| ARTH 101-01 |
An Introduction to the History of Art
Instructor: Melinda Schlitt
Course Description:
This course is a critical survey of western art beginning with the Ancient Near East (approximately 4000 B.C.) through the Gothic period in Europe (early 1300s). Emphasis will be placed on the analysis of style, subject-matter, and function within an historical context, and especially on the student's ability to develop skills in visual analysis. Developing appropriate vocabularies with which to discuss and analyze works of art and imagery will also be stressed, along with learning to evaluate scholarly interpretations of them.
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09:30 AM-10:20 AM, MWF
WEISS 235 |
| ARTH 108-01 |
Arts of East Asia
Instructor: Ren Wei
Course Description:
Cross-listed with EASN 108-01. This course introduces students to a selection of objects and sites that elicit new modes of cultural perception and insight into the artistic cultures of China, Korea, and Japan. Loosely arranged in a chronological order, each week is devoted to in-depth examination of a different type of object, medium, and format. The diverse mediums (sculpture, ceramics, metalwork, lacquer, prints, painting, calligraphy, photography, performance, and architecture) and the long historical span covered in class will chart how culture traveled within East Asia, and later, globally, as well as each cultures distinctive methods of adaptation over time. Major themes include the relationship between artistic production and sociopolitical and socioeconomic development, cultural exchange, aesthetics, impact of religion, power and authority, gender, and issues of modernity. Lectures are supplemented by viewing sessions in the Trout Gallery.This course is cross-listed as EASN 108.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, MR
WEISS 235 |
| ARTH 120-01 |
Introduction to Photography
Instructor: Andy Bale
Course Description:
Cross-listed with FMST 220-03. An entry-level course in black-and-white photography emphasizing theory, history, and practice. Students learn how to create images, use cameras, develop film and make prints using conventional darkroom processes. Students will also be introduced to Photoshop as well as the basics of scanning and digital printing.
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09:30 AM-11:29 AM, TR
GDYRST 101 |
| ARTH 120-02 |
Introduction to Photography
Instructor: Andy Bale
Course Description:
Cross-listed with FMST 220-04. An entry-level course in black-and-white photography emphasizing theory, history, and practice. Students learn how to create images, use cameras, develop film and make prints using conventional darkroom processes. Students will also be introduced to Photoshop as well as the basics of scanning and digital printing.
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01:30 PM-03:29 PM, TR
GDYRST 101 |
| ARTH 121-01 |
Fundamentals of Composition and Drawing
Instructor: ARTH STAFF, Mary Climes
Course Description:
Working from observation and using a variety of media, this basic studio drawing course will explore issues common to both representational and non-representational art. This course serves as the foundation to upper-level two-dimensional offerings.
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01:30 PM-03:29 PM, MW
WEISS 343 |
| ARTH 126-01 |
Ceramic Sculpture
Instructor: Rachel Eng
Course Description:
This introductory course examines the principal attributes of sculpture with a focus on clay as the primary fabrication material. Students will examine a range of firing, glazing, and construction techniques.
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09:30 AM-11:29 AM, TR
GDYRST CERAMICS |
| ARTH 130-01 |
Art and Sustainability
Instructor: Mitch Shiles
Course Description:
This course promotes themes of sustainability and social engagement as the catalyst for artmaking. Primarily investigated through the design and construction of sculptures, installation art or other creative acts, students will explore creative practices exemplified by land art, social practice art, collaborative art, and social sculpture, among others.
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01:30 PM-03:29 PM, MW
GDYRST DOWN |
| ARTH 131-01 |
Digital Studio 1: Image Manipulation and Experimental Processes
Instructor: Mary Climes
Course Description:
Cross-listed with FMST 220-05. This course will focus on 2-dimensional studio processes in the digital environment. It will also explore how digital processes can be used in conjunction with traditional processes like drawing, painting, and printmaking. The initial goal of this class will be to gain a thorough understanding of Adobe Photoshop for image manipulation. As the semester progresses, the class will explore uses of digital technology in contemporary art practice, including experimental processes. *Please note: this is not a photography course, some photo related processes will be part of the class, but those students looking for a more traditional approach to photography should consider the 221 Intro to Photography class.
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09:30 AM-11:29 AM, MW
GDYRST 101 |
| ARTH 160-01 |
Objectcraft: Introduction to Functional Sculpture
Instructor: Anthony Cervino
Course Description:
Form and function are intrinsically connected. In this class, students will gain hands-on experience designing and making functional sculptures. In addition to learning the techniques critical to the construction of use-oriented art objects, students will examine art historical precedents and contemporary works that explore the intersection of art and design. Through projects with conceptual themes such as "Light + Shadow + Time," "Simple is Hard," "Multiplayer Mode," "Objects for Imagined Worlds," "Retrofuturism/Post-Humanism," and The Sentient Object," students will utilize design thinking and iterative skill-building in a variety of material processes to investigate sculpture through the lens of craft, game design, props, wearable art, and ritual objects, among others.
