Course Descriptions

205 Western Art: Pre-history through the 14th Century
Surveys art beginning with the Paleolithic age through the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Medieval Europe, and Byzantium up to the early Renaissance. Stresses cultural context and style. One semester, 3 credits

Art 206 Western Art: 15th through 20th Centuries Surveys the visual arts of Europe from the Renaissance to the present. One semester, 3 credits

207 Women and the Visual Arts
Historically oriented examination of women artists from the Renaissance through the Modern periods, followed by an exploration of theoretical issues involving women and representation. One semester, 3 credits

211 Expressive Arts of Africa
Explores the symbolic and aesthetic representations, implicitly understood and explicitly expressed by selected African peoples in cultural communication. The concepts discussed will center around the relationship between art, ritual, and symbols in cultural expression. The focus is the expressive cultures of sub-Saharan Africa as communicated mainly in the sculpture of the region. The aim is to read culture through art and to understand how Africa's visual arts constitute the cultural encyclopedia of specifi c African groups. (Same as ANTH 321) One semester, 3 credits

361* Art of Ancient Greece and Rome.
Examines the visual arts of ancient Greece and Rome. Recommended prerequisite: Art 205. One semester, 3 credits

362* Art of the Medieval West.
Surveys art and architecture of Western Europe from the Early Christian period to the beginnings of the Renaissance. Recommended prerequisite: Art 205. One semester, 3 credits

363* Early Renaissance Art in Italy
Explores painting, sculpture, and architecture in Italy, especially in Florence and Siena, from the thirteenth through the fi fteenth centuries; emphasis will be on cultural and historical context. Recommended prerequisite: Art 205. One semester, 3 credits

364* The High Renaissance and Mannerism
Art and architecture in Florence, Rome, and Venice in the later fi fteenth and sixteenth centuries, with special attention to the works of Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Titian. Recommended prerequisite: Art 206. One semester, 3 credits

366 Art of the Eighteenth Century
Explores painting, sculpture, architecture and decorative arts in France, Great Britain, Spain, Germany and Italy from approximately 1700 to 1800. Recommended prerequisite: Art 206. One semester, 3 credits

368 Age of Impressionism
Explores the visual arts in Paris during the last half of the 19th century from the perspective of modernism, asking how and why the painting of modern life, practiced by Manet, Degas and the Impressionists, became transformed into the Symbolist movement, including artists such as Gauguin and Van Gogh. Recommended prerequisite: Art 206. One semester, 3 credits

369 Age of Dada and Surrealism
Explores the visual arts during the fi rst half of the 20th century, concentrating on Dada and Surrealism and its antecedents such as Cubism, Futurism, and Suprematism. The relation of these movements to World War I, the rise of Fascism, and World War II will be examined. Recommended prerequisite: Art 206. One semester, 3 credits

370 Contemporary Art
Explores the visual arts since 1950, with special emphasis on recent developments. Recommended prerequisite: Art 369. One semester, 3 credits

381 Art of Mexico
Examines the art of Mesoamerica and Mexico from the time of the Olmecs to the twentieth century. Recommended prerequisite: Art 206. One semester, 3 credits

382 Art of Colonial Spanish America
Examines the art produced within the interaction of different ethnic groups under Spanish & Portuguese rule in Southwestern United States, Central America and South America. Recommended prerequisite: Art 206. One semester, 3 credit

391 Seminar in art from the Ancient
through the Renaissance periods Explores an art historical topic from the Ancient, Medieval, or Renaissance periods. Focus is upon mastering the disciplinary modes of proposition and analysis used to write about the visual. Topics will vary; may be repeated for credit as topic changes. Junior or senior standing required; limited to art history students. One semester, 3 credits

392 Seminar in art from the Early Modern
through the Modern periods Explores an art historical topic from the seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth or twentieth centuries. Focus is upon mastering the disciplinary modes of proposition and analysis used to write about the visual. Topics will vary; may be repeated for credit as topic changes. Junior or senior standing required; limited to art history students. One semester, 3 credits

190, 290, 390 Selected topics in art history
Variable. Permission. May be repeated for credit. 295, 395 Directed Study Variable. Permission. May be repeated for credit NOTE: Students enrolling in Studio Art classes are charged a materials fee.

