Course Descriptions
Art
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ART 101: Fundamentals of Design I
3 Credits
Introductory studio art course; primary goal is the development of an awareness and appreciation of the visual experience and of the limitless possibilities for making things of beauty and delight. Learning based largely on a conscious amassing of visual experiences and the development of seeing, upon which, eventually, to realize one's own visual language and visual value judgments. Studio exercises and lectures consider two-dimensional work and color. Studio, six hours per week.
ART 102: Fundamentals of Design II
3 Credits
Introductory studio art course. Studio projects and lectures include work in two and three dimensions plus problems in color. 101 not prerequisite to 102.
ART 112: Foundations of Art
3 Credits
Introduces students to the materials, techniques, concepts, and processes essential to understanding the visual arts and the role of the artist, through a series of projects, readings, class critiques, videos, slide presentations, and various kinds of field trips.
ART 201: Drawing and Composition I
3 Credits
Exploration of drawing as an art form for the novice or for those with some experience. Emphasis on the development of visual awareness, appreciation, and discrimination. Various media and techniques employed in drawing from life and in varied visual exercises. Studio, six hours per week.
ART 202: Drawing and Composition II
3 Credits
Exploration of drawing as an art form for the novice or for those with some experience. Emphasis on the development of visual awareness, appreciation, and discrimination. Various media and techniques employed in drawing from life and in varied visual exercises. Studio, six hours per week. 201 prerequisite to 202.
ART 205: Watercolor Painting
3 Credits
Introductory and intermediate problems in painting with transparent watercolor and gouache from still life, landscape, and figurative subjects. Surveys the history of the medium as well as contemporary approaches.
ART 206: Watercolor Painting
3 Credits
Introductory and intermediate problems in painting with transparent watercolor and gouache from still life, landscape, and figurative subjects. Surveys the history of the medium as well as contemporary approaches.
ART 211: History of Art I
3 Credits
A survey of Western art from prehistory to the end of the Middle Ages. Assists the student in a visual and critical understanding of the art of the past. The Western tradition investigated, with emphasis on such art forms as sculpture, painting, and architecture. Formerly 301.
ART 212: History of Art: From the Renaissance to the Modern Age
3 Credits
A survey of Western art from the fifteenth century to the present. Investigates Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassical, Romantic, Realist, Impressionist, and Modern masterworks in terms of their formal development and cultural context through readings, lectures, class discussions, and field trips. Special emphasis on developing skills of visual literacy and critical thinking. Formerly 302.
ART 221: The Enlightenment and the Modern World
3 Credits
An illustrated interdisciplinary introduction to art, history, and culture from the age of Enlightenment to the modern world. Emphasis on the varying conceptions of the individual, society, nature, and the divine as seen through the masterpieces of art and literature, as well as contemporary politics, and reigning philosophic and scientific theories.
ART 231: Introduction to Digital Arts
3 Credits
Using a variety of software, students interested in the visual arts learn the basic tools and techniques for creating and manipulating images and transforming ideas into artwork, along with overall concepts of scanning and digitizing images. Painting and drawing software are emphasized and classes stress individual development. The computer acts as a tool to create artwork from models, still lifes as well as from the imagination. Work will be printed and critiqued. There will be weekly projects which may be finished during class, but may require additional lab time.
ART 232: Introduction to Digital Arts
3 Credits
Using a variety of software, students interested in the visual arts learn the basic tools and techniques for creating and manipulating images and transforming ideas into artwork, along with overall concepts of scanning and digitizing images. Painting and drawing software are emphasized and classes stress individual development. The computer acts as a tool to create artwork from models, still lifes as well as from the imagination. Work will be printed and critiqued. There will be weekly projects which may be finished during class, but may require additional lab time.
ART 303: Painting I
3 Credits
Elemental problems of painting on a two-dimensional surface; structure and composition, color, flat pattern, modeling and light, paint handling, and texture. Students work from varied life sources and imagination in oil. Studio, six hours per week. Open to concentrators and nonconcentrators; 303 is not a prerequisite for 304.
ART 304: Painting II
3 Credits
Elemental problems of painting on a two-dimensional surface; structure and composition, color, flat pattern, modeling and light, paint handling, and texture. Students work from varied life sources and imagination in oil. Studio, six hours per week. Open to concentrators and nonconcentrators; 303 is not a prerequisite for 304.
ART 305: Sculpture I
3 Credits
An introduction to various kinds of three-dimensional forms, an exploration of sculptural tools, materials, and techniques including stone and wood carving, welded steel, and other media, as well as a consideration of sculpture, sculptors and their history. 305 is not a prerequisite for 306. Studio, six hours per week.
ART 306: Sculpture II
3 Credits
An introduction to various kinds of three-dimensional forms, an exploration of sculptural tools, materials, and techniques including stone and wood carving, welded steel, and other media, as well as a consideration of sculpture, sculptors and their history. 305 is not a prerequisite for 306. Studio, six hours per week.
ART 307: Sculpture in Digital Space
3 Credits
Fuses sculptural media computer graphics to explore the "placement of sculpture" and "sculpture as place." While primarily a lab-based course, discussion includes consideration of environmental sculpture as well as the role of the artist in the creation of meaningfully designed public spaces.
ART 308: Metal Sculpture
3 Credits
The creation of welded steel and cast bronze sculpture will be the focus of this course. A study of the methods of construction and fabrication of metal sculpture as well as a survey of historical methods of making metal sculpture will be presented. Visits to museums, bronze foundries and steel fabricators are included.