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01:30 PM-03:29 PM, TR
GDYRST DOWN |
| ARTH 202-01 |
Reality, Idealism, Beauty, and Power: Topics in the Art & Architecture of Ancient Greece and Rome
Instructor: Melinda Schlitt
Course Description:
Cross-listed with ARCH 202-01. How can we understand the representation of reality, idealism, beauty, and power in the cultures of ancient Greece and Rome through studying their art and architecture? How can these issues in ancient art illuminate our understanding of the visual and structural expression of human experience? In this course, we will examine major monuments in painting, sculpture, and architecture in both cultures from a variety of interpretive perspectives through which they have been addressed in primary sources and scholarly literature. Students will study and analyze textual, art-historical, and archaeological readings of these monuments and compare the strengths and weaknesses of the authors' arguments in terms of methodological approach and evidence. In addition, the authors' cultural assumptions, interpretive premises, and ideological goals (if any) will also be addressed in attempting to understand how these works of art have acquired a particular meaning over time and what constitutes that meaning. Students will also acquire competency in recognizing and analyzing diverse stylistic initiatives and their aesthetic significance. This course is cross-listed as ARCH 202.Offered every year.
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11:30 AM-12:20 PM, MWF
WEISS 221 |
| ARTH 210-01 |
Buddhist Art in East Asia
Instructor: Ren Wei
Course Description:
Cross-listed with EASN 210-01. How are narratives transformed from texts into images? How are images brought to life, becoming more than mute blocks of stone or colors on paper? How can we best reconstruct and understand these past visual experiences? Through classroom discussion and close examination of key East Asian Buddhist artworks, this course introduces students to the unexpected conceptual interest within the cultural context of East Asia. Each week is devoted to the discussion of a particular keyword, beginning with the basics such as Buddha and bodhisattva and proceeding towards more specialized terms including pure land and mandala. In conjunction with the investigation of keywords in Buddhist art, we will also address theories of iconography, space, spectatorship, ritual, etc. The class will also view Buddhist artworks in the Trout Gallery. This course is cross-listed as EASN 210.
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10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
WEISS 235 |
| ARTH 227-01 |
Fundamentals of Painting
Instructor: Todd Arsenault
Course Description:
A basic studio course exploring the techniques, practices and history of painting and theories of color. Working from observation, subject matter will range from still-life and landscape to architecture and the figure.
Prerequisite: 122 or permission of the instructor.
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01:30 PM-03:29 PM, TR
WEISS 342 |
| ARTH 314-01 |
Contemporary Art
Instructor: Elizabeth Lee
Course Description:
This course addresses a period of artistic production from the late 1960s to the present. It showcases key artists and artistic movements within a broad historical framework, highlighting major issues and important debates. Some of the themes discussed in the course include the changing nature of artistic practice in recent decades; the intersection of the body in contemporary art with issues of gender, sexuality, ethnicity and race; the role of art in public spaces; the rise of new media; the place of art within galleries, museums and other art-world institutions; the global nature of contemporary art; and art as an agent of protest and social change. Assigned readings include a variety of art historical analyses, artist interviews and writings, essays by art critics and other writers with backgrounds in such areas as philosophy, gender studies and critical race theory.
Prerequisite: 102 or permission of the instructor.
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03:00 PM-04:15 PM, TF
WEISS 221 |
| ARTH 321-01 |
Advanced Drawing
Instructor: ARTH STAFF, Todd Arsenault
Course Description:
A studio course to explore further, those issues covered in 122, but focusing on the creation of light and space. Landscape, architecture, still-life and the model will serve as subject matter. A large variety of media will be used, including pastel, monotype, ink, acrylic paint and charcoal.
Prerequisite: 122 or permission of the instructor. Repeatable, with permission of instructor.
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09:30 AM-11:29 AM, TR
GDYRST UPST |
| ARTH 325-01 |
Advanced Ceramics
Instructor: Rachel Eng
Course Description:
This advanced level ceramics course focuses on individual project development with processes utilizing the wheel and hand-building. Substantial glaze testing will build class color palettes in a range of firing temperatures and atmospheres. This course will allow for focused discussion and critiques on using clay as an expressive medium. This course will include discussion on topics such as: the use of ceramics in contemporary and historical artworks, participatory art, ephemeral art, and installation art. Prerequisite: ARTH 224, 226 or permission of instructor. Repeatable, with permission of instructor.
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09:30 AM-11:29 AM, MW
GDYRST CERAMICS |
| ARTH 326-01 |
Intaglio Printmaking
Instructor: Todd Arsenault
Course Description:
An in-depth exploration of etching, engraving, aquatint and other techniques of drawing on, and printing from metal plates. Photo-etching and working in color will also be covered.
Prerequisite: 122 or permission of the instructor. Repeatable, with permission of instructor.
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03:30 PM-05:29 PM, MW
WEISS 340 |
| ARTH 407-01 |
Art History Senior Seminar
Instructor: Ren Wei
Course Description:
An intensive seminar wherein students conduct original research on selected works of art as part of curating a formal, public exhibition in The Trout Gallery. Research is directed towards interpretive essays that go through multiple writing revisions, resulting in a publishedexhibition catalogue edited by the seminar faculty member and Trout Gallery Staff, and designed by Dickinson College Design Services Staff. Students work collaboratively as curators and contributors to the catalogue, and undertake a professional-level experience, most often reserved for graduate study or museum professionals. All of the senior majors' art historical knowledge and critical skills will be put to use in the Senior Seminar with the goal of further refining their ability to conduct advanced research and formal, polished writing.Prerequisite: Senior Art History majors only.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, TF
WEISS 219 |
| ARTH 410-01 |
Senior Studio Seminar, Part 1
Instructor: Anthony Cervino
Course Description:
The first in a two-course sequence required for senior studio art majors. Critiques of students' work will include examination of timely topics in the visual arts and the relationship of the artist to society. Critiques, selected critical readings, museum visits and visiting artists will provide the basis for discussion.
Prerequisite: Majors only or permission of instructor. Co-requisite: One studio course.
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01:30 PM-03:29 PM, MW
GDYRST DOWN |