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3.00 Credits
In this course, students develop technical skills in basic perspective and explore the elements of composition in relation to the figure. Students will investigate dry and wet black and white media using line, shape, form, texture, and value. Open to non-majors with permission.
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1.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to the Macintosh platform and Adobe Photoshop. Students are familiarized with the computer as a powerful tool for artists of all persuasions. Placement test required. Open to non-majors with permission.
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6.00 Credits
First-year students explore the underlying principles for making art in two and three dimensions. Notions of what art is, what it does, and what it is made of are addressed and challenged. The course establishes a visual vocabulary and develops basic techniques in application to materials and visual imagery. Open to AR majors only.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an overview of image making and architecture from the earliest evidence until approximately 1300. The focus is primarily on objects and structures in Egypt, Mesopotamia, Europe, the Near East, and the Greek and Roman empires. This course emphasizes the various forms, styles, and techniques used by these diverse cultures, as well as the varied roles that images played and the specialized functions structures served in a disparate array of settings. Students will discuss both classroom images and museum objects for content, composition, meaning, and message, and will learn descriptive vocabulary and visual analysis to effectively explore works of art. Open to non-majors.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the stylistic developments of painting, sculpture, and architecture of the European Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Neo-Classical, and Romantic periods, from 1300-1850. The course focuses on the context of changing political, religious, intellectual, and cultural environments, and uses images and museum objects to examine this art, while debating the inventions of the period and the role of patron and artist. The goal is to explore art history in an interdisciplinary way that weaves art, architecture, religion, and mythology into a complex whole. Students will discuss images for content, composition, meaning, and message, and will learn descriptive vocabulary and visual analysis to effectively explore works of art. Note: This course will satisfy H&S Humanities or Elective requirements for Non-Art/Design students. Open to non-majors.
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3.00 Credits
Work on Paper. In this course, students experience drawing as an active process using a variety of traditional and nontraditional materials. Observational and nonobjective approaches to the development of basic drawing skills, and individual expression in a variety of black and white media are addressed. Open to non-majors.
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3.00 Credits
This course is part of a continuing examination of the fundamentals of drawing from the live model. Basic construction of the figure/body and specific instruction in the use and history of proportion systems are addressed. Students explore various black and white media, develop visual awareness, and enrich their capacity for self-expression. Open to non-majors with permission.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces the beginning painting student to the basic language of paint, color, spatial illusion, and practice in both oil and waterbased media, covering practical color theory for painters, direct and layered painting methodologies, and skills such as stretcher bar construction. It also covers formal investigations such as studies in composition. Students can expect to gain an increased knowledge regarding pictorial space construction through observational and nonobservational painting, along with individual invention. The primary goal is to begin the visual articulation process in the language of paint. Open to non-majors with permission.
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3.00 Credits
Upon completing the groundwork in Painting Studio I, students will expand upon the formal, conceptual, and material skills necessary for developing their artistic voices. A variety of painting projects are presented that expand the definition, approaches, and possibilities within the act of painting. This course is accompanied by a writing component, reading assignments, and exhibition opportunities, and may include a visiting artist event. Open to non-majors with permission.
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3.00 Credits
Combined Materials and Structures. In this course, projects are focused on mixed materials and found objects, applying contemporary approaches to assemblages and forms. Projects stimulate innovative uses of materials and a playful sense of exploration. Demonstrations offer an introduction to studio power tools, casting processes, and metals area tools. Open to non-majors with permission.
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