ART 309: Introduction to Photography
3 Credits
Through lecture, lab, and independent projects, students are introduced to basic 35mm black-and-white photography techniques, darkroom developing and printing, the use of natural and artificial lighting, the history of photography, and contemporary theories and styles. A 35mm. SLR camera is required. No prerequisites.
ART 314: Art Concepts and Studio Skills
3 Credits
This course is required of Studio Art majors but is open to electors with no pre-requisite. Art History majors may take the course to satisfy an art elective. This is a studio/lecture class investigating concepts in contemporary art and basic practical studio skills. Current trends in contemporary art making will be investigated.
ART 315: Web Design and Flash
3 Credits
Interactive multimedia can communicate messages and meanings, be educational, or provide entertainment. This course will explore a theoretical basis for the creation of interactive digital media as well as cover production techniques in building engaging websites. Course participants will develop and produce their own creative or informational interactive digital productions. The platform used to publish the interactive multimedia projects completed in class will be the web and CD. Software supported through this course includes Macromedia's Flash, Dreamweaver, and Fireworks. Additional software used will be Adobe Photoshop, Ilustrator and ImageReady, Quicktime, and SWISH.
ART 317: Greek Art and Architecture
3 Credits
Surveys the art, architecture, and archeology of Greece from its Minoan and Mycenaean antecedents through the late Hellenistic era, with emphasis on the Classical period. Readings and slide lectures/discussions emphasize the relationship of the arts to their broader cultural context and introduce a variety of art-historical methods.
ART 318: Roman Art and Architecture
3 Credits
Surveys the art of the Roman Empire from its Etruscan origins (eighth century B.C.) until the age of Constantine (early fourth century A.D.). Examines city planning, architecture, sculpture, painting, and the decorative arts in Rome and its provinces in the context of political developments. Special emphasis on public and private patronage of funerary, religious, and commemorative (propagandistic) arts.
ART 319: Renaissance Art
3 Credits
A survey of Northern and Southern Renaissance art, including the work of Giotto, Botticelli, Michelangelo, Leonardo, Titian, Durer, Grunewald, and Breughel. Replaces 555.
ART 320: Baroque Art
3 Credits
Features the painting and sculpture of such seventeenth century masters as Caravaggio, Rubens, Velasquez, Bernini, and Poussin. Replaces 553.
ART 321: Venetian Renaissance Art
3 Credits
This course will focus on the Venetian artists of the 15th and 16th centuries, including the painters Andrea Mantegna, Giovanni Bellini, Giorgione, Tintoretto, Veronese and Titian, whose contributions are central to the subsequent course of western art, both religious and secular. The course will also address the architecture of Andrea Palladio. Venetian art in the Renaissance will be discussed in its unique religious, historical, political, geographical, socioeconomic and literary context. The course will be taught in seminar format with an emphasis on close visual analysis of the art and in-depth discussion of critical readings. At least one class session will be conducted at the National Gallery of Art, which has one of the finest collections of Venetian Renaissance painting in the United States.
ART 322: The Visual Culture of Renaissance Rome
3 Credits
A study of the art and culture of one of the most magnificent and powerful cities in history. Considers Rome in the 15th and 16th centuries as both a religious and political center, across a broad spectrum of life from the papacy to the local population. Addresses the impact of ancient Rome on the Renaissance, and how Rome shaped itself as a modern city. Examines the art and architecture of churches, palaces, and villas - including the treasures of St. Peter's and the Sistine Chapel -- in all aspects of artistic production, from paintings, frescoes, fountains, and sculptures, to urban planning and public festivals.
ART 323: Nineteenth Century Art:Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, and Impressionism
3 Credits
An illustrated survey of the art of the Nineteenth Century, one of the most dynamic periods in the development of Western culture. Considers some of the sweeping transformations that took place in art and society during the century and traces the rise of modern art in the painting, sculpture, and design of this vital turbulent age. Artists discussed include David, Ingres, Gericault, Delacroix, Friedrich, Goya, Courbet, Manet, Degas, Cassatt, Monet, and Renoir. Replaces 563; see also 331, which partially replaces 563 and 462.
ART 324: Realism and Impressionism (Later Nineteenth Century Art)
3 Credits
A focused, illustrated study of two brilliant movements in modern art history through the work of some of the greatest artists of the late nineteenth century, including Millet, Courbet, Manet, Monet, Degas, Cassatt, Renoir, and Rodin. Addresses the innovative production of these artists in relation to the tumultuous cultural and political circumstances of the late 1800s. Explores the pivotal influence of Realism and Impressionism upon the development of Vanguard Modernism. Students are encouraged to utilize the outstanding resources of local art collections. Readings, slides/lectures, class discussions, and field trips to local collections.
ART 325: Neoclassicism and Romanticism
3 Credits
Examines the Neoclassical and Romantic movements in Western art and culture from 1750 to 1850. Artists to be studied include David, Goya, Gericault, Delacroix, Constable, Turner and Friedrich.
ART 326: American Art and Culture
3 Credits
This course will explore painting, sculpture, and photography produced in the United States from the American Revolution to the end of the First World War. We will examine the work of individual artists—Gilbert Stuart, Winslow Homer, Thomas Eakins, John Singer Sargent, James McNeill Whistler, Frederick Remington, Hiram Powers, Eastman Johnson, Mary Cassatt, and Alfred Stieglitz—as well as art movements—the Hudson River School of landscape painting, Luminism, Realism, American Impressionism, Modernism and the Avant-Garde in America. Instruction time will be divided between the classroom and the following museums, which have significant collections of American Art—the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the National Gallery of Art, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
ART 327: Art of Baroque Rome
3 Credits
This course provides an introduction to the artworks produced in Rome from circa 1575 to 1675; it is focused primarily on painting, but attention will be paid to other media, such as sculpture, architecture and the graphic arts.
