3 credits 3 lecture hrs/wk
A lecture course supplemented by visual materials concerning elements, principles, and functions of the visual arts as seen from the viewpoint of the artist. Designed for the student with little or no background in the visual arts. Emphasis on developing visual perception, appreciation, and application. Recommend art majors take concurrently with Basic Design: Fundamentals (Art 115) and Introduction to Drawing (Art 131). Registration permitted any term. Also available through Distance Learning.
Distance Learning. Fee: $15.

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Graphic Design History
(Art 200)

3 credits 3 lecture hrs/wk
Team-taught, interdisciplinary approach to the history of graphic design and its relationship to traditional "high" art. Examines the chronology of graphic design history through an exploration of design styles, concentrating on design fostered during the 19th-century industrial revolution and how it evolves into the contemporary era.

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History of Western Art
(Art 204)

3 credits 3 lecture hrs/wk
Investigates artistic production in Europe and in the Near East from the earliest known works produced by the human hand through the fall of the Roman Empire and the transition to early Christian and Byzantine art.

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History of Western Art
(Art 205)

3 credits 3 lecture hrs/wk
Examines art created in Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire, from early Christian, Romanesque and Gothic art through the High Renaissance.

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History of Western Art
(Art 206)

3 credits 3 lecture hrs/wk
Considers developments in European art created by the generation of artists following the Renaissance through the middle of the nineteenth century.

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History of Asian Art
(Art 207)

3 credits 3 lecture hrs/wk
Historical survey of Indian art from the Indus Valley civilization through Mughal art, culminating with the Taj Mahal (3000 B.C. through 18th Century, A.D.). First term of a three-term sequence. Registration is permitted any term; however, sequential order is preferred.

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History of Asian Art: China
(Art 208)

3 credits 3 lecture hrs/wk
An historical survey of major developments in Chinese art from Neolithic times to the 18th Century. We will discuss figure painting, sculpture, and ceramics, and emphasize development and stylistic changes in landscape painting. In addition, we will address the relationship of philosophy, religion, and foreign contacts to the arts.

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History of Asian Art: Japan
(Art 209)

3 credits 3 lecture hrs/wk
Historical survey of major monuments and movements of Japanese art from prehistoric times through early 19th Century (including painting, wood block prints, sculpture, architecture, ceramics, and gardens). The course will proceed chronologically and thematically. The emphasis will be on stylistic developments and changes, themes and their interrelationships. Registration is permitted any term; however, sequential order is preferred.

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Survey of Visual Arts: Early Modern Art
(Art 211)

3 credits 3 lecture hrs/wk
An historical survey of early “modern” art from its origins in the mid-19th Century in Europe to the beginning of the 20th Century. Emphasis is on the major styles, monuments and artists, and their social and political connections and implications.

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Survey of Visual Arts: Modern Art
(Art 212)

3 credits 3 lecture hrs/wk
Explores 20th-century art through a close examination of key artists, styles and movements. Focus emphasizes historical developments during the first three-quarters of the century, but which inform contemporary visual arts.

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American Art
(Art 214)

3 credits 3 lecture hrs/wk
The course surveys major developments In American painting from the 17th century through the 20th century as seen primarily in painting, with references to architecture and sculpture. Discussion of major art movements in relation to historical and cultural developments and gain insight into what makes American art unique.

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