art history are covered. Topics vary from term to term. (C)
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2.00 Credits
2 hours. This class will provide a critical introduction to modern art. It will trace the contexts of modern art movements and explore key themes. We will look at a wide-range of art genres, including painting, sculpture, and photography. (C)
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2 hours. Looking at artifacts made between 1800 and 2004, the class will examine books, buildings, chairs, paintings, photography, pottery, silver, type design, and videos in order to identify functions and analyze values systems. Courses of Instruction: New York State College of Ceramics 273 We will consider how the ways design expresses aesthetic and moral belief systems and question how new materials and technology influence the way we define "modernity." (C)
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2.00 Credits
2 hours. This course will introduce students to the development of the concept of modernism in art and will focus on discussing examples of related utopian visions of an idealized past or an anticipated future. (C)
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