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Arts & Letters-Fine Arts. This is a studio course in basic realistic drawing. Emphasis is on visual thought and awareness through drawing exercises and portraits. Accuracy in representing what is observed is stressed. Students are required to spend at least six hours per week outside of class on assignments.
Arts & Letters-Fine Arts. he goal of this class is to let students get their cameras out of the bag, learn the basics of photography as well as how to operate a DSLR level camera to become a better photographer. Students are required to have their own digital camera for the first day of class, and can direct all questions about eligible cameras to the instructor. Upon successful completion of this class, students will be able to diagnose different shooting scenarios and manipulate manual camera settings to produce creative and fundamentally sound digital photographs. By introducing them to a wide variety of genres of photography (i.e. portrait, editorial, landscape, commercial, sports, etc.) they will be able to enjoy taking better photographs later in life.
Arts & Letters-Fine Arts. Art History: Ancient through 13th Century The study of art history invites students to discover the diversity in and connections among global forms of artistic expression from history. This course focuses on global art beginning with the Paleolithic period and extending through the Thirteenth Century. Included are representative images of art, multimedia enhancements, reading, and writing. Students analyze works of visual art in a wide variety of media, empowering them to explain, interpret, and evaluate art in its context. They will explore form, content, and styles of art, artists, art making processes, and responses to and interpretations of art. Thus, students gain deeper understanding of the universal human quest for meaning as expressed in traditional and evolving forms of art through the ages.
Art History: 14th Century through Contemporary. The study of art history invites students to discover the diversity in and connections among global forms of artistic expression from history. This course focuses on global art beginning with the Fourteenth Century and the Early Renaissance in Europe and extending up to the present day. Included are representative images of art, multimedia enhancements, reading, and writing. Students analyze works of visual art in a wide variety of media, empowering them to explain, interpret, and evaluate art in its context. They will explore form, content, and styles of art, artists, art making processes, and responses to and interpretations of art. Thus, students gain deeper understanding of the universal human quest for meaning as expressed in traditional and evolving forms of art through the ages.