May be repeated with change in topic.

May be repeated with change in topic.

May be repeated with change in topic.

May be repeated with change in topic.

A study of various forming methods used in the production of pottery with an emphasis on hand-building. Other topics include: ceramic materials and their use; low-fire and mid-range clay and glaze formulation; decorating techniques; studio procedures; a general survey of the history of pottery; theo...

A study of the various methods used in the production of pottery with an emphasis on wheel-forming techniques. Other topics include: decorating techniques; high-fire clay and glaze formulation; and the history, theory and criticism of pottery with an emphasis on the modern period (c. 1850-1970). Thi...

Various pottery forming techniques will be considered including basic hand-building and wheel-forming, firing the kiln, and simple glaze formulation. The aesthetic theory that informs this approach to making pottery will be discussed, and the history of raku will be covered. Lab required. (Summer) (...

May be repeated with change in topic.

May be repeated with change in topic.

May be repeated with change in topic.

May be repeated with change in topic.

A beginning studio course emphasizing the production of paintings that relate to the history and theory of art in various representational styles. This course takes a historical approach to materials and technique, traditional practices, and the use of representational ideas in contemporary art. Stu...

A beginning studio course emphasizing the production of paintings that relate to the history and theory of art in various abstract styles. This course takes an historical approach to materials and technique, abstract painting practices, and the use of ideas in contemporary abstract art. Students are...

A studio course that introduces the study of the methods, materials and tools of sculpture and general concepts of sculptural forms. A significant portion of this course is devoted to the study of figure structure via clay, wax, wood and/or stone. Students are expected to work toward innovation and ...

The study and manipulation of space, form and construction process available to the contemporary artist. Assignments emphasize an investigation of the expressive qualities of form in space. This course is open only to first-years and sophomores. Juniors and seniors may register with the permission o...

Must be taken Pass/D/F.

Must be taken Pass/D/F.

Must be taken Pass/D/F.

Must be taken Pass/D/F.

May be repeated with a change of topic. At the invitation of the instructor.

May be repeated with a change of topic. At the invitation of the instructor.

May be repeated with a change of topic. At the invitation of the instructor.

May be repeated with a change of topic. At the invitation of the instructor.

At least eight credits of work over two semesters (beginning spring junior year or fall senior year) on a single project are required. At the invitation of the instructor and approval of the studio art faculty.

At least eight credits of work over two semesters (beginning spring junior year or fall senior year) on a single project are required. At the invitation of the instructor and approval of the studio art faculty.

May be repeated with a change in topic.

May be repeated with a change in topic.

May be repeated with a change in topic.

May be repeated with a change in topic.

A study of the nature of drawing as visual language with an emphasis upon descriptive rendering. This course is intended for first- and second-year students; juniors and seniors may enroll with permission of the instructor. See online course schedule notes for registration instructions. Lab required...

Figure drawing with an emphasis on the enduring historical and aesthetic significance of figurative art. Models will be provided for the study of proportion, structure and articulation of the human body as well as the formal means toward expressive drawing. Non-figurative concepts will be studied th...

An advanced course in figure drawing and contemporary drawing. The course is an extension of the figurative concepts introduced in Drawing II, with a greater emphasis on understanding the structure of the human body. Other related topics are covered and vary each semester. Prerequisite: Art 70-224. ...

May be repeated with a change in topic.

May be repeated with a change in topic.

May be repeated with a change in topic.

May be repeated with a change in topic.

Introduction to fundamentals of architectural drafting (drawing plans, sections, elevations, mechanical perspective, rendering, model building) and principles of design (design to a program, parti, formal systems), site analysis and presentation, and introduction to design with structure. Material i...

Five three-week design projects designing with the formal vocabularies and structural systems of ancient Greek, French Neo-Classicism, Italian Baroque, Gothic, and early Frank Lloyd Wright. Prerequisite: Art 70-314 or ability to draw plans, sections and elevations. Lab required. (Spring, even years)

Empirical introduction to design with modern structures with three projects in different media: poured in place concrete; steel frame and truss; tensile, or curtain wall skyscraper. Prerequisite: Art 70-314 or ability to draw plans and sections. Lab Required. (Spring, odd years)

An introduction to the history, theory and practice of design. This course deals with the analysis of visual perception directed toward understanding the expressive nature of creative design. The objective of this course is to encourage visual awareness and to promote the development of various skil...

Refinement and elaboration of the basic design concepts and skills presented in Design I. Professional standards for documentation and presentation will be stressed. Prerequisite: Art 70-414. Lab required. (Fall, even years) (FAP)

A studio art course that explores computer animation and modeling techniques as a form of visual expression. The history and theory of animation, varieties of narrative, visual animated expressions and types of animation software and 3D modeling software will be covered. Students will be required to...

