Undergraduate Courses
ARTH389A Special Topics in Art History and Archaeology:
The Art of Drawing: A Left and Right Brain Experience;
(3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD.
0101(02169) Bland, B. (Seats=15, Open=15, Waitlist=0)
BooksMTuWThF... 3:00pm- 6:00pm (ASY 3211)
This course is composed of two parts, a lecture and studio
drawing. The lectures examine a wide range of old and
modern master drawings from the Early Renaissance to the
Twentieth Century. The lectures also examine how artists
used various drawing techniques and materials to distinctively
and accurately record their observable, physical world.
Old Master artists include Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael,
Durer, Rembrandt and Rubens. Modern masters include Ingres,
Gauguin, Picasso, Kollwitz, Wyeth and Thiebaud. The studio
portion of this course is basic instruction in perceptual
drawing. This instruction is based on the series of drawing
exercises from Betty Edward’s text, Drawing on the
Right Side of the Brain. No prior drawing experience is
necessary. However, students should be willing to extend
a concerted amount of time and effort on each studio assignment.
ARTH488R Special Topics in Art History and Archaeology: Rembrandt's Amsterdam: Golden Age on the Amstel ; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD.
0101(02125) Gregory, H. (Seats=15, Open=14, Waitlist=0) BooksMTuWThF... 12:00-3:00 pm (ASY 3215)
In 1631, the young Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn left his native Leiden for the much larger and more cosmopolitan city of Amsterdam . The success he found there equaled his ambition and has forever married his name to that of the city. This course will explore the connection between Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn and Amsterdam , arguably the greatest artist during that city's - and the Dutch Republic 's - greatest age. From the land in and around Amsterdam to its varied population, Rembrandt was drawn to all facets of and spared no energy chronicling, shaping, and ultimately eternalizing, his adopted city. Examining Amsterdam through the lens of Rembrandt's engagement with the city, in both his art and his personal life, offers a unique understanding of what was arguably the most vital European city in seventeenth-century Europe.
ARTH457 History of Photography; (3 credits)
Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD.
History of photography as art from its inception in 1839
to the present.
0101(00081) Stapp, W. (Seats=20, Open=20, Waitlist=0)
BooksMTuWThF...12:00pm- 3:00pm (ASY 3219)
ARTH489A Special Topics in Art History: The Art
of Drawing: A Left and Right Brain Experience;
(3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD.
0101(00124) Bland, B. (Seats=15, Open=15, Waitlist=0)
BooksMTuWThF... 3:00pm- 6:00pm (ASY 3211)
