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Art and Art History (AAHI)

Chair: Associate Professor Kathleen M. Ryor,

Associate Chairs: Professor Fred Hagstrom, fall and spring, Assistant Professor David Lefkowitz, winter

Emeritus Professor: Lauren Soth

Professors: Fred Hagstrom, Alison Kettering

Associate Professor: Kathleen M. Ryor

Assistant Professors: Kelly Connole, Baird E. Jarman, David Lefkowitz, Stephen Mohring, Linda Rossi

Visiting Assistant Professor: Jeff Rathermel

Lecturer: Daniel P. Bruggeman

Carleton combines in a single department the creative aspects of art making and the study of art as an historical discipline. The Studio Art program helps students develop their skills in a variety of arts media. It also gives them a critical understanding of the function and process of art that fits well with the goals of the college’s liberal arts orientation. The Art History program introduces students to the intrinsic qualities of artistic images and artifacts. Equally important, it considers the conditions of their production and viewing, their functions and meanings, and the roles they play in recording and shaping people, perceptions, events, and cultures.

Both programs serve potential majors, including students who go on to art-related careers, as well as students who take courses as part of their broad liberal arts education.

Requirements for a Major:

Art History: Eight six-credit Art History courses normally including Art History 101, 102 and one course in non-western art; two studio courses; seminar for art history majors (Art History 298); integrative exercise (Art History 400). Art history majors are encouraged to take advantage of off-campus study programs such as that in Florence and Amsterdam (Art History 238 and 239). No more than two courses taken outside the department can be counted toward the major. One of these can be Spanish 310, winter, 2005.

Studio Art: 72 credits including: two courses from Studio Art 110, 113, 210, 212, 238, 260, or 274; two courses from 122, 230, 232, 251 or 300 level 3D (322, 327, 330, 351); Studio Art 298; a 300 level studio art course; the integrative exercise; 18 credits in Art History with at least six of the credits in courses which concentrate in art of the western tradition before 1800 and twelve elective credits. Potential majors should enroll in Drawing or Sculpture their first year. The following Cinema and Media Studies courses count toward the major: Cinema and Media Studies 220, 221, and 273. Cinema and Media Studies 214 or 232 can count toward one course for the Art History requirement for studio majors.

Art History Courses (ARTH)

ARTH 101. Introduction to Art History I An introduction to the art and architecture of various geographical areas around the world from antiquity through the "Middle Ages." The course will provide foundational skills (tools of analysis and interpretation) as well as general, historical understanding. It will focus on a select number of major developments in a range of media and cultures, emphasizing the way that works of art function both as aesthetic and material objects and as cultural artifacts and forces. Issues include, for example, sacred spaces, images of the gods, imperial portraiture, and domestic decoration. 6 cr., AL, Fall B. Jarman, A. Kettering

ARTH 102. Introduction to Art History II An introduction to the art and architecture of various geographical areas around the world from the fifteenth century through the present. The course will provide foundational skills (tools of analysis and interpretation) as well as general, historical understanding. It will focus on a select number of major developments in a range of media and cultures, emphasizing the way that works of art function both as aesthetic and material objects and as cultural artifacts and forces. Issues include, for example, humanist and Reformation redefinitions of art in the Italian and Northern Renaissance, realism, modernity and tradition, the tension between self-expression and the art market, and the use of art for political purposes. 6 cr., AL, RAD, WinterB. Jarman, A. Kettering, K. Ryor

ARTH 144. Architecture Across Cultures This course will investigate the history of world architecture through selected examples organized by architectural type. We will consider a variety of buildings types from many different periods of history and discuss the formal, spatial and structural features of the buildings. We will pay close attention to the religious, political, social and cultural circumstances surrounding the design of these structures. We will examine the architectural variety found in various cultures around the globe and we will also search for any shared traits between cultures in their efforts to meet a range of religious, political and social needs. 6 cr., AL, Not offered in 2006-2007.

