Current Courses
ART AND ART HISTORY
Art History & Theory
ART-150 ART HISTORY
Sadler 11:30-12:45 MW
Introduction to the major paintings, sculptures and architectural monuments from the pyramids to postmodernism. Discussion of stylistic movements, the importance of viewing works in context and the broadening of the canon in the dialogue of non-Western and Western art. This one-semester course is a prerequisite for all upper-level courses in art history.
ART-160 VISUAL THINKING I
Ruby 1-3:15 MW, Beidler 10:30-12:45 TTh
Introduction to drawing and design. Students will explore issues of composition, color theory and creative development. Experiments with a variety of drawing and design media will develop students’ visual skills and individual style.
ART-202 THE MIDDLE AGES: IMAGES AND IDEAS
Sadler, 2-3:15 MW
Key monuments from the Early Christian through the Gothic periods will be examined. Issues of patronage, the impact of the changing liturgy on art, the interaction of economic, social and political factors on the production of cathedrals and monasteries, sculpture, stained glass and the luxury arts will be addressed in this course.
Prerequisite: ART-150 or permission of the instructor
Offered alternate years
(Cross-listed with REL-202)
ART-225 HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Smith, 8:30-9:45 TTh
This course focuses on photography from the mid-nineteenth century (c. 1839) to the present. It examines the invention of photography and photography’s evolution in both aesthetic and technical/technological terms.
ART-230 CONTEMPORARY ART, ARCHITECTURAL FORM, URBAN SPACE
Smith, 2-5 TTh
Over the past decades, artists have engaged spatial practices to change existing definitions of art objects to enact institutional, cultural, and political critiques. This course examines artistic practices in a variety of media, which create dialogues with architectural form and urban space.
ART-240 DRAWING AND COMPOSITION I
Moon, 9:30-12 MW
Problems in representation with a focus on life drawing and the human body. Experimentation with drawing media and various styles of drawing. Emphasis on personal expression and thematic discovery.
Prerequisite: ART-160
ART-242 PRINTMAKING PROCESSES I
Beidler 1-3:30 MW
Introduction to printmaking processes with a focus on image content and creative development. Printing processes may include monoprint, relief, intaglio, silkscreen, book arts and photographic processes in printmaking.
Prerequisite: ART-160
ART-243 THREE-DIMENSIONAL THINKING I
Ruby, 10:30-12:35 TTh
Introduction to three-dimensional art making with a focus on mass, space and light. Emphasis on exploration of materials and conceptual development. Projects may include sculptural, environmental, time-based, sound-based, performative and kinetic works.
Prerequisite: ART-160
ART-330 THE ART OF PORTRAITURE
Sadler, 10-11:15 TTh
Survey of the variety of approaches to portraiture from Antiquity to the present; examines and interrogates the motivations behind particular approaches and styles while also contextualizing artists within the art of their eras.
Prerequisite: ART-150 and a 200-level course or permission of instructor
Offered alternate years
ART-340 DRAWING AND COMPOSITION II
Moon, 9:30-12 MW
Advanced studies in drawing
Prerequisite: ART-240
ART-342 PRINTMAKING PROCESSES II
Beidler, 1-3:30 MW
Advanced studies in printmaking
Prerequisite: ART-242
ART-343 THREE-DIMENSIONAL THINKING II
Ruby, 10:30-12:35 TTh
Advanced studies in sculpture
Prerequisite: ART-243
ART-360 THINKING THROUGH ART AND ART HISTORY
Ruby, 2-5 Tues
This process seminar develops skills in methods and methodology, research, and visual and contextual analysis to prepare students to more meaningfully engage the rigor of projects in the capstone courses in art and art history. Prerequisite: ART-150 or ART-160, and a 200-level studio art or art history course