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Development of visual ideas through drawing. Line, shape, value, form, and texture are investigated through specific problems in a variety of media. Mr. Charlap, Mr. Bosman, Ms. Ruggeri, Ms. Newman. Open to all classes. Two 2-hour periods.
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An historical and analytical introduction to architecture, sculpture, and painting. The department. Open to all classes. Enrollment limited by class. Three 50-minute periods and a 50 minute conference section.
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To develop students' understanding of color as a phenomenon and its role in art. Color theories are discussed and students solve problems to investigate color interactions using collage and paint. Mr. Charlap. Open to all classes.
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This course draws on individual case studies to explore ideas and representations of race, specifically as they relate to people of African descent in today's global visual culture. Focusing on the twenty-first century, we consider ways of viewing and "reading" race in contemporary visual art, film, video, mass media, fashion, advertising and music. Ms. BrielmaierOpen to freshmen. Limited enrollment. Satisfies the Freshman Writing Seminar requirement. Two 75-minute periods. Not offered in 2008/09.
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The representation of life on other planets has a long history that is not apparent in its usual representation in popular culture and the media. The course explores that context of our fascination with other worlds and forms of life in the visual arts, scientific treatises, fiction and film. In cultures as varied as those of ancient Greece to the contemporary global scene, the history of the alien has a surprisingly complex development. Ms.Winston Open to freshmen. Limited enrollment Two 75-minute periods
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A studio-based introduction to architectural design as a method of thinking and communicating about the physical environment through diagrams, drawings, maps and models. Employing a variety of digital and non-digital techniques, students begin to record, analyze and create architectural space and form in a series of design exercises. Mr. Amrborst Prerequisite: Art 102-103, corequisite: one of the following: Art 220, 270, 272 or 273, or by permission of the instructor. Two 2-hour period
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An exploration of how various notions of seeing (as perception, as recognition, as revelation) have been treated in the visual arts and in literature. Class meetings take place in the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center so that students may make regular use of Vassar's extensive art collection. Ms. Kuretsky. Open to freshmen. Limited enrollment. Two 75-minute periods. Not offered in 2008/09.
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Basic painting skills are explored through a sequence of specific problems involving landscape, still life, and the figure. Instruction in the use of various painting media. Mr. Charlap. Two 2-hour periods.
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Introduction to the language of three-dimensional form through a sequence of specific problems which involve the use of various materials. Mr. Roseman. Two 2-hour periods.
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The course explores contemporary drawing strategies. Students take an interpretative approach to assignments, and work from a variety of subjects including the human figure, found objects, landscape, and images. Mr. Charlap, Ms. Ruggeri. Prerequisite: Art 102a or other studio course. Two 2-hour periods.
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