ARTH 160. American Art to 1940 Concentration on painting of the colonial period (especially portraiture) and nineteenth century (especially landscape and scenes of everyday life) with an introduction to the modernism of the early twentieth century. The course will include analysis of the ways art shapes and reflects cultural attitudes such as those concerning race and gender. 6 cr., AL, RAD, SpringB. Jarman

ARTH 165. Japanese Art and Culture This course will survey art and architecture in Japan from its prehistoric beginnings until the early twentieth century, and explore the relationship between indigenous art forms and the foreign (Korean, Chinese, European) concepts, art forms and techniques that influenced Japanese culture, as well as the social political and religious contexts for artistic production. 6 cr., AL, RAD, WinterK. Ryor

ARTH 166. Chinese Art and Culture This course will survey art and architecture in China from its prehistoric beginnings to the end of the nineteenth century. It will examine various types of visual art forms within their social, political and cultural contexts. Major themes that will also be explored include: the role of ritual in the production and use of art, the relationship between the court and secular elite and art, and theories about creativity and expression. 6 cr., AL, Not offered in 2006-2007.

ARTH 170. History of Printmaking The development of woodcut, engraving, etching, aquatint, and lithography in the West, c. 1400-1930, through the works of such artists as Schongauer, Dürer, Rembrandt, Goya, Daumier, Toulouse-Lautrec, Cassatt, and Kollwitz. The course will also examine how prints were produced, marketed, collected, and used, in short, how they functioned in their particular cultures. The class will work extensively with originals from the collections of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the Carleton Art Gallery. Students electing to take the course for four credits will write one fewer paper and take a shortened final exam. 4 or 6 cr., AL, Not offered in 2006-2007.

ARTH 172. Modern Art: 1890-1945 This course explores developments in the visual arts, architecture, and theory in Europe and America between 1890 and 1945. The major Modernist artists and movements that sought to revolutionize vision, culture, and experience, from Symbolism to Surrealism, will be considered. The impact of World War I, the Great Depression, and the rise of fascism will be examined as well for their devastation of the Modernist dream of social-cultural renewal. Lectures will be integrated with discussions of artists' theoretical writings and group manifestoes, such as those of the Futurists, Dadaists, Surrealists, Constructivists, and DeStijl, in addition to select secondary readings. 6 cr., AL, WinterB. Jarman

ARTH 180. Medieval Art Survey of architecture, sculpture, the pictorial and decorative arts from the early Christian period to the late Gothic era. Topics include early Christian mosaics, Insular manuscripts, Romanesque monastery and pilgrimage churches, and Gothic cathedrals. 6 cr., AL, Not offered in 2006-2007.

ARTH 182. History of South Asian Art This class will explore the history of South Asian art (a region which includes the modern nations of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh) from the Indus Valley Civilization (c. 2500 BCE) to the present day. Defining art broadly, the class will examine the development of South Asian visual culture from social, political and cultural as well as stylistic angles by focusing on particular issues and sites for in-depth analysis. 6 cr., AL, Not offered in 2006-2007.

ARTH 208. Ritual and Rhetoric in Ancient Chinese Art This course surveys the art and architecture of China from neolithic times until the year 900 AD. Attention will be given to bronze vessels, jade carving, tomb sculpture and painting and temple and tomb architecture. Since almost all of the objects of visual culture which will be examined are used in ritual practices, whether religious, social or political. We will explore the ways in which art during this period can be said to form a rhetoric of political or social status. Prerequisite: Any one term of art history. 6 cr., AL, Not offered in 2006-2007.

ARTH 209. Chinese Painting Since the tenth century in China, a tension emerges between art created as a means of self expression and works which were intended to display social status and political power and to convey conventional values. This course concentrates on the primary site of this tension, the art of painting. We will explore such issues as the influence of Confucian and Daoist philosophy on painting and calligraphy, the changing perception of nature and the natural in art, the politics of style, and the increasing dominance of poetry rather than narrative as a conceptual construct for painting. Prerequisite: Any one term of art history. 6 cr., AL, RAD, Not offered in 2006-2007.

ARTH 220. Gender and Genre in the Floating World: Japanese Prints Pictures of the floating world, or ukiyo­e, were an integral part of popular culture in Japan and functioned as illustrations, advertisements, and souvenirs. This course will examine the development of both style and subject matter in Japanese prints within the socio­economic context of the seventeenth through twentieth centuries. Emphasis will be placed on the prominent position of women and the nature of gendered activity in these prints. Prerequisite: Any one term of art history. 6 cr., AL, Not offered in 2006-2007.

