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A survey of the visual arts of architecture, painting and sculpture in their developments from Paleolithic art through the ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean and the Christian Middle Ages.

A follow-up to ART 203, this course surveys Renaissance, Baroque and the parade of changing styles of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.

This course is designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of oil painting. Working from direct observation, students will learn to translate the three dimensional into two and acquire the tools necessary to decode the appearance of things...

Introduction to various techniques in watercolor painting. Prerequisite: ART 101 and 104 or permission of the instructor. Spring, odd-numbered years.

Intermediate-level problems in objective drawing techniques with a focus on the human figure. Prerequisite: ART 101.

A study of both sacred and secular art in Europe from about 1300 to 1580, the development of individualistic spirit, the beginnings of scientific naturalism and classical revival, and the impact of the Age of Discovery on artforms during an era that...

An exploration of the profusion of the international Baroque style across Europe from about 1580 to 1750, focusing on Baroque art’s central role in legitimizing the beliefs and values of the triumphalist Catholic Church and European monarchies, as...

This course studies art created outside of the Western tradition, including China, India, Japan, Africa, and across the Americas. Additionally, the course considers issues ranging from the cross-fertilization of Eastern and Western artforms to the...

The course will focus on further developing the perceptual painting techniques explored in Oil Painting I. Students will experiment with subject matter, technique, and scale. 

Intermediate-level approaches in watercolor painting. Studio problems will provide opportunities for more personal development.