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This course is an administrative placeholder used to record a student’s score on Comprehensive Exams (CR/NCR).
This is an historical and aesthetic introduction to the visual arts from ancient times through the medieval period. Representative works of art are studied and consideration is given to aesthetic functions and values. Upon completion of this course, students are expected to understand the historical significance of the visual arts and how they relate to their own experience.
This is an historical and aesthetic introduction to the visual arts from the Renaissance to the present. Representative works of art are studied and consideration is given to aesthetic functions and values. Upon completion of this course, students are expected to understand the historical significance of the visual arts and how they relate to their own experience.
This course examines the sociopolitical, psychological, and economic issues that have affected women’s participation in the visual arts, and it also examines how women are represented throughout the history of Western art. It considers women artists ranging from prehistory to the “old master” era through the proliferation of female produced art in the 20th century and the contemporary art world. Artists covered may include Hildegard, Artemisia Gentileschi, Mary Cassatt, Frida Kahlo, Georgia O’Keefe, Judy Chicago, Kara Walker, and Cindy Sherman.
This introductory course is designed to assist students in understanding the basic concepts and techniques of representational drawing. The students work on assigned problems in rendering form and exploring drawing media as a visual thought process. An additional course fee is required.
This basic foundation course introduces the components, principles, elements, and materials that comprise two-dimensional visual art. Emphasis is placed on ways of looking at art in an historical context. This course is a studio experience with periodic lecture and field trip study. An additional course fee is required.
This course is an introduction to the theory and practice of various media used for expression through sculptural forms. Various techniques and materials are explored with emphasis on design potential and implementation. An additional course fee is required.
This course is an introduction to the language and methods of painting in acrylics using opaque and transparent techniques. Working from still life, landscape, the human figure, and the imagination, students explore composition fundamentals as well as color theory. An additional course fee is required.