ARTH 222. History of Photography This course covers nineteenth and twentieth century photography from its origins to the present. It will consider formal innovations in the medium, the role of photography in society, and the place of photography in the fine arts. Prerequisite: Any one term of art history. 6 cr., AL, RAD, FallB. Jarman

ARTH 223. Women in Art The study of art about and produced by women in the west from the Renaissance to the present. Attention to the ways gender identity is constructed in the arts, the conditions under which women have worked, the ideologies and institutions that have shaped their relationships to the arts, the feminist critique of the discipline of art history. Prerequisite: Any one term of art history. 6 cr., AL, RAD, SpringA. Kettering

ARTH 230. The Sistine Chapel The course will focus on Michelangelo, Botticelli, Raphael and others to the Sistine Chapel. The artistic, architectural political, liturgical, theological, and historiographical contexts will all be considered. Important for discussion, too, will be such questions as how the chapel decorations served as forms of communication and persuasion; why the controversies surrounding its recent cleaning figured in the news; why the Sistine Chapel has retained such power for us today. More generally, the course should stimulate thinking about the social and cultural roles and values attributed to art both of the past and present. Prerequisite: any 100-level art history course or permission of instructor. 3 cr., AL, SpringA. Kettering

ARTH 232. Spanish Art Survey of Spanish painting, sculpture, and prints on the Iberian peninsula from the Renaissance to the nineteenth century. Major consideration of such artists as Ribera, Velazquez, Murillo and Goya. Themes for consideration include concepts of nature and resistance to naturalism, the association of art and power at court and in monasteries and towns, the roles of various media in creating and confronting authority, and encounters between folk and "high" art. 6 cr., AL, Not offered in 2006-2007.

ARTH 233. Van Eyck, Bosch, Bruegel: Their Visual Culture Secular and religious painting during the "northern renaissance" of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The transformation of late medieval artistic forms through the influence of humanism and the Reformation. Artists include Jan van Eyck, Rogier van der Weyden, Hieronymus Bosch, Matthias Grünewald, and Pieter Bruegel. Students electing to take the course for four credits will write one less paper and take a shortened final exam. Prerequisite: Any one term of art history. 4 or 6 cr., AL, Not offered in 2006-2007.

ARTH 234. Italian Renaissance Art Painting and sculpture in fifteenth and sixteenth century Florence, Rome, and Venice and the Mannerist reaction to that art. Particular attention given to the works of Masaccio, Piero della Francesca, Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, Pontormo, and Titian, as well as the artistic implications of various types of patronage and urban traditions. Prerequisite: Any one term of art history. 6 cr., AL, Not offered in 2006-2007.

ARTH 238. Rembrandt and Netherlandish Art in Context A survey of Dutch and Flemish painting from the fifteenth through the nineteenth centuries in its cultural and historical context. Special attention will be given to the art of van Eyck, Memling, Vermeer, Van Gogh, and, especially Rembrandt. Topics will include the implications of Protestantism in the Dutch Republic, the development of genre painting, the riddle of realism, and the nineteenth century heritage of Golden Age art and ideas. Prerequisite: Any one term of art history and permission of the instructor. 6 cr., AL, FallA. Kettering

ARTH 239. Netherlandish Art on Site The first part of the course consists of a two-week field trip to the Netherlands and Belgium. It begins in medieval Bruges and includes a trip to nearby Ghent to see Jan van Eyck's Ghent Altarpiece. It continues in Amsterdam, a base for trips to The Hague, Rotterdam, and Delft (Vermeer's home town) and Utrecht. Amsterdam itself was Rembrandt's primary place of residence, and today is home to the Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh Museum. The course will conclude on campus, meeting several times a week during the middle of the term to enable students to give oral presentations on topics chosen during fall term and researched during the field trip. Prerequisite: Art History 238 and permission of the instructor. 6 cr., AL, WinterA. Kettering

ARTH 240. Art Since 1945 Art from abstract expressionism to the present, with particular focus on issues such as the modernist artist-hero; the emergence of alternative or non-traditional media; the influence of the women's movement and the gay/lesbian liberation movement on contemporary art; and postmodern theory and practice. Prerequisite: Any one term of art history. 6 cr., AL, Not offered in 2006-2007.