ART 328: The Art & Literature of Paris 3 Credits
This course offers an introduction to the art, literature, history, and culture of the City of Lights. Through field trips, assigned readings, class discussions, and on-site visits to a selection of the city's many splendid sacred sites, magnificent museums, and historic monuments, students will encounter the history and culture of one of the world's most venerable and beautiful capitals. Particular attention will be paid to art works and texts that have helped to define French culture and style throughout the ages.
ART 329: Introduction: Digital Photography & Photoshop 3 Credits
Introduces the basics of photography as well as an introduction to, Adobe Photoshop. Students will utilize and apply basic methods of image capture, rendering techniques, and manipulation of images to produce a body of work to be presented as a portfolio at the end of the semester. A digital SLR is required.
ART 330: Rembrandt Van Rijn:Paint & Graphic Works 3 Credits
Enlightened entrepreneur, bankrupted spendthrift, brilliant teacher, grumpy curmudgeon, loving husband and father, and artistic genius -- Rembrandt's life reveals a man whose character was as complex and dramatic as his massive oeuvre. This course will explore the life and work of the most celebrated artist of the Dutch Golden Age. In-depth analyses of paintings, engravings, etchings, and drawings will be supplemented by close readings of art historical scholarship with an emphasis on the methods used to understand contemporaneous Dutch art. The exemplary collection of Rembrandt's work in the National Gallery of Art will serve as a vital resource.
ART 331: Modern Art: From Post-Impressionism to Modernism (1880s-1945)
3 Credits
Surveys European and American art and art theory from the last Impressionist exhibitions through the rise of Fauvism, Expressionism, Dadaism, and Cubism. Examines the pioneering production of early Modernist artists such as Cezanne, Van Gogh, Matisse, Picasso, Kandinsky, Mondrian, and Duchamp, whose innovative work addressed the problems of the modern condition and transformed the very boundaries of artistic expression. Replaces in part both 563 and 462.
ART 332: Contemporary Art (1945-Present)
3 Credits
A study of European and American art and art theory from 1945 to the present. Examines the major movements of High Modernism and Post-Modernism (including Surrealism, Abstract, Pop Art, Performance Art, Minimalism, and Appropriation) in relation to biographical and formal concerns, contemporary social and political conditions, and current art history debates. Replaces in part 462; see also 331.
ART 333: Digital Arts II 3 Credits
Builds on the introduction skills and expands on the visual design principles presented by focusing on perception and visual construction, grid principles, visual comparison, and the use of form, image, and typography to visualize the expression of concepts and ideas. Through tutorials and project assignments, students will refine acquire advanced techniques of image correction and image editing, layering and compositing through advanced masking techniques, and format specific color adjustment, as well approaches creating and presenting concept-based media. Projects will also prepare the students to create and re-purpose digital assets for production requirements, editorial illustration; fine art hand pulled screen-printing, large scale printing, digital animation and motion graphics, digital video in broadcasting formats, DVD lay-out and interactive formats, and others. As the course will require a high level of precise and effective execution through precise digital craftsmanship, a working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator is required. Prerequisite Art 231 or Approval from Instructor
ART 334: History of Photography
3 Credits
This course traces the history of photography from its invention in 1839 to the present. Students will learn the technical aspects of photography, including the various types of photographs produced. Students will also learn about the different types of photographic practices, from portraiture to documentation and will see the most important works of the major photographic artists from the 19th and 20th centuries. Finally, the course will examine the development of photography as an artistic practice with its own critical history.
ART 335: Western Medieval Art and Architecture
3 Credits
Surveys the art and architecture of the Middle Ages in Western Europe, from the age of Charlemagne through the Ottonian, Romanesque, and Gothic periods, and from England to the borders of the Byzantine and Islamic worlds. Slide lectures, readings, and discussions consider secular and vernacular art forms in addition to art created for the use and glory of the Christian church.
ART 336: 17th Century Dutch Painting 3 Credits
This course will explore Dutch art and culture in its Golden Age. The innovations of Rembrandt, Jan Steen, Pieter Saenredam, and Jan Vermeer among other remarkable artist. They will be investigated in relation to the disappearance of traditional patronage systems, the rise of a new middle class, and the impact of ongoing religious turmoil. Course will upon the exemplary Dutch collections in the National Gallery of Art.
ART 337: Methods & Materials in Painting
3 Credits
An introduction to various kinds of paintings materials, and techniques with a emphasis on acrylics. Assignments will be from varied life sources and the imagination.
ART 338: Love & Ecstacy:Renaissance Art 3 Credits
Love, lust, and desire spiritual, secular, and physical were among the dominant themes in Renaissance art and literature. In this course, we will examine the ways in which artists, poets, theologians, and philosophers struggled to define, and to represent, the complexities of love in all its facets. We will analyze the thematics of desire in male and female portraiture and mythological paintings, the erotics of mysticism in altarpieces, the role of love and friendship in Neoplatonic philosophy, and the taboos of sex in early modern printmaking. Artists to be studied include: Leonardo da Vinci, Fra Bartolommeo, Bronzino, Michelangelo, Titian, Correggio, and Lorenzo Lotto.
ART 339: Intermediate Photography
3 Credits
This course will build on knowledge of basic black and white photography skills while expanding creativity and technique. A 35mm SLR camera is required. Prerequisites: Art 309 or Approval from Professor.
