| 14 courses, including: |
| ART 131 |
History of World Art I: Prehistory to 1400 |
3 Credits |
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This introductory survey focuses on art of the ancient world and the Middle Ages in the West and selected non-Western cultures to 1400 including India, China, and Mesoamerica. It emphasizes the role of art in the formation of a culture, the shifting function of art in different societies and time periods, and the approaches students can use to understand art. |
| ART 132 |
History of World Art II: 1400 to Present |
3 Credits |
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This introductory survey focuses on Western art from the Renaissance to today and the art of selected non-Western cultures (including Japan, Africa, and Islamic countries) after 1400. It concentrates on the stylistic, technical, and expressive evolution of painting, architecture, and sculpture within specific historical contexts, yet also explores the cross-influences and interaction of non-Western and Western art as defining characteristics of the modern world. |
| ART 208 |
Introduction to Art Museum Studies |
3 Credits |
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This course introduces students to the themes and issues addressed in the Art Museum Studies program, including an overview of the history and function of art museums, their role in society, the interpretation of objects for museum audiences, and other issues central to the museum profession such as censorship and repatriation. |
| ART 231 |
Renaissance Art |
3 Credits |
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This course traces the rise of the humanistic spirit in the art of Italy between 1300 and 1550. Equal emphasis is placed on the achievements of Early Renaissance artists and architects (Ghiberti, Alberti, Donatello, Masaccio, Botticelli), and the masters of the High Renaissance (Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, Bramante, Titian).
Prerequisite(s): Art 131 or 132, or permission of the instructor. |
| ART 234 |
Baroque and Rococo Art |
3 Credits |
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An in-depth survey of the various styles and aims of European art from 1590 to 1700.
Prerequisite(s): Art 131 or 132, or permission of the instructor. |
| ART 248 |
19th-Century Art |
3 Credits |
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This survey examines art movements in France, England, Germany, and other European countries from the early to late 19th-century, focusing on Romanticism and Realism, the Pre-Raphaelites, Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, and Symbolism. It explores the impact of urbanization, industrialization, and race and gender issues on visual culture.
Prerequisite(s): Art 132 or pemission of instructor. |
| ART 254 |
Modern Art, 1890 to 1950 |
3 Credits |
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A survey of the major movements in the art of Europe and America from the end of the 19th century to the middle of the 20th century, focusing on the concept of modernism, who and what shaped it, and the shifting definitions of the artist in the modern period. Prerequisite(s): Art 132 or pemission of instructor. |
| ART 256 |
Contemporary Art, 1950 to Present |
3 Credits |
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This course examines recent trends in world art, focusing on new media and movements, including installation art, earth art, video art, postmodernism, and the new theoretical and conceptual approaches to art and art history. |
| ART 271 |
Asian Art |
3 Credits |
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This course surveys the art of India, China, Southeast Asia, Korea, and Japan from the earliest civilizations to the modern period. Since much Asian artistic production was inspired by religious belief, students also will be introduced to the major currents of Asian religion and philosophy, including Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, Islam, Confucianism, Daoism, and Shintoism. |
| ART 372 |
African Art |
3 Credits |
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This course explores the rich diversity of art across sub-Sahara Africa from the Paleolithic era to today. It focuses on cultures from West Africa, Central Africa, and East Africa to complement the holdings of the College's outstanding Olkes Collection of African Art, which includes more than 600 objects. Class lecture, discussion, and student projects utilize works from the collection, including masks, wood sculpture, beadwork, and metalwork. |
| ART 363 |
Women and Art |
3 Credits |
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This course explores the status of women in the arts, images of women in art, art made by women, and women as patrons. The orientation of the course i.e., the periods, artists, and issues addressed, is determined by the instructor and may change each time it is taught. Prerequisite(s): ART 132 or permission of the instructor. |
| ART 366 |
American Art: Colonial to 1900 |
3 Credits |
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This course examines the major movements, artists, and cultural issues of American painting, sculpture, and photography from its beginnings to 1900. Special attention is given to works that address definitions of American "identity" and cultural interaction and conflict between races. Prerequisite(s): Art 132 or permission of the instructor. |
| ART 498 |
Tutorial: Art |
4 Credits |
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No description available.
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| ART 499 |
Tutorial: Art |
4 Credits |
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No description available.
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| 1 studio art course |
| 2 of the following: |
| IAR 257 |
20th- and 21st-Century Architecture |
3 Credits |
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This course is designed to relate the impact of architecture on both public and private spaces throughout the twentieth century and provide a view towards the future of architecture in the twenty-first century. The course will guide you through the major styles of architecture of the twentieth century and investigate the socio-historic context of the works and determinants of that architecture. Emphasis will also be placed on the interior spaces, furnishings and the arts and artists of the day. |
| ART 316 |
Japanese Prints: Technique and History |
3 Credits |
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This course is team-taught by an art historian, who explores with students the development of Japanese prints from the earliest Buddhist images to the brilliant ukiyo-e of the mid-19th century, and a printmaker, who teaches students the traditional Japanese method of woodblock printmaking. |
| ART 327 |
Printmaking Studio |
3 Credits |
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This course is an explorartion of the expressive possibilities of graphic media. Historical methods of printmaking are introduced. Prerequisite(s): Art 132 or permission of the instructor. Additional Fee(s): Applied art fee. |
| ART 338 |
Impressionism |
3 Credits |
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This course examines the revolutionary 19th-century French movement Impressionism from its origins in Realism and Manet to the triumph of the 1870s and 1880s, focusing specific attention on the careers of Monet, Degas, Caillebotte, and Cézanne and the social, political, and cultural contexts that shaped their work. Prerequisite(s): Art 132 or permission of the instructor. |
| ART 391 |
Internship |
1 Credits |
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This course requires supervised field placement experience and is aimed at enhancing students’ abilities to offer design and media services to clients. Issues in contemporary media are examined in response to internship placements. Students are expected to produce portfolio quality work in the course of this on-the-job experience. |
| ART 392 |
Internship |
2 Credits |
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This production course provides an introduction to computer animation and visual effects. Students learn the principles, process, and philosophy of animation with a focus on the design and construction of environments, characters, and time-based motion. Students script, storyboard, design, and produce a short animated digital video.
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| ART 393 |
Internship |
3 Credits |
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The Internship in Art Museum studies must be a meaningful work experience that involves learning alongside museum or gallery professionals. The internship may be completed at a Pittsburgh institution or a home or national museum. |
| ART 491 |
Independent Study |
1 Credits |
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No description available.
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| ART 492 |
Independent Study |
2 Credits |
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No description available.
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| ART 493 |
Independent Study |
3 Credits |
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This course develops graphic literacy as a language and philosophy for observation, analysis, expression, and presentation of interior architecture. Students are introduced to a number of techniques and methods of drawing used by interior designers, including freehand drawing, use of colored pencils, markers, and mechanical drafting through various exercises. An understanding is developed of architectural scale, plans, elevations, and sections. Additional work is spent on values, colors, palettes, and shadowing techniques that culminate in a final project. Cross-listed as IAR 510.
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| ART 494 |
Independent Study |
4 Credits |
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| Any one of the courses not selected above as a major requirement, or approved experimental courses, may also be used to satisfy the elective requirements. |