100 Introduction to Art 2-D
Explores a variety of processes for creating two-dimensional images, using materials and techniques such as drawing, painting, collage, simple printmaking, and mixed media. Emphasis will be on understanding how basic visual elements (line, shape, form, space, color, and texture) are used in contemporary art. Color theory will be included. One semester, 3 credits.

101 Introduction to Art 3-D
Explores a variety of processes for creating three-dimensional objects, using materials and techniques emphasizing wood, steel and mixed media. Effective use of the qualities of line, shape, form, mass, and texture will be emphasized in making sculptural creations. One semester, 3 credits.

200 Introduction to Computer Art
An initial study of basic software for the Macintosh computer as related to fi ne art. Photoshop and Illustrator, both essential software programs for artists and designers, are covered. The technical and conceptual potential of the computer is explored by applying established and contemporary principles of art and design. Differences and similarities between commercial and non-commercial computer generated art are addressed through assignments, which cover both approaches. The ultimate goal of the course is to enable students to create their own imagery using the computer as a tool in making art. One semester, 3 credits.

201* Computer Art Workshop
This course is a condensed version of Art 200, introducing the student to computer art in an intensive 4-week class. January session, 4 credits.

210 Drawing I
Course designed for beginning art majors and non-art majors (those students who wish to earn the fundamentals of drawing). Many operative aspects of drawing and principles of design are presented. Emphasis is placed on analytical study of composition, space, proportions, line, value and texture, etc. Upon completing this course, the student should have a solid practical knowledge of various drawing techniques. One semester, 3 credits.

217*, 317* Painting Workshop
Drawing and painting with emphasis on color, design and pictorial expression. Subjects for projects will vary. May travel to do landscape paintings. January session, 4 credits.

218*, 318* Drawing Workshop
An intensive 4 week long workshop in which the student is presented with a variety of drawing techniques, such as wet and dry media. Gesture drawing, collage, gouache, etc. are explored. In the beginning, the emphasis is placed on the fundamental principles of design and the operative aspects of drawing. As the course of study develops, stress is placed on more nontraditional, and experimental drawing approaches. Work from the model will be possible for those interested in fi gurative expression. Permission. January session, 4 credits.

219*, 319* Ceramic Sculpture Workshop
Clay sculpture. Problems designed with hand forming methods to techniques of clay construction and design with emphasis on the basics of sculpture. January session, 4 credits.

220*, 320* Sculpture Workshop
Explores the properties and primary working methods of plaster casting the human form with emphasis on the basics of sculpture. The individual develops sculptural expression with attention to visual properties and qualities of content. January session, 4 credits.

221* Printmaking Workshop
Introduces the students to the printmaking medium by presenting traditional and experimental processes in a condensed, intensive 4-week class. January session, 4 credits.

222, 323 Painting I, II
Acrylic or oil painting and related media as vehicles for creative expression. Structural, spatial, and symbolic uses of color are explored. Prerequisites: 100 or 210. One semester, 3 credits.

232, 332 Ceramics I, II
Problems designed to take the student from basic hand forming methods to advanced techniques of clay construction and design. Recommended: ART 101. One semester, 3
credits.

242, 343* Printmaking I, II
An initial study of basic processes of preparing and printing the inked surfaces of metal, wood, and linoleum plates, as well as, other intaglio and relief printing surfaces. The student is presented with a variety of techniques, proper and safe use of the shop equipment and tools, and the basic aspects of preserving, collecting and curating prints of fi ne art. The student has fi rst hand, i.e. methodical, experience in engraving, dry point, line etching, aquatint, soft ground, lift ground, linoleum-cut, wood cut, and other basic mixed intaglio and relief processes. Prerequisite: 100. Permission required for Printmaking II. One semester, 3 credits.