ART 340: Women in Art
3 Credits
An in-depth illustrated study of the role and representation of women in Western art and culture. Surveys both the evolution of women artists and the portrayal of women in art from the Renaissance to the modern day, with special emphasis on the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Centuries. Critical issues include the lack of women artists perceived as great and the role of sexual politics in art. Readings include film theory, psychoanalysis, literary theory, and feminist art theory. Field trips to local museums, especially the National Museum of Women in the arts. Replaces 520.
ART 341: Islamic Art and Architecture
3 Credits
Surveys the art and architecture of the Islamic world from the seventh century--when the angel Gabriel gave the word of God to Muhammad, as recited in the Qur'an--through the seventeenth. During this period the world of Islam grew from its base in Arabia to Spain and Morocco in the West, and to India in the East. Examines the cities of Mecca, Baghdad, Cairo, and Istanbul and such buildings as the Dome of the Rock, the Great Mosque at Cordoba, the Alhambra, and the Taj Mahal. Field trips to the Freer, the Sackler, and the Islamic Center in Washington, D.C.
ART 342: Introduction to Web Design 3 Credits
This course introduces students to the art of creating well designed websites. Students will learn skills, tools and techniques needed for real-world website design and by course's end will have an understanding of HTML and general website development using Dreamweaver, Photoshop & Flash.
ART 343: Introduction: Sound Production Design 3 Credits
Cross-listed with Media Studies. This course introduces students to creative audio recording, mixing and mastering skills, as well as professional-grade applications of the techniques on campus, in the workplace, and at home. Focused on teaching audio recording fundamentals such as proper microphone selection, placement and usage; creative application of audio effects in postproduction; painting a picture with audio, and creating storyboards, this course will also concentrate on the history of recording & recording technologies; recording personnel & duties; legal aspects of sound production, and the role of the creative process in the world of constantly emerging technologies.
ART 344: IMultimedia Art: Final Cut Pro 3 Credits
Introduces students to the basics of digital multimedia, video editing, storyboarding, and much more. Using powerful Mac G5 computers and industry standard Final Cut Pro software, students will learn how to find and use inspiration from almost any source. Students will create audio and video collages; create titles in Photoshop, and engage in creative exercises using Found Art, digital images and photos, as well as public domain audio and video from the 1930s through the 1960s.
ART 345: Art and Power
3 Credits
Examines the relationship between art and power. Power may be in the hands of individuals, cities, specific social groups or classes, or religious institutions; these frequently create, consolidate, and expand their hold on power through the influential media of the visual arts and architecture. Considers how city planning, buildings, architectural decoration, portable arts, costume, and spectacle (including liturgy) have contributed to the discourses of power throughout history.
ART 351: Art in the Museums
3 Credits
A study of the museum and gallery collections in Washington, D.C. Lectures on the collections, new exhibitions, and extensive trips to museums and galleries. Designed for non-art majors and as an elective for studio art majors. No prerequisite.
ART 353: Color Field Painters in the 1960's Art Scene
3 Credits
This course explores the dynamic art communities of New York and Washington, D.C. in the 1960s. Gallery visits and class discussions will focus on abstract artists Mark Rothko, Helen Frankenthaler, Barnett Newman, Morris Louis, Gene Davis, Kenneth Noland, Thomas Downing, Howard Mehring, and the circles in which they worked. We will examine heated critical controversies generated by the color-field movement in abstract art and consider these phenomena in relation to music, literature, and mass media in 1960s popular culture.
ART 354: American Pop Art in the 1960's
3 Credits
When Pop Art burst onto the American art scene in the early 1960's, it constituted a profound challenge to prevailing definitions of high culture through its introduction of the imagery and style of mass culture-pin-ups, comic books, advertisements, etc.-into the realm of fine art. In this course we will examine the initial controversy provoked by the movement through an exploration of the work of artists such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and James Rosenquist, as well as the writings of early critics who attacked-or defended-their work. In order to understand the controversy provoked by the movement, we will also look closely at its historical context. The post-World War II socio-economic boom let to heated debates about the interrelationship of class, taste, and culture; these debates were exacerbated by the emergence of Camp and a youth-oriented mass culture by the mid-1960s. In conclusion we will examine the legacy of Pop: its pioneering of post-modernist themes and artistic practices, as well as its impact on subsequent artistic theory. The class will be taught in a mixed lecture/seminar format: brief lectures will introduce each topic, followed by in-depth discussion of critical readings and works of art.
ART 355: Selected Topics in Art, Religion and Social Change
3 Credits
Addresses the relationship between art, art history, and contemporary theological, moral, social, and political concerns. Subject for each term will be announced in advance. Course may be repeated with varied content and instructor's permission. Selected topics include Sinners, Saints, Warriors, and Goddesses; the Ideal Woman in Art; and the Art of the Revolution and Protest.
ART 365: Selected Topics in Eighteenth-, Ninteenth-, and Twentieth-Century Art
3 Credits
An illustrated study of art history and criticism through a focused consideration of selected artists, art movements, periods, and issues from the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries. Subject for each term will be announced in advance. (Course may be repeated with varied content and instructor's permission.) Selected topics include Manet and Modern Paris; Women in Impressionism; The Landscape Tradition.
ART 367: Van Gogh and His Circle
3 Credits
An illustrated study of the art, life, and legacy of Vincent van Gogh, the nineteenth century Dutch painter whose tragic life story and brilliant artistic production have assumed almost mythic proportions in modern Western culture. Considers the relationship of van Gogh's work to that of his contemporaries in Europe, as well as the unique contribution that his painting has made to the development of vanguard Modernism. Also investigates the relationship between biography and historiography in the formulation of van Gogh's popular image as a tormented visionary genius whose evocative and poignant painting was marked (if not also motivated) by suffering and despair.