An introduction to the history, theory and basic processes of black and white film photography. Assignments emphasize the development of compositional and critical skills in producing an expressive image. Single lens reflex camera with manual aperture required. Lab required. (FAP)

A study of a variety of digital photographic techniques for both black and white and color. Assignments emphasize the development of compositional and critical skills in producing an expressive image. Technical skills covered include refinement of exposure, post-image capture processing, compression...

A beginning study of fundamental techniques, history and theory of intaglio printmaking (etching, aquatint, soft ground, drypoint). Black and white and color. The assignments are designed to explore creative, technical and formal means toward expressive form. Lab required. (FAP)

A beginning study of fundamental techniques, history and theory of lithographic prints. Black and white and color. The assignments are designed to explore creative, technical and formal means toward expressive form. Lab required. (FAP)

Professional practices and exhibition preparation, design, and execution are the topics in this course. It also serves as a practicum for BFA students mounting their exhibitions in the senior year. Work in gallery will be required at irregular hours. Open to juniors and seniors; repeatable with a ch...

Internships related to specific fields of study. Must be taken Pass/D/F.

Internships related to specific fields of study. Must be taken Pass/D/F.

Internships related to specific fields of study. Must be taken Pass/D/F.

Internships related to specific fields of study. Must be taken Pass/D/F.

May be repeated with a change of topic. At the invitation of the instructor.

May be repeated with a change of topic. At the invitation of the instructor.

May be repeated with a change of topic. At the invitation of the instructor.

May be repeated with a change of topic. At the invitation of the instructor.

At least eight credits of work over two semesters (beginning spring junior year or fall senior year) on a single project. At the invitation of the instructor and approval of the studio art faculty.

At least eight credits of work over two semesters (beginning spring junior year or fall senior year) on a single project. At the invitation of the instructor and approval of the studio art faculty.

May be repeated with a change in topic.

May be repeated with a change in topic.

May be repeated with a change in topic.

May be repeated with a change in topic.

A broad but selective look at art and artifacts made in various world cultures and periods, from antiquity onward. The course will move chronologically through these eras, while simultaneously addressing key themes in the history of art. The course will also offer a basic introduction to some of the...

A survey of several major architectural traditions and their cultural contexts from prehistory to the present: Neolithic; Mesopotamia; Egypt; Indus, India and SE Asia; China and Japan; Pre-Columbian America; Greece; Rome; Early Christian and Byzantine; Islam; European Medieval; Early Modern Europe; ...

An introductory survey of the arts of India, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, China, Korea and Japan. Organized chronologically by country, the course also examines cross-cultural thematic issues, particularly Buddhism. It encompasses ancient India and the origins of Buddhist art and traces the expansi...

A survey of Chinese art from the Neolithic period (ca. 6000-2000 BCE) through the Qing dynasty (1644-1912), focusing on all the visual arts, their cultural history and their political, social and religious contexts. Organized chronologically, the course encompasses art from the Neolithic through the...

A survey of Japanese art from the Jomon period (10,500-300 BCE) into the Edo period (1615–1868), focusing on all the visual arts, their cultural history and their political, social and religious contexts. Organized chronologically, the course traces the visual arts beginning with the earliest arti...

Ancient Chinese art and culture encompasses all the visual arts from the Neolithic Period (ca. 6000-2000 BCE) through the end of the Tang dynasty (61-907). Organized chronologically, the course encompasses ceramics and jades from the four main Neolithic cultures and the bronze and ceramic production...

Encompasses Chinese painting from the Neolithic period (ca. 5000 BCE) and ends with the rise of the literati tradition in the Yuan dynasty (1279-1368). Organized chronologically, the course addresses the major subjects and themes in Chinese painting taking into account the artists’ involvement in ...

Encompasses Chinese painting from the Yuan dynasty (1279-1368) through 17th and 18th centuries of the Qing dynasty. Includes a consideration of the rise of the literati tradition and how it evolved in the Yuan under Mongol control. Organized chronologically, the course examines the contributions of ...

May be repeated with a change in topic.

May be repeated with a change in topic.

May be repeated with a change in topic.

May be repeated with a change in topic.

A survey of the ancient Americas, concentrating on the archaeology and ritual aesthetics of the Mezcala, Olmec, Zapotec, Maya, Nayarít, Chupícuaro, Teotihuacan, Totonac, Toltec, Mixtec, Purépecha and Aztec, among others, and focusing on each culture’s sense of past and place. In so doing, this ...

