4-D Design 3 Introduction to time—the fourth dimension—and timebased artworks, including installation, performance art and video. Studio exploration with emphasis on historical and current issues as they apply to individual direction and expression in time. Prerequisites: 110, 111. Notes: Fee: $90. 3 Survey of Western visual art and architecture from its ancient origins through the Gothic. Works of art and architecture are discussed in terms of style, meaning and social context. Field trips to area museums examine original art from the Classical era to the Gothic. Notes: Fee: $60. History of Western Art I: Prehistoric Through Gothic
Painting II 3 Continuation of the exploration of painting as a visual language with emphasis placed on color theory, technical and conceptual development. The class will focus on issues of color and design as manifest in organic, geometric and pattern abstraction. Prerequisite: 213. Notes: Fee: $60. 3 The history of painting, sculpture and architecture from 1850 to 1940. Major aesthetic issues that shaped 20th Century art and influenced the early 21st Century will be examined. Prerequisites: 116, 126. Notes: Fee: $90. Modernity: Realism to Surrealism Letters & Symbols 3 Typography, icon study, and application. This course explores how type advances the meaning and visual strength of a message, idea, or communicative device. The class also includes the consideration of the meaning of symbols and non-typographic forms as they apply to visual communication. Discussions will include consideration of art history and its influence within communication design practice. Prerequisite: 112. Notes: Fee: $90. 3 Students develop methods of visual communication that draw on the cumulative experience of 2-D, 3-D, and 4-D coursework. Through the use of digital / analog tools and readings related to the history of design, exploration of creative ideas and Integrated Design I processes are related to communication design with an emphasis on developing individual styles and concepts. Pre requisite: 112. Notes: Fee: $90. Contemporary Art Trends 3 A study of art produced since World War II, focusing on current movements within the international art community. Prerequisite: 311.Notes: Fee $90. 3 A studio exploration of color photography using digital and film techniques. Emphasis placed on color theory, contemporary issues, and the technical skills of artificial lighting and professional digital printing workflow. Prerequisite: 221. Notes: Fee: $90. Highly recommended that students own or have access to a digital SLR camera. Photography II-Studies in Color Figure Studies II 3 Extensive investigation of the figure. Emphasis is placed on a broad approach to understanding and interpreting the human figure. Prerequisite: 108. Notes: Fee $60. 3 An investigation of issues and ideas in the history of design, focusing on the development of the image from the icon to motion graphics. Individual designers and significant design movements will be covered. Historical Development of Design
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History of Western Art II: Renaissance through Romanticism
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Second in a two-part survey of Western visual art and architecture, this course covers the great artistic contributions from the Renaissance to the mid-19th century. Works of art and architecture are discussed in terms of style, meaning and social context. Field trips to area museum to examine original art from each era. Prerequisite: 116. Notes: Fee: $60. 3 Introduction to the methods, materials, and tools of sculpture and general concepts of sculptural form. Prerequisite: 111. Notes: Fee: $90. Sculpture I
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Ceramics I 3 An introduction to wheel technique and beginning throwing
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skills. Formulation of basic glaze applications in the development of fire ceramics will be emphasized. Notes: Fee: $90.
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Painting I
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Basic color theory and painting techniques. Traditional to contemporary styles will be explored. Prerequisite: 107. Notes: Fee: $60.
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Photography I-Introduction to Darkroom & Digital Processes 3 A survey of comtemporary art photography, introducing the practices of darkroom, digital, black and white, and color photography, with an emphasis on technical and conceptual aspects. Prerequisite: 109. Notes: Fee: $90. Highly recommended that students own or have access to both 35mm film and digital SLR cameras. Ceramics II 3 Continued individual development in all areas of ceramics. Introducing vessel construction from hand-built techniques, low fire glaze applications and an introduction in firing the kilns. Prerequisite: 211. Notes: Fee: $90. 3 Emphasizes sculptural aesthetics and appropriate technology. Focus on formulating a conceptual and technical basis for work. Prerequisite: 210. Notes: Fee: $90. Sculpture II
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Printmaking
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An introduction to screenprinting techniques and other mixed media alternative printmaking methods, including monoprinting. Notes: Fee: $90.
Elementary Art Workshop
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Installation & Performance Art I
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Developing and preparing art assignments suitable for elementary school pupils. Notes: Fee: $90.
Interdisciplinary studio exploration in installation and performance studies. Course will focus on studio practice with an emphasis on the history of installation and performance art. Prerequisite: 112. Notes: Fee: $90.
Drawing II 3 Exploration of the overlapping relationships of traditional and experimental methods of drawing: to include processes, tools, and surfaces. Concentration on issues of formal, narrative, and symbolic development with emphasis placed on finished works of art. Prerequisites: 107, 108. Notes: Fee: $60.
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