ART 368: Michelangelo:Painter, Sculptor, Architect
3 Credits
This seminar will examine the life and work of Michelangelo Buonarroti, arguably the most consequential figure in Western Art. While considering Michelangelo's paintings, drawings, sculpture, and architectural projects, we shall study and critically evaluate the theoretical, theological, philosophical, political, and economic contexts from which works like the Sistine Ceiling, the David, and the Medici Chapel emerged. Furthermore, we will examine Michelangelo's role in the development and anticipation of Mannerism and Baroque Art, as well as his contribution in shaping many of the notions we associate with modern art (concepts such as artistic genius and subjectivity). Throughout the seminar students will approach the material critically coming to terms with the issues of historical interpretation itself.
ART 370: Selected Problems in Chinese and Japanese Art
3 Credits
Special topics in painting, ceramics, sculpture, and graphics of selected periods of Chinese and Japanese art history. Formerly 582.
ART 381: Figure Drawing
3 Credits
This course is designed to build upon students' abilities to render the human form and to hone their visual problem solving skills. The focus of the class is to increase technical abilities of the students so that they may more confidently express themselves in a two dimensional form with both drawing and painting media. Through concentrated in-class life studies, projects, and class critiques, students will foster new ways to render the human figure with confidence. The course approaches the techniques in a cumulative manner. It begins with simple line studies and ends with the glazing techniques used by the Old Masters. The course is open to beginning through intermediate drawing and painting students. This course will replace Figure Painting and Drawing.
ART 382: Figure Painting
3 Credits
This course is designed to build upon students' abilities to render the human form and to hone their visual problem solving skills. The focus of the class is to increase technical abilities of the students so that they may more confidently express themselves in a two dimensional form with both drawing and painting media. Through concentrated in-class life studies, projects, and class critiques, students will foster new ways to render the human figure with confidence. The course approaches the techniques in a cumulative manner. It begins with simple line studies and ends with the glazing techniques used by the Old Masters. The course is open to beginning through intermediate drawing and painting students. This course replaces Figure Painting and Drawing. Instructor approval required. Prerequisites: 201, 202, 381
ART 383: Video Art
3 Credits
Video Art is designed to introduce students to digital camcorders, shooting video, and computer-based image and sound composition techniques. The course covers pre-production and post-production techniques, which includes image and sound manipulation and sequencing and rendering on digital multimedia computing platforms. Topics include, the unix and windows operating systems, MAC OSX, digital audio formats, audio editing and sequencing, digital image formats, image editing and sequencing, 3D geometric modeling, and digital presentation formats. Avid Xpress, Combustion, 3Dmax studio, Sound Forge and Acid Pro will be the primary software packages of focus. Authoring techniques and formats will be addressed based on time. Students will work individually and in interdisciplinary collaborative teams producing digital audiovisual presentations. Class projects will be presented in DVD format and in formats that are Web specific. Students are expected to produce portfolio-quality work.
ART 401: Advanced Painting
3 Credits
Emphasis on development of individual style-form concepts. Materials and techniques of painting in oils, acrylics. Studio, six hours per week. Departmental approval required. Prerequisites: 303, 304.
ART 406: Advanced Sculpture
3 Credits
Further exploration of sculptural media with an emphasis on the development of personal style. Material and techniques include a broader variety of media (metal, stone, wood, ceramics, and mixed media). Studio, six hours per week. Departmental approval required. Prerequisites: 305, 306.
ART 406: Advanced Metal Sculpture
3 Credits
Continued work in welded steel and cast metal sculpture. Instructor approval required or Prerequisite: 308
ART 410: Introduction to Digital Photography
3 Credits
Explores the basics of using the computer as a photographic tool. The importation of conventional 35mm film into Adobe Photoshop will be the primary focus. Must have prior experience in basic photography, i.e. working knowledge of photography and darkroom. A 35mm SLR camera is required.
ART 411: Advanced Digital Photography
3 Credits
Advanced digital photography explores the aesthetics of photography in a digital medium. Expand upon the fundamentals of photography applied in a digital medium, including photo-stitching, filters, and multiple implementation of images into singular pallets, using studio, action and photojournalistic techniques, students will apply knowledge of camera physics, composition and aesthetic values to images. Culmination of course will be final presentation of advanced project in finished book format Digital SLR is required. Perquisite: 232; 329. Admission may also be granted upon evidence of prior photography and Photoshop experience please see departmental for this approval.
ART 420: Art and Critical Theory
3 Credits
An in-depth introduction to twentieth century theory as applied to the visual arts. Examines some of the most interesting and controversial modern theoretical paradigms, including Structuralism and Post-Structuralism; Modernism and Post-Modernism; Feminism; Materialist and Marxist art history; Psychoanalysis; and Deconstruction.
ART 422: Body and as Image
3 Credits
An intensive discourse has emerged around the concept of the body in the humanities during the past couple of decades. In this class we will explore the human body as a medium of expression, identity formation, and subjectivity in the twentieth century. Representations of the body in painting, photography, sculpture, and video will be analyzed and discussed in relation to artist statements, art historical interpretations, and critical, theoretical writings from the early avant-garde (Cubism, Futurism, Dada, and Surrealism) through contemporary art practices & theory (Body Art, Performance, Feminism, Postmodernism). Some of the artists whose work we will examine are: Marcel Duchamp, Alfred Stieglitz, André Kertész, Claude Cahun, Salvador Dali, Frida Kahlo, Willem de Kooning, Matthew Barney, Vito Acconci, Joseph Beuys, Philip Pearlstein, Yves Klein, Ana Mendieta, Janine Antoni, Laurie Anderson, Robert Mapplethorpe, Mona Hatoum, Orlan, Kiki Smith, Shirin Neshat, Cindy Sherman, Bill Viola, Carolee Schneemann, Chris Burden, Yasumasa Morimura, and Lynn Hershman.