ARTH 242. Impressionism French painting of the second half of the nineteenth century. Concentration on the major artists: Manet, Degas, Morisot, Cassatt, Monet, Renoir, Seurat, Cezanne, van Gogh, Gauguin, et al. Prerequisite: Any one term of art history. 6 cr., AL, RAD, WinterL. Soth

ARTH 245. Modern Architecture The history of the modern movement from its beginnings in the nineteenth century to its triumph in the mid-twentieth century. Architects studied include Sullivan, Wright, Gropius, Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe. Prerequisite: Any one term of art history. 6 cr., AL, Not offered in 2006-2007.

ARTH 247. Architecture Since 1950 Continuation of Art History 245 including the backlash against modernism, post-modern developments, and the current scene. Architects studied include Mies and Le Corbusier (the late works of each), Aalto, Kahn, Rudolph, Venturi, Gehry. Prerequistie: Any one term of art history. 6 cr., AL, Not offered in 2006-2007.

ARTH 249. Object Lessons: Material Culture and American History How and to what extent can physical objects provide historical evidence about the society and culture in which they were created and consumed? What can a lava lamp tell us about American culture in the late 60s? How about a tea service from the late 1760s? In recent decades the study of material culture­tangible objects of all kinds ranging from artworks to mass-produced items­has emerged as a distinct field of historical inquiry. This course will investigate theoretical approaches to material culture studies and explore interpretations of various objects created in the United States from the colonial era to the present. Prerequisite: Any one term of art history. 6 cr., AL, Not offered in 2006-2007.

ARTH 288. Curatorial Seminar An art museum collects artifacts as emblems of creativity, examples of craftsmanship, and as "emissaries of culture." The collection, often an accumulation of donated personal collections, is a reminder of past tastes and institutional practices. This course will entertain theoretical and historical questions about the nature of museums and collections, and also engage with practical museum procedures and projects. Assignments will bring into focus the special history and function of art collections and museums in a college context. Students will contribute to an exhibition and speculate on possible curricular uses of the Carleton College collection. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. 6 cr., AL, Not offered in 2006-2007.

ARTH 298. Seminar for Art History Majors An intensive study of the nature of art history as an intellectual discipline and of the approaches scholars have taken to various art historical problems. Attention as well to principles of current art historical research and writing. Recommended for juniors who have declared art history as a major. 6 cr., S/CR/NC, AL, SpringK. Ryor

ARTH 310. The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright This seminar will examine the buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright as part of both an American architectural tradition and an emerging international modern architecture movement. We will study Wright's enigmatic personality, tracing interconnections between his personal life, his professional career, and his architectural principles. Wright's work will be positioned within a social history of the United States that focuses upon changing notions of domesticity and urbanism. We will also examine Wright's fascination with new building technologies and his extensive work in the decorative arts. We will visit several major Wright landmarks during a weekend field trip to Chicago in May. Prerequisite: Any one art history or American studies course. 6 cr., AL, SpringB. Jarman

ARTH 400. Integrative Exercise The integrative exercise for the art history major has two components: 1) A presentation to introductory students of a topic chosen by the senior; 2) A three-hour examination, made up and graded by an outside examiner, on western art with emphasis on the period from the Renaissance to the present. Each component is worth three credits. 6 cr., S/NC, ND, Fall,Winter,SpringStaff


Studio Art Courses (ARTS)

ARTS 110. Observational Drawing A beginning course for non-majors and for those who contemplate majoring in art. The aim of the course is to give the student an appreciation of art and of drawing. An understanding of aesthetic values and development of technical skills are achieved through a series of studio problems which naturally follow one another and deal with the analysis and use of line, shape, volume, space, and tone. A wide range of subjects are used, including still life, landscape and the human figure. No prerequisites. 6 cr., AL, FallD. Bruggeman, F. Hagstrom, D. Lefkowitz

