| 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 102-01 |
An Introduction to the History of Art
Instructor: Ty Vanover
Course Description:
This course surveys art of the European renaissance through the contemporary period. Art will be examined within the historical context in which it was produced, with attention to contemporary social, political, religious, and intellectual movements. Students will examine the meaning and function of art within the different historical periods. In addition, students will learn to analyze and identify different artistic styles.
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10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
WEISS 235 |
| ARTH 122-01 |
Fundamentals of Composition and Drawing
Instructor: Emily Lehman
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 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 3-D |
| ARTH 130-02 |
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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09:30 AM-11:29 AM, MW
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 205-01 |
Buddhist Art & Architecture: The Three Jewels
Instructor: Elizabeth Lee, Bryce Heatherly
Course Description:
Cross-listed with EASN 205-01. Conventionally, Buddhism has been studied in terms of its beliefs and practices of renunciation and austerity, but it was also shaped and strengthened by very material concerns about property, patronage, and wealth. From the construction of the earliest Buddhist monasteries to the contemporary collection and display of Buddhist artworks, this course offers a broad introduction to Buddhisms material concerns through its art and architecture. Over the course of the semester, we will conduct close readings of primary sources and visual analysis of art and architecture to examine how these concerns have been understood by monks, artists, and donors throughout history. Well place special emphasis on the earliest developments in South Asia, and then explore the diverse forms and functions of Buddhism as it spread to China, Korea, and Japan.
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03:00 PM-04:15 PM, TF
ALTHSE 106 |
| ARTH 212-01 |
Michelangelo-Man & Myth
Instructor: Melinda Schlitt
Course Description:
In this course, we will explore the figure and art of Michelangelo from a historiographic and critical perspective. Understanding his role as an artist and the effect of his art on his contemporaries and subsequent generations of artists, critics, and scholars through our own era will be a primary goal. Readings will be drawn from a variety of primary and secondary sources, and will include writings by Michelangelo himself, critical and theoretical commentaries, historical narratives, and art-historical interpretations. Conflicts within the scholarly community about how we might understand and reconstruct his life will also be addressed, as well as how the idea of the creative process was constructed and enacted during the Renaissance in Italy.Prerequisite: 101 or 102, or permission of instructor.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, W
WEISS 219 |
| ARTH 221-01 |
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-11:30 AM, TR
GDYRST 101 |
| ARTH 221-02 |
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 223-01 |
Digital Studio 1: Image Manipulation and Experimental Processes
Instructor: Emily Lehman
Course Description:
Cross-listed with FMST 220-02. 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. Prerequisite: 122, 221, or permission of the instructor.
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09:30 AM-11:29 AM, MW
GDYRST 101 |
| ARTH 224-01 |
Wheelwork Ceramics
Instructor: Kirsten Olson
Course Description:
A studio course exploring expressive possibilities offered by the potters wheel. Students will examine both utilitarian and sculptural aspects of the medium. A variety of clays, glazes and firing approaches will be examined.
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01:30 PM-03:29 PM, TF
GDYRST CERAMICS |
| 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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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, TF
WEISS 219 |
| ARTH 321-01 |
Advanced Drawing
Instructor: Emily Lehman
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.
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09:30 AM-11:29 AM, TR
GDYRST UPST |
| ARTH 323-01 |
Advanced Sculpture
Instructor: Anthony Cervino
Course Description:
Various sculpture media and studio processes will be explored including welding, casting, mold making, installation art, and expanded media as appropriate. An emphasis will be placed on technical and conceptual development to realize individual creative expressions. Repeatable with permission of instructor. Prerequisite: 123.
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01:30 PM-03:29 PM, TR
GDYRST DOWN |
| ARTH 407-01 |
Art History Senior Seminar
Instructor: Elizabeth Lee
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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03:00 PM-04:15 PM, TF
WEISS 219 |
| ARTH 410-01 |
Senior Studio Seminar, Part 1
Instructor: Todd Arsenault
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-04:30 PM, W
GDYRST DOWN |
| ARTH 500-01 |
Methods and Topics in Painting
Instructor: Todd Arsenault
Course Description:
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