ART 430: Independent Study: Art History
3 Credits
For qualified students. Departmental Approval Required.
ART 439: Advanced Photography
3 Credits
This course will provide students with an opportunity to explore advanced black and white photography techniques as well as expand on personal style. A 35mm SLR camera is required. Prerequisites: Art 309, Art 339 or Approval from Professor.
ART 442: Advanced Web Design Using CSS
3 Credits
Continuing on ART 342, this course introduces students to advanced web design techniques using Cascading Style Sheets, or CSS. Students will learn standards-compliant formatting; color and typography; table-free design; cross-platform and cross-browser techniques, and creating multi-column layouts, as well as discuss where CSS is likely to take the Internet. Prerequisite ART 342 or Departmental Permission
ART 446: Painting
3 Credits
Open to beginning and advanced students and qualified high school students. An exploration of traditional and contemporary approaches to media, picture plane, and subject matter. Summer Sessions only.
ART 451: Senior Studio Art Coordinating Seminar
3 Credits
For qualified students. Departmental Approval Required.
ART 451A: Senior Art History Coordinating Seminar
3 Credits
For qualified students. Departmental Approval Required.
ART 456: Advanced Studio Problems
3 Credits
For qualified students. Departmental approval required.
ART 471: Ceramic Art
3 Credits
Open to concentrators and nonconcentrators who wish to acquire a direct perception of aesthetic values inherent in ceramic art and are interested in acquiring a knowledge of special aspects of ceramic art, such as ceramic sculpture, Raku, slip, underglaze and majolica decorative qualities, Egyptian paste, and terra sigillata. Studio, six hours per week.
ART 473: Virtues and Vices
3 Credits
Students will investigate the traditional symbolism of virtue and vice, in the context of contemporary experience. The two central themes of this upper level studio seminar will be the Four Cardinal Virtues and the Seven Deadly Sins. Students will create two and three dimensional projects that reflect upon these enduringly evocative religious themes. The class will culminate in a collaborative project depicting the Temptation of St. Anthony, whose passionate piety has inspired devotional art for almost two millennia. This final project will conclude with a public exhibition of selected works produced in the course, which will be held in conjunction with a public lecture (given by the instructor) on the treatment of Virtue and Vice in contemporary art. Prerequisites: ART 101, ART 102 and ART 201 or Permission of Instructor
ART 474: Seeing is Believing
3 Credits
The poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote that looking at art demands the willing suspension of disbelief. This course links the very human act of looking to the transcendental in art and life. Through lectures, discussions, life model studies, and individual projects, students will examine the question of seeing and will apply it to their own creative work in the studio. Instructor approval required. Prerequisites: Art Major
ART 481: Senior Honors Tutorial
3 Credits
Guides Art History majors in researching and writing the Senior Thesis. Departmental approval required.
ART 498: Internship 3 Credits
For qualified students. Departmental approval required.
ART 499: Internship 3 Credits
For qualified students. Departmental approval required.
ART 508: Drawing and Painting 3 Credits
Exploration of drawing as an art form for the novice or for those with experience in drawing. Emphasis on the development of visual awareness, appreciation, and discrimination. Various media employed in drawing from life and in varied visual exercises. Summer Sessions only.
ART 528: Ceramic Art
3 Credits
Open to beginning and advanced students. Aesthetics and historical aspects of ceramics. Various ways of shaping clay: throwing, coiling, slab, Raku, Egyptian paste, underglaze, overglaze, and slip treatments. For those qualified, glaze formulation and firing procedures. Materials covered depend on each student's interest and experience. Summer Sessions only.
ART 533: Western Medieval Art and Architecture
3 Credits
Surveys the art and architecture of the Middle Ages in Western Europe, from the age of Charlemagne through the Ottonian, Romanesque, and Gothic periods, and from England to the borders of the Byzantine and Islamic worlds. Slide lectures, readings, and discussions consider secular and vernacular art forms in addition to art created for the use and glory of the Christian church.
ART 571: Advanced Ceramic Art
3 Credits
Open to those who have taken 471 or 472; involves the forming and shaping of objects on the potter's wheel. Includes approaches to form as it relates to the potter's wheel and a discussion of the possibilities that exist in the glazing, decorating, and firing of the objects made. Studio, six hours per week. Departmental approval required. Prerequisite: 471 or 472.
ART 585: Methods & Concepts: Art Education
3 Credits
Explores curriculum planning, organization, instructional methods and management strategies for the art classroom, as well as current philosophies of art education. Candidates become competent in developing and executing a discipline-based Art Education lesson and unit plan. They also learn the preparation and effective use of resources and materials. Prospective art teachers engage in the observation of a secondary and/or elementary art classroom, at the same time that they gain practical experience through required practicum visits (25-30 hours). This course is aligned with professional standards of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD).
ART 595: Independent Study
3 Credits
For qualified students. Departmental approval required.
ART 596: Independent Study
3 Credits
For qualified students. Departmental approval required.
ART 598: Intership 3 Credits
For qualified students. Departmental approval required.
ART 619: Renaissance Art
3 Credits
Focused study of Northern and Southern Renaissance art, including the masterworks of Giotto, Botticelli, Michelangelo, Leonardo, Titian, Durer, Grunewald, and Breughel. Departmental approval required.