A survey of the ancient Americas, concentrating on the archaeology and ritual aesthetics of the Valdivia, Chavín, Jama-Coaque, Tairona, Coclé, Paracas, Nazca, Moche, Tiwanaku, Wari, Chimu and Inca, among others, and focusing on each culture’s sense of past and place. In so doing, this course exa...

The two advanced civilizations in the Americas achieved their great empires by recalling past cultures and innovating upon public art and ritual to meet increasing cultural complexities. This course concentrates on the imperial aesthetics of the Aztecs of Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City) and the Inca,...

From the 16th to the early 19th centuries, the center of power in Latin America shifted from Spain to colonial Latin American cities, as ideas of the ”other” shifted from monstrous races and animals to the wild and uncivilized Indian. This course explores center-periphery dynamics through the cr...

As the primary vehicle of communication in the 16th century, and as a model of religion, the Book was part of Spain’s effort to colonize the Americas. Yet there already existed systems of recording in Mesoamerica and the Andes, which were both conflicting and commensurate with European notions of ...

Identity in the Viceroyalties of New Spain (Mexico) and Peru both shape and were shaped by traditions of painting. This course explores the stylistic developments of painting from the 16th to the 19th centuries, concentrating primarily on visual literacy and the role of artists in society. We will e...

A survey of the formation of Roman art and ancient art theory within the context of the broader Hellenistic world. It covers Greek art from the Classical and Hellenistic periods (c. 480-30 B.C.) and contemporary Roman art of the Mid and Late Republic and early Empire. (c. 390 B.C.-c. A.D. 79). The c...

A survey of the art and architecture of Spain, from the Muslim conquest of Toledo to the end of the Habsburg Monarchy, with a concentration on the ideological and political shifts that occurred during Spain’s emergence as a global power. Beginning with the conflicts and resolutions between Christi...

An in-depth survey of Italian art and culture from the beginning of the 14th century to the end of the 16th century. (FAL) (WA)

A survey of European art and its cultural and intellectual context from c. 1600 to the mid 18th century. (FAL) (WA)

Encompasses the visual arts produced in Europe and the United States between 1780 and 1860. Covers movements such as David and Neo-Classicism; Romanticism in England, Germany and France; native and colonial American art; and international Realism. Issues to be addressed include the relationship betw...

Encompasses the visual arts produced primarily in Europe and the United States between 1860 and 1945. Organized according to chronological developments in the history of modernism and the avant-garde, the course also focuses on thematic issues including the rise of mass culture; primitivism; the inf...

Encompasses the visual arts produced primarily in Europe and the United States between 1945 and present day. Includes a consideration of modernism and Abstract Expressionism, art informel, Post-painterly abstraction, Pop art, Happenings and performance art, environmental art, Minimalism, Conceptuali...

A study of the ways in which gender and sexuality are intricately involved in the making, reception and criticism of art. Includes a consideration of how the art historical canon is generated and an examination of the ways in which art imagines both femininity and masculinity. An investigation into ...

Encompasses the visual arts produced in Germany from the early-19th to mid-20th centuries. Includes German Romanticism, the importance of the academy and history painting, artistic responses to the 1848 revolution, industrialization and the unification of the German nation state in 1871. Moving into...

Introduces the theories and methodologies that have been of crucial importance to the development of the discipline of art history. These may include Kantian aesthetics, German formalism, iconography, Marxist critical theory, structural and semiotic methods, feminist theory, and post-structuralism. ...

A survey of Western (Euro-American) architecture from c. 1750 through present day. Material considers the context of intellectual history, industrial and political revolutions, mass culture and technological innovation. It is also an introduction to issues of architectural theory and the history of ...

A research seminar in various topics. Primarily for majors but open to non-majors who fulfill prerequisites. Prerequisites: Art 71-104 or 71-114 and two additional courses in art history, or permission of instructor. Open to juniors or seniors only. May be repeated with change of topic. (Every semes...

Internships related to specific fields of study. Must be taken Pass/D/F.

Internships related to specific fields of study. Must be taken Pass/D/F.

Internships related to specific fields of study. Must be taken Pass/D/F.

Internships related to specific fields of study. Must be taken Pass/D/F.

May be repeated with a change of topic. At the invitation of the instructor.

May be repeated with a change of topic. At the invitation of the instructor.

May be repeated with a change of topic. At the invitation of the instructor.

May be repeated with a change of topic. At the invitation of the instructor.

At least eight credits of work over two semesters (beginning spring junior year or fall senior year) on a single project. At the invitation of the instructor and approval of the art history faculty.

At least eight credits of work over two semesters (beginning spring junior year or fall senior year) on a single project. At the invitation of the instructor and approval of the art history faculty.

At least eight credits of work over two semesters (beginning spring junior year or fall senior year) on a single project. At the invitation of the instructor and approval of the art history faculty.