ARTS 113. Field Drawing A beginning drawing course for science students and others who are interested in developing their skills in drawing from nature. Most of the classwork will be done outdoors and deal directly with drawing from plant forms, geological sources, and the landscape as subjects. Emphasis will be placed on the development of the technical skills needed for visual note-taking and development of journals. Problems will deal with the analysis of space and objects through line, shape, volume, and tone. No prerequisites. 6 cr., AL, SpringD. Bruggeman

ARTS 122. Introduction to Sculpture The ability to build structures that reflect or alter the environment is a basic defining characteristic of our species. In this class we explore creative construction in three dimensions using a variety of media, including plaster, wood, and steel. Using both natural and architectural objects for inspiration, we will examine and manipulate form, space, and expressive content to develop a deeper understanding of this core trait and reawaken our experience of the spaces we inhabit. 6 cr., AL, Fall,WinterS. Mohring

ARTS 210. Life Drawing The human form will be the major concentration using drawing as a means to heighten an awareness and sensitivity to form. A variety of media and materials will be explored: pencil, ink, conte, charcoal and collage. Prerequisite: Studio Art 110. 6 cr., AL, WinterD. Bruggeman

ARTS 212. Australia/New Zealand Program: Mixed-Media Drawing This course involves extending basic drawing problems by use of varied media and scale. Processes used could include watercolor, pen and ink, and bookbinding. Prerequisite: Studio Art 110 or 113. 6 cr., AL, WinterF. Hagstrom

ARTS 230. Ceramics An introduction to pottery covering coil, slab and wheel throwing; analysis of clay bodies, elementary chemistry of glazes and kiln-firing techniques. Prerequisite: Studio Art 110, 113 or 122. 6 cr., AL, FallK. Connole

ARTS 232. Ceramics An introduction to pottery and other ceramic forms using primarily processes of slab and coil building. Prerequisite: Studio Art 110, 113 or 122. 6 cr., AL, WinterK. Connole

ARTS 238. Photography I This course introduces the student to the operation of the 35mm camera, film processing and black and white printing techniques. Through lectures, demonstrations, readings, field trips and critiques we rigorously view and question the nature of photography. Assignments will cover a range of photographic genres. A personal investigation of these photographic experiences will result in a final portfolio of finished prints and accompanying field guide. Some manualcameras provided, check with instructor. Prerequisite: Studio Art 110 or 113. 6 cr., AL, Fall,Winter,SpringL. Rossi

ARTS 248. Whakairo Maori Design

This course provides an introduction to Maori carving and design with hands-on instruction in carving in metal and clay. The instructors are members of the TeRoroa tribe of Northern New Zealand. The objective of the course is to explore the design and cultural conventions found in traditional Maori Whakairo (carving). The course will be structured to impart knowledge and understanding of contemporary Maori 3D and 2D design, its origins in the customary art forms and development through to the present day, including learning about the growing movement in Maori crafts. Prerequisites: Studio Arts 122 or 230 or 232 or 251.
2 cr., SpringM. Nathan, A. Nathan

ARTS 251. Metalsmithing A basic course in metal design and fabrication primarily of jewelry forms. Specific instruction will be given in the basic skills of forming, joining, surface enrichment and casting. Metals used will include silver, bronze, brass, copper, titanium, and steel. Prerequisite: Studio Art 110, 113 or 122. 6 cr., AL, Fall,SpringK. Connole

ARTS 260. Painting The course aims at the development of a personal understanding of the language of painting--color, form, space, paint application. Students begin by drawing with paint using black and white oils and gradually progress into utilizing a full--color palette. At first the emphasis is on working from observation--still figure, interiors, and when possible landscape. Concepts of abstraction will also be studied. As students advance the emphasis focuses on defining their personal vision and discovering ways of painting that effectively express it. Prerequisite: Studio Art 110 or 113. 6 cr., AL, Winter,SpringD. Lefkowitz

ARTS 273. Introduction to Digital Art Covers many of the basic tools of computer-based art making (Photoshop, Dreamweaver, QuickTime VR, digital cameras, etc.) in the pursuit of a group multimedia/Web project. Each student will contribute his or her own section. Use of digital tools will be coupled with critical thinking about art in the information technology age. Prerequisite: Studio Art 110 or 113. 6 cr., AL, Not offered in 2006-2007.

