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Communications, Arts & Humanities Division:
Department of Art
Course Descriptions
Art & Art History Courses:
ART 100 - Art and Childhood Development
ART 110 - Art History I
ART 111 - Art History II
ART 112 - Art History: Non-Western Art
ART 130 - Drawing I
ART 140 - Painting
ART 145 - Watercolor Painting
Photography Courses:
ART 160 - Black & White Photography I
ART 161 - Black & White Photography II
ART 162 - Black & White Photography III
ART 166 - Black & White Photography: Digital
Negative
ART 169 - Medium & Large Format Photography
ART 175 - Color Photography: Digital Printing
ART 100 - Art and Childhood Development
This course examines artistic development and expression in childhood. Emphasis will be on actual artistic production the visual language of art including the principles of design and color and on issues of aesthetics and response strategies in relation to art criticism and art history. The cognitive developmental stages of artistic growth in childhood and psychomotor skills will serve as a foundation in preparation for curriculum planning. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
- Develop and apply techniques to motivate children of elementary school age to explore, discover, manipulate and create artworks in various art media reflective of their particular developmental stage.
- Distinguish basic principles of artistic design and color theory and to integrate these ideas into general curriculum planning and artistic production.
- Identify and describe a child's art production in stages of creative, emotional and mental growth.
- Analyze student/children's artwork according to aesthetic issues.
- Utilize a broad view of art historical content and how it relates to student/children's artwork.
- Produce a wide range of projects applicable to curriculum planning within the elementary school but based on the cognitive and motor skills indicative of a university-level student.
3 hours each week, 3 credits
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ART 110 - Art History I
This course surveys the artistic styles from prehistoric art to the Proto-Renaissance. Painting sculpture and architecture are studied as individual works in relationship to their social and religious backgrounds. Issues concerning iconography and biography will also be a focus of this course. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
- Analyze representative art of prehistoric Europe, Egypt, The Ancient Near East, The Aegean, Greece, Rome, Medieval Europe and the Proto-Renaissance in Europe. Explain the techniques used in the painting, sculpture and architecture of the period.
- Define the technical terms associated with the description of art.
- Identify stylistic changes affected by geography, politics and religion.
- Visually identify stylistic differentiation of any work(s) from the above time periods.
Prerequisite: Satisfactory scores on placement tests in English and Reading, or successful completion of Developmental English (ENG 050) and Developmental Reading and Study Skills (REA 050).
3 hours each week 3 credits.
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ART 111 - Art History II
This course surveys the artistic styles from the Renaissance through the 21st Century. Painting sculpture and architecture are studied as individual works in relationship to their social and religious backgrounds. Issues concerning iconography and biography will also be a focus of this course. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
- Analyze representative art of the Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Neo-Classical, Romantic, Realist, Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Expressionist periods. The many “isms” of 20th Century Art as well as the art of the 21st Century Post-Modern Era will also be covered in this class.
- Explain the techniques used in painting, sculpture and architecture of the period.
- Define the technical terms associated with the description of art.
- Identify stylistic changes affected by geography, politics and religion.
- Interpret biographical data of the individual artists wherever possible.
- Visually identify stylistic differentiation of any work(s) from the above time periods.
Prerequisite: Satisfactory scores on placement tests in English and Reading, or successful completion of Developmental English (ENG 050) and Developmental Reading and Study Skills (REA 050).
3 hours each week 3 credits.
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ART 112 Art History: Non-Western Art
This course surveys the artistic styles of Asia including Buddhist and Hindu art from India, Java, China, Korea and Japan. Arts of the Islamic world, Africa and of the Americas will also be covered in this course. Painting, sculpture and architecture are studied as individual works in relationship to their social, geographical and religious backgrounds. Issues concerning iconography will also be a focus of this course. The influences of these cultures upon contemporary post/modern art will covered as well. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
- Analyze representative art of India, Java, China, Korea, Japan, Islam, Africa and the Americas.
- Explain the techniques used in painting, sculpture and architecture of the period.
- Define the technical terms associated with the description of art.
- Identify stylistic changes affected by geography, politics and religion.
- Identify the integration of some of these multicultural styles in post/modern art forms.
- Visually identify stylistic differentiation of any work(s) from the above cultures.
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ART 130 - Drawing I
This course is an introduction to drawing in a variety of media and subject matter including still life. Discussion and demonstration will augment studio work. Upon successful completion of this course students should be able to:
- Demonstrate ability to draw what is seen incorporating the basic properties of line figure-ground relationship, value and texture.
- Diagram perspective. Demonstrate the ability to activate the concept of the picture plane.
- Produce cohesive composition.
- Create the illusion of three-dimensional forms and space on a two-dimensional plane.
This course may be repeated for credit with departmental approval.
3 hours each week 3 credits.
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ART 140 - Painting
This is a primary studio course in acrylic painting with instruction in the use of brush and palette knife. Introductory demonstrations will be given in still life painting.
Upon successful completion of this course students should be able to:
- Prepare the materials for the process of painting.
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the 12-hue color wheel.
- Demonstrate the ability to activate the concept of the picture plane.
- Produce cohesive composition through the student's participation in direct observation of the subject.
- Demonstrate the ability to analyze how light creates form with the interplay of hue value and chroma.
- Create the illusion of three-dimensional forms and space on a two-dimensional plane.
This course may be repeated for credit with departmental approval.
3hours each week 3 credits
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ART 145 - Watercolor Painting
This course is an introduction to the basic tools and techniques of the watercolor painter. Emphasis is placed upon transparent watercolor within the Western tradition in still life landscape, figure and non-objective subject matter. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
- Prepare the materials for the process of painting.
- Demonstrate the knowledge and understanding of the 12-hue color wheel.
- Demonstrate the ability to activate the concept of the picture plane.
- Produce cohesive composition.
- Apply the wash, glazing, graduated wash, wet into wet, lifting, scraping, resist, drops and splatter, and drybrush techniques within a watercolor painting.
3 hours each week 3 credits.
Certificate of Competency
Faculty
Bertha Gutman
MFA, State University of N.Y. at Stony Brook
BA, Queens College, City University of N.Y
tel: 610.359.5382
office: 4314
email: bgutman@dccc.edu
web: http://learn.dccc.edu/~bgutman/
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