252, 353 Sculpture I, II
Using techniques of wood construction, welding, assemblage and modeling the individual develops sculptural expression with attention to visual properties, spatial organization and qualities of content. Prerequisite: 101. One semester, 3 credits.

300* Computer Art II
A continuation of Computer Art I with emphasis placed on developing one's own imagery and innovative approaches towards computer software and peripherals. The objective is for students to further deepen their understanding of contemporary art using the computer as a tool. Prerequisite: 200. One semester, 3 credits.

301 Special Projects in Computer Art
A continuation of Computer Art I and II. Designed for advanced students in studio art to further explore their aesthetic and conceptual ideas using the computer as a tool. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 300 or instructor's permission. One semester, 3 credits.

303* Printmedia in Visual Communications
Encompasses both traditional and digital printmaking processes with a strong emphasis on the history of 20th-century graphics and printed images in visual communications. Major movements in printed graphics such as the Russian Avant-garde, Bauhaus and Die neue Sachlichkeit in the Weimar Republic, the WPA Federal Arts Project, Chinese Propaganda Posters, Solidarnost Posters from Eastern Europe, Mexican Revolutionary Posters are studied. Connection between diverse cultural, political, and economic communities and issues such as urban society, religion, ethnicity, and cultural and political changes are analyzed by examining, and better understanding, prints and multiples. The ultimate goal of the course is to enable students to create their own imagery utilizing a variety of printing techniques and the computer as a tool in their own art making. Prerequisite: 100 or instructor's permission. One semester, 3 credits.

310* Figure Drawing
Introduction to fi gure drawing with awareness of the human body's basic structure and form. Emphasis is placed on development of perceptual awareness of the human fi gure through appropriate exercises. Concepts and principles from Drawing I, with an emphasis on the human fi gure, are explored. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 210. One semester, 3 credits.

311* Special Projects in Drawing
A continuation of the objectives of Art 100 and 210. Designed for advanced students in studio art to further explore their aesthetic and conceptual ideas in drawing, painting, printmaking and mixed media. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisites: 100 and 210. Permission. One semester, 3 credits.

316* Watercolor
Exploration of watercolor as a medium for creative expression. Structural, spatial, and symbolic uses of color are explored. Experimentation with other media in combination with watercolor. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisites: 100 and 210. One semester, 3 credits.

324* Special Projects in Painting
A continuation of the objectives of Art 100 and 222. The student is expected to integrate conceptual and aesthetic concerns with a serious exploration of the medium's potential. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 323. Permission. One semester, 3 credits.

334* Special Projects in Ceramics
Experimentation with glazes, materials, and colorants. Problems in clay designed to meet individual needs. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 333. Permission. One semester, 3 credits.

344 Special Projects in Printmaking
A continuation of Printmaking I and II. Designed for advanced students in studio art to further explore their aesthetic and conceptual ideas through matrix or non-matrix printmaking. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 343, or instructor's permission. One semester, 3 credits.

354* Special Projects in Sculpture
Advanced work in sculpture. Further exploration and refi nement of personal style and content. Projects designed to meet individual needs. Prerequisite: 252. One semester, 3 credits.

388 Advanced Art Seminar
Consists of a combination of seminar format presentations and discussion combined with studio-based artistic creation. Course content focuses upon the most important individuals, concepts and practices in the art world in recent decades. Enrollment in this class is generally restricted to those pursuing the Studio Track or the Art and Art History Track. Prerequisite: completion of Foundation and Intermediate classes in the major. One semester. Repeatable for credit. 3 credits.

389 Senior Project in Studio Art
Through coordination with a studio art faculty member the student completes a signifi cant project or a coherent series of projects. The work create in this course is presented in the student gallery as the senior exhibition. Typically this course is taken concurrent with the second semester of Advanced Art Seminar. Prerequisite: completion of Foundation and Intermediate classes in the major. One semester. Repeatable for credit. To be taken in the fall semester of the senior year. 3 credits.

Independent Study

295, 395, 495 Independent Studies
Credit and time arranged. Permission. May be repeated for credit.

*Not offered every year.