ARTS 274. Printmaking Students will select from intaglio, relief, lithography, silkscreen, or letterpress printing. Both terms are open to beginning or intermediate levels of experience. The course involves developing an image over time, taking advantage of a rich and demanding process. Students receive a sound technical training in at least one of the print processes. Grade will be based on the final portfolio, examining both growth in image and technical facility. Prerequisite: Studio Art 110 or 113. 6 cr., AL, FallF. Hagstrom

ARTS 274. Australia/New Zealand Program: Printmaking Intaglio printmaking using the facilities of host universities. Students will receive instruction in all of the processes of intaglio printmaking. Students will explore the possibilities of this form of printmaking in conjunction with their work in a drawing class. Prerequisite: Studio Art 110. 6 cr., AL, WinterF. Hagstrom

ARTS 275. Australia/New Zealand Program: Physical and Cultural Environment of Australia and New Zealand An interdisciplinary course which examines how Australia and New Zealand have changed since colonization. We will examine both how the physical landscape has been changed through agriculture, mining and the importation of non-native species as well as studying the unique social and political climates of two countries which share a history of colonization. The course will use readings, meetings with visiting artists and lectures as well as visits to cultural centers. 6 cr., S/CR/NC, SS, RAD, WinterF. Hagstrom

ARTS 276. Paper Arts This class will introduce students to the principal aspects of hand papermaking. Work will include processing raw fiber and recycled materials, dyeing and pigmenting pulp, exploring Eastern and Western sheet formation styles, and examining various drying and finishing techniques. The first half of the course will culminate with a handmade paper book project. The second half of the course will focus on sculptural applications of handmade paper. Students will construct moulds, cast paper pieces, and create three-dimensional objects through the use of armatures. Throughout the course, the history of paper will be discussed. Prerequisite: Studio Art 110 or 113. 6 cr., AL, WinterJ. Rathermel

ARTS 278. Paper Arts: Bookbinding This class will introduce students to the principal aspects of hand papermaking and bookbinding. Work in the first five weeks will include processing raw fiber and recycled materials, dyeing and pigmenting pulp, exploring Eastern and Western sheet formation styles, and examining various drying and finishing techniques. An emphasis will be placed on creating papers appropriate for book arts. A variety of binding structures will be explored in the second half of the course, including single- and multiple-section bindings, concertina styles, coptic and long stitch structures, and contemporary hybrid approaches. Throughout the course, the history of paper and books will be discussed. Prerequisite: Studio Art 110 or 113. 6 cr., AL, Not offered in 2006-2007.

ARTS 298. Critical Issues in Contemporary Arts Required for the studio major, and recommended for the junior year, this seminar is for student artists considering lives as producers of visual culture. The goal in this class is to develop a familiarity with important questions, both practical and theoretical, facing artists today. We will examine how art is disseminated, understood, and at times, misunderstood. Be prepared to read, write about, and discuss essays, criticism, and interviews covering a wide range of media, and visit artists' studios and exhibition venues. Students will help select topics, direct discussions, and organize a brief presentation about their own artistic development. 6 cr., S/CR/NC, AL, SpringD. Lefkowitz, L. Rossi

ARTS 322. Advanced Sculpture and Installation In this seminar we will expand on our exploration of sculpture-further developing the studio based investigation of Arts 122/222 while adding interior and exterior site specific installation, as well as a limited palate of digital media, to the range of possibilities. During several short and two prolonged problem based assignments we will work to develop our personal voice and a more nuanced material expression in our sculpture. Prerequisite: Studio Art 122 or 222 or by permission of the instructor. 6 cr., AL, FallS. Mohring

ARTS 327. Advanced Woodworking - The Table This class explores the wondrous joys and enlightening frustrations of an intensive material focus in wood. Using both functional and non-functional design problems, we will examine wood's physical, visual, philosophical, and expressive properties. Several short projects will culminate in an examination of the table as a conceptual construct, and five week design/build challenge. A short but meaningful exhibition in Boliou of the completed tables brings closure to the process. Prerequisite: Studio Art 122/222 or by permission of the instructor. 6 cr., AL, WinterS. Mohring