ART 620: Baroque Art
3 Credits
Advanced survey of the painting and sculpture of such seventeenth century masters as Caravaggio, Rubens, Velasquez, Bernini, and Poussin. Departmental approval required.
ART 621: Venetian Renaissance Art
3 Credits
This course will focus in-depth on the Venetian artists of the 15th and 16th centuries, including the painters Andrea Mantegna, Giovanni Bellini, Giorgione, Tintoretto, Veronese and Titian, whose contributions are central to the subsequent course of western art, both religious and secular. The course will also address the architecture of Andrea Palladio. Venetian art in the Renaissance will be discussed in its unique religious, historical, political, geographical, socioeconomic and literary context. The course will be taught in seminar format with an emphasis on close visual analysis of the art and in-depth discussion of critical readings. At least one class session will be conducted at the National Gallery of Art, which has one of the finest collections of Venetian Renaissance painting in the United States. Departmental approval required.
ART 623: Nineteenth Century Art: Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, and Impressionism
3 Credits
An advanced illustrated survey of the art of the nineteenth century, one of the most dynamic periods in the development of Western culture. Considers some of the sweeping transformation that took place in art and society during the century, and traces the rise of modern art in the painting, sculpture, and design of this vital, turbulent age. Artists include David, Ingres, Gericault, Delacroix, Friedrich, Goya, Courbet, Manet, Degas, Cassatt, Manet, Monet, and Renoir. Departmental approval required.
ART 624: Realism and Impressionism (Later Nineteenth Century Art)
3 Credits
A focused in-depth study of two brilliant movements in modern art history through the work of some of the greatest artists of the late nineteenth century, including Millet, Courbet, Manet, Monet, Degas, Cassatt, Renoir, and Rodin. Addresses the innovative production of these artists in relation to the tumultuous cultural and political circumstances of the late 1800s. Explores the pivotal influence of Realism and Impressionism upon the development of vanguard Modernism. Students are encouraged to utilize the outstanding resources of local art collections. Departmental approval required. Replaces 563.
ART 626: American Art and Culture: From the Colonial Period to the Civil War
3 Credits
Advanced survey of American art and culture from the Colonial Period to the end of the Civil War.
ART 631: Modern Art: From Post-Impressionism to Modernism (1880s-1945)
3 Credits
Advanced survey of European and American art and art theory from the last Impressionist exhibitions through the rise of Fauvism, Expressionism, Dadaism, and Cubism. Examines early Modernist pioneers, such as Cezanne, Van Gogh, Matisse, Picasso, Kandinsky, Mondrian, and Duchamp. Requirements include advanced readings and guided research culminating in an in-depth term paper on a modern artist or modern movement of interest to the graduate student. Departmental approval required.
ART 632: Contemporary Art (1945 to Present)
3 Credits
An intensive, advanced study of European and American art and art theory from 1945 to the present. Examines the major movements of High Modernism and Post-Modernism (including Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, Performance Art, Minimalism, Appropriation) in relation to biographical and formal concerns, contemporary social and political conditions, and current art historical debates. Requirements include interpreting primary texts and original works of art, as well as extensive research and writing. Departmental approval required.
ART 651: Graduate Seminar 3 Credits
For qualified students. Departmental approval required.
ART 665: Selected Topics in Eighteenth-, Ninteenth-, and Twentieth-Century Art 3 Credits
An illustrated study of art history and criticism through a focused consideration of selected artists, art movements, periods, and issues from the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries. Subject for each term will be announced in advance. (Course may be repeated with varied content and instructor's permission.) Selected topics include Manet and Modern Paris; Women in Impressionism; The Landscape Tradition. Departmental approval required.
ART 667: Van Gogh and His Circle
3 Credits
An advanced, illustrated study of the art, life, and legacy of Vincent van Gogh, the nineteenth century Dutch painter whose tragic life story and brilliant artistic production have assumed almost mythic proportions in modern Western culture. Considers the relationship of van Gogh's work to that of his contemporaries in Europe, as well as the unique contribution that his painting has made to the development of vanguard Modernism. Also investigates the relationship between biography and historiography in the formulation of van Gogh's popular image as a tormented visionary genius whose evocative and poignant painting was marked (if not also motivated) by suffering and despair. Course requirements include advanced readings and guided research culminating in an in-depth term paper on a focused, related topic. Departmental approval required.
ART 668: Michelangelo: Painter, Sculptor, Architect
3 Credits
This seminar will examine the life and work of Michelangelo Buonarroti, arguably the most consequential figure in Western art. While considering Michelangelo's paintings, drawings, sculpture, and architectural projects, we shall study and critically evaluate the theoretical, theological, philosophical, political, and economic contexts from which works like the Sistine Ceiling, the David, and the Medici Chapel emerged. Furthermore, we will examine Michelangelo's role in the development and anticipation of Mannerism and Baroque Art, as well as his contribution in shaping many of the notions we associate with modern art (concepts such as artistic genius and subjectivity). Throughout the seminar students will approach the material critically coming to terms with the issues of historical interpretation itself. Requirements include guided research culminating in an in-depth term paper. Departmental approval required.
ART 670: Selected Problems in Chinese and Japanese Art
3 Credits
Advanced special topics in painting, ceramics, sculpture, and graphics of selected periods of Chinese and Japanese art history. Departmental approval required.
ART 671: Graduate Ceramics
3 Credits
Stresses the parallel development of skills and ideas. Techniques in handbuilding and wheelthrowing are used to explore the vessel form. Open to non-art majors. Departmental approval required.
