Fall, Spring. Credit, four hours. Introduction to fundamental concepts of art history through 100 representative works of art and architecture produced in Egypt, Europe, Asia, the Americas, and the Islamic world before 1800. Focus on the formal structure and historical contexts in which the works were made and understood.
Fall, Spring. Credit, four hours. Introduction to the fundamental concepts of art history through 100 representative works of art and architecture produced in Europe, Africa, and the United States between 1700 and the present day. Focus on the formal structure and historical contexts in which the works were made and understood.
Fall, Spring. Credit, four hours. This class introduces observational drawing as the translation of human visual and sensory perception onto a two-dimensional plane. This translation as a discovery-based process reliant on epistemic curiosity and the human hand are emphasized. A variety of drawing tools will be explored alongside topics: mark-making, composition, line and value. Students are encouraged to appreciate drawing's development of skills such as focused perception and process-oriented thinking as applicable to a broad range of fields. This is an experiential course, and thus sustained active learning is expected.
Fall, Spring. Credit, four hours. This course introduces painting as a materially intrinsic process that translates visual perception, narrative and human emotion into viscous materials on a two-dimensional surface. This course uses acrylic paint and emphasizes the full process of creating a painting. Students are expected to have a preliminary understanding of the principles and elements of art and design before enrolling in this class, but color specifically will be introduced as it applies to introductory painting. This is an experiential course, and thus sustained active learning is expected.
Fall. Credit, four hours. Introduction to media, techniques, theory, and practices. Various approaches to 3D design are explored with particular sensitivity to sculptural concerns within the broader framework of contemporary art.
On Demand. Credit, four hours. Students will explore different avenues in the creation of paper and follow the historical development of paper from a skilled craft to an elevated art form.
On Demand. Four hours. This studio art course will offer an opportunity to examine specialized topics across a variety of techniques and media. Topics may include Comic and Sequential Drawing, Sketchbook Drawing, Life Drawing and Painting, Portraiture or Printmaking. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes, up to a maximum of twelve hours.
Fall, Spring. Credit, four hours. This course serves as an advanced studio course of descriptive drawing and painting (to draw and paint what is visually observed by the artist). The foci of the studio will be the conceptual development of iconography; the continued exploration of the formal elements of art in relation to constructing strong compositions; and the study of the aesthetic, physical, and psychological properties of color and value, the mastering of media and the refinement of artistic styles.
On Demand. Credit, three hours. Prerequisite: Art History 101 or Art History 102. This course examines the art and architecture of ancient Egypt from the development of rock art and pottery (5000 BCE) through the end of the second intermediate period (1500 BCE). Students enrolled in this course will need a strong foundation in art history to succeed.
On Demand. Credit, three hours. This course examines the art and architecture of ancient Egypt from the New Kingdom (1550 BCE) through to the eventual conquest by Rome (30 BCE).
Fall. Credit, three hours. Prerequisite: Art History 101 or Art History 102.
Spring. Credit, three hours. Prerequisite: Art History 101 or Art History 102. Survey of modernist art in France, Germany, Italy, Russia, and Britain. Artistic movements and tendencies including Fauvism, Expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, DADA, abstraction, surrealism, and developments during WWII. Writings by artists and critics will be considered in relationship to the art.
Spring. Credit, three hours.
On Demand. Three hours. Topics could include the Tutankhamun; the Underworld Books; introduction to hieroglyphs; Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt. May be repeated for credit when topic changes, up to a maximum of twelve hours.
On Demand. Three hours. This course will offer opportunities for our students to study specialized topics within Art History. The course may be repeated for credit when topics vary.
On Demand. One to four hours. Reading and research projects decided upon between the student and a member of the faculty. May be repeated for credit.