ARTS 330. Advanced Ceramics This course is a continuation of ARTS 230 and/or ARTS 232, focusing on more sophisticated handbuilding and throwing techniques and advanced problem solving in ceramics. Development of a personal voice is encouraged through more open-ended assignments to deepen explorations into the expressive nature of clay. Glaze calculations, kiln firing theory, and alternative firing techniques will broaden our approach to surface design. Prerequisite: Studio Art 230. 6 cr., AL, SpringK. Connole

ARTS 338. Advanced Photo: Color Photography This course is a continuation of Photography I, focusing on color theory, printing and advanced problem solving in both the color and black and white labs. Assignments are more experimental in nature addressing the fabricated image and photomontage. The student will be introduced to large format cameras and mural printing. We will view a broad range of work from contemporary artists, including; photo journalism, mixed media and installation. Prerequisites: Studio Art 238, and 110 or 113. 6 cr., AL, FallL. Rossi

ARTS 339. Advanced Photo: Digital Imaging This course will explore some of the technical, aesthetic and critical issues of digital media. To increase our understanding of digital materials, we begin with the simplicity of a pinhole camera from which we scan our paper negatives and create a relationship between the darkroom and the computer lab. We will work with digital cameras, scanners, printers and Photoshop and I-movie programs. As an extension of photo 1, sequencing the development of visual narrative will be explored. Through specific assignments and personal experimentation the student will complete a bound book of digital prints and a DVD of moving images and sound (Digital cameras are provided.) Prerequisite: Studio Art 238, and 110 or 113. 6 cr., AL, WinterL. Rossi

ARTS 340. Photography in Hawaii: Introduction to the Big Island This course presents an overview of island life, its history, culture and physical environment. Through lectures, readings and personal research we will investigate the flora and fauna of the rainforest, the geology of the Volcanic National Park, the petrogyphs and prehistoric ruins near the Kona coast. Students will prepare themselves techically through photographic exercises which include: Shooting the night sky, macro studies, digital video shooting and final output to the digital print and DVD. Students will explore in depth the photographic essay, researching and creating island contacts for their project. Prerequisites: Studio Art 238 and 110 or 113 and permission of the instructor. Formerly ARTS 351. Offered fall 2007 to prepare for Dec. 2007 trip to Hawaii. 6 cr., AL, Offered in alternate years. Not offered in 2006-2007.

ARTS 341. Photography in Hawaii - On Site The first two weeks of this course will be spent on the Big Island, where we will meet with botanists, geologists and native stoytellers. We will be shooting, writing, interviewing the local population and critiquing our work. As we explore the diverse topography of the island we will have opportunities to shoot underwater, from the heights of Mauna Kea, and in the midst of the rainforest. The class will conclude on campus, meeting once every other week during the term. Students during this time will work independently on their photo essay and then, as a group, create an island portfolio and DVD. Prerequisites: Studio Art 340, 238 and 110 or 113. Formerly ARTS 352. 6 cr., AL, Offered in alternate years. Not offered in 2006-2007.

ARTS 351. Advanced Metals This course continues the investigations of Arts 251 with more focus on vessel making, hollow forms, and the development of a personal voice in metal. Techniques explored include raising, fabrication, lost wax casting and further development of surfaces on both copper and silver. 6 cr., AL, WinterK. Connole

ARTS 360. Advanced Painting & Drawing This course is designed for students who want to explore these 2-D media in greater depth. Students may choose to work exclusively in painting or drawing, or may combine media if they like. Some projects in the course emphasize strengthening students' facility in traditional uses of each medium, while others are designed to encourage students to challenge assumptions about what a painting or drawing can be. Two major assignments make up the core of the course-one focuses on art making as an evolving process and the other on a critical engagement with systems of visual representation. Prerequisite: Studio Art 110 and 260 (for students focusing on painting) or two prior drawing or printmaking courses from the following group-Studio Art 110, 113, 210, 212, and 274 (for students focusing on drawing). 6 cr., AL, FallD. Lefkowitz

ARTS 374. Advanced Printmaking and Book Arts 6 cr., AL, SpringF. Hagstrom

ARTS 400. Integrative Exercise 6 cr., S/NC, ND, Fall,Winter,SpringStaff