ART 672: Graduate Ceramics
3 Credits
Continuation of techniques from first semester. Introduction to loading and firing procedures. Students encouraged to take personal direction. Departmental approval required. Prerequisite: 671 desirable but not necessary. ART 673: Virtues and Vices 3 Credits
Students will investigate the traditional symbolism of virtue and vice, in the context of contemporary experience. The two central themes of this upper level studio seminar will be the Four Cardinal Virtues and the Seven Deadly Sins. Students will create two and three dimensional projects that reflect upon these enduringly evocative religious themes. The class will culminate in a collaborative project depicting the Temptation of St. Anthony, whose passionate piety has inspired devotional art for almost two millennia. This final project will conclude with a public exhibition of selected works produced in the course, which will be held in conjunction with a public lecture (given by the instructor) on the treatment of Virtue and Vice in contemporary art. Prerequisites: ART 101, ART 102 and ART 201 or Permission of Instructor
ART 681: Graduate Figure Painting and Drawing
3 Credits
This studio course is open to graduate level painting students. This course is designed to build upon students' abilities to render the human form and to hone their visual problem solving skills. The focus of the class is to increase technical abilities of the students so that they may more confidently express themselves in a two dimensional form with both drawing and painting media. Through concentrated in-class life studies, projects, and class critiques, students will foster new ways to render the human figure with confidence. The course approaches the techniques in a cumulative manner. It begins with simple line studies and ends with the glazing techniques used by the Old Masters. The course is open to beginning through intermediate drawing and painting students. Departmental approval required.
ART 682: Graduate Figure Painting and Drawing
3 Credits
This studio course is open to graduate level painting students. This course is designed to build upon students' abilities to render the human form and to hone their visual problem solving skills. The focus of the class is to increase technical abilities of the students so that they may more confidently express themselves in a two dimensional form with both drawing and painting media. Through concentrated in-class life studies, projects, and class critiques, students will foster new ways to render the human figure with confidence. The course approaches the techniques in a cumulative manner. It begins with simple line studies and ends with the glazing techniques used by the Old Masters. The course is open to beginning through intermediate drawing and painting students. Departmental approval required.
ART 711: Graduate Painting
3 Credits
Advanced and experimental work in representational and nonrepresentational modes, materials, and techniques of painting in oils, acrylics. Studio, six hours per week. For art majors only. Departmental approval required.
ART 712: Graduate Painting
3 Credits
Advanced and experimental work in representational and nonrepresentational modes, materials, and techniques of painting in oils, acrylics. Studio, six hours per week. For art majors only. Departmental approval required.
ART 720: Art and Critical Theory
3 Credits
Advanced survey of twentieth-century theory as applied to the visual arts. Examines some of the most interesting and controversial modern theoretical paradigms, including Structuralism and Post-Structuralism; Modernism and Post-Modernism; Feminism; Marxist and Marxist art history; Psychoanalysis; and Deconstruction. Departmental approval required.
ART 721: Graduate Sculpture
3 Credits
Explores techniques and expression in sculpture: wood, stone, metal, clay and other media. Studio, six hours per week. Departmental approval required.
ART 722: Graduate Sculpture
3 Credits
Explores techniques and expression in sculpture: wood, stone, metal, clay and other media. Studio, six hours per week. Departmental approval required.
ART 746: Graduate Painting
3 Credits
Open to graduate students. An exploration of traditional and contemporary approaches to media, picture plane, and subject matter. Summer Sessions only. Departmental approval required.
ART 747: Advanced Studio Problems
3 Credits
Advanced studio work in sculpture, painting, and ceramics under the direction of the professors in the respective areas. May be repeated for credit. Departmental approval required.
ART 748: Advanced Studio Problems
3 Credits
Advanced studio work in sculpture, painting, and ceramics under the direction of the professors in the respective areas. May be repeated for credit. Departmental approval required.
ART 749: Advanced Studio Problems
3 Credits
Advanced studio work in sculpture, painting, and ceramics under the direction of the professors in the respective areas. May be repeated for credit. Departmental approval required.
ART 750: Advanced Studio Problems
3 Credits
Advanced studio work in sculpture, painting, and ceramics under the direction of the professors in the respective areas. May be repeated for credit. Departmental approval required.
ART 751: Art in the Museums
3 Credits
This course is open to graduate level studio students. A study of the museum and gallery collections in Washington, D.C. Lectures on the collections, new exhibitions, and extensive trips to museums and galleries. Designed for non-art majors and as an elective for studio art majors. Departmental approval required.
ART 753: Advanced Studio Problems
3 Credits
Advanced studio work in sculpture, painting, and ceramics under the direction of the professors in the respective areas. May be repeated for credit. Departmental approval required.
ART 754: Advanced Studio Problems
3 Credits
Advanced studio work in sculpture, painting, and ceramics under the direction of the professors in the respective areas. May be repeated for credit. Departmental approval required.
ART 755: Advanced Studio Problems
3 Credits
Advanced studio work in sculpture, painting, and ceramics under the direction of the professors in the respective areas. May be repeated for credit. Departmental approval required.
ART 756: Advanced Studio Problems
3 Credits
Advanced studio work in sculpture, painting, and ceramics under the direction of the professors in the respective areas. May be repeated for credit. Departmental approval required.
ART 761: Advanced Research Problems
3 Credits
Advanced problems in the history of art. Departmental approval required.
ART 762: Advanced Research Problems
3 Credits
Advanced problems in the history of art. Departmental approval required.
ART 995: Master's Thesis Guidance
1-9 Credits
For qualified students. Departmental approval required.
ART 996: Master's Thesis Guidance
0 Credits
For qualified students. Departmental approval required.
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