Prerequisites

ADF-182 and the Fine Art Program Director's consent.

Course Credits

4.00

Description

This course introduces the students to Italian Renaissance art, artists and culture from the first evidence in the Italian Gothic (around the 1260's) to the Early and High Renaissance, predominantly in Florence and Venice, up to the 1600's. The course will survey the history of painting, sculpture and architecture as we study the works individually, for their formal elements and visual importance, but also within their aesthetic, historic, political and cultural context. Class discussion and a visual analysis of works of art will encourage personal interpretation and critical thinking. A list of terms related to the Renaissances introduces the language of art. Normally offered during the summer. Offered in Italy only.

Term Offered

Course Types

Expanded Classroom Requirement

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

The coursework introduces students to the artistic and visual traditions from South and East Asia, Africa, Oceania and the Americas. In addition to the material culture of the particular region under study, the coursework will consider socio-political ideals, religious belief systems, and cultural principles that 'shaped' or informed the work and the ideology of civilizations beyond the Western hemisphere. Comparative analysis among non-western and western traditions will be used to critically analyze the salient points of influence, rejection and modifications of aesthetic affinities. Class lectures will be supplemented with museum seminars specifically the rich non-western collections at the MFA, Boston. Guided field trips to the museum will allow students to formally analyze the works of art discussed in lecture and text material.

Term Offered

Occasional

Course Types

Cultural Diversity Opt B,Cultural Diversity BFA,Asian Studies,Humanities & History,Expanded Classroom Requirement,Humanities Literature Requirement

Prerequisites

Course Credits

4.00

Description

A chronological survey of South Asian art (2300 BCE - 1750 CE) including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal. Examination of art and architecture from their first and still mysterious beginnings in the Indus Valley, through the great masterpieces of Buddhist and Hindu art to the coming of Islam, including the eclectic culture of the Mughal courts and the golden age of miniature paintings. Consideration is given to the multiple aspects of patronage in Indian culture - religious, political, economic - through case studies of individual works of art and architecture. (Formerly HUM 345)

Term Offered

Course Types

Humanities & History,Cultural Diversity Opt B,Humanities Literature Requirement,Asian Studies

Prerequisites

Restricted to Juniors and Seniors

Course Credits

3.00- 6.00

Description

An elective course for those who wish to pursue issues of artistic development to a further degree, this internship may involve assisting an established member of the local art community (in his or her own studio) in the preparation, marketing and exhibition of his work. Internships in area galleries or museums are also an option. The purpose of the internship will be to give students experience in real world aspects of the artistic life for which he or she has so far prepared only in the classroom setting. Participating students will earn credit based on the number of hours devoted to the internship. One credit will be given for every 45 hours of internship time, and all hours must be verified in writing for credit given.

Term Offered

Offered Both Fall and Spring

Course Types

Expanded Classroom Requirement

Prerequisites

consent of Program director required

Course Credits

1.00- 6.00

Description

The student completes a directed study project, either studio (ADFA S500) or non-studio (ADFA 500) under the supervision of a fine arts full-time faculty member. Please see "Directed Study" elsewhere in this catalog for details. Independent study forms are available from the Office of the Academic Dean and Registrar. All independent study request forms must be accompanied by a written proposal and must be approved by the individual faculty member, the Fine Arts Program Director, the NESADSU Chairman, and the Academic Dean. Normally available every semester.

Term Offered

Prerequisites

ADF S102

Course Credits

3.00

Description

This course is an extensive exploration of the human form and how it is represented in drawing. Refining their drawing skills, students use a variety of dry media (graphite, charcoal, pastel, collage) to articulate figure/plane

Term Offered

Offered Fall Term

Prerequisites

Take ADF-S152

Course Credits

3.00

Description

Art is not just visual. Artists also "think with their hands", understanding that engagement with the physical world is vital to the creative process, and often gives rise to unexpected and fruitful ideas. In this course, students will explore traditional and experimental sculptural processes in a spirit of "directed play", focusing on both intuitive and critical responses to materials.

Term Offered

Prerequisites

Fine Art Program Director Approval needed

Course Credits

1.50- 3.00

Description

This course functions as a lab for students to improve thier painting skills. Working directly from the models, beginning and more advanced students will explore technique at thier own level. Tri-weekly poses will allow indepth investigation and complex images to develop. Students can work with the painting medium of thier choice. Historical and contemporary painters will be used to further the students progress. Open to majors and non-majors.

Term Offered

Occasional

Prerequisites

ADF-S102 or ADF-S502; ADF-S151 or ADF-S551;

Course Credits

3.00

Description

We live in a world of great contrasts in scale, where hand held screens can download Google earth and nanotechnologies can change the lives on entire continents. How do these shifts in scale alter our perceptions of space, and therefore change the way we understand and make drawings? This figure-based course uses descriptive observation as the starting point for addressing visual invention. Students will work from a model, using traditional figurative techniques to combine and contrast with digital imaging techniques, graphic novels, and various contemporary drawing approaches. A variety of wet and dry drawing media will be used with more experimental materials.

Term Offered

Offered Spring Term

Prerequisites

ADF S123.

Course Credits

3.00

Description

This course will involve the concepts and techniques of 20th and 21st century painting. Students develop an individual approach to non-objective and objective painted space. Open-ended assignments, lectures, critiques and discussions will clarify the work students produce. Substantial independent studio time allows students to focus on work that responds to contemporary issues in painting.

Term Offered

Offered Spring Term

Prerequisites

ADF S152

Course Credits

3.00

Description

A focused study on the language of dimensionality in sculpture, students will explore traditional and non-traditional materials. Issues of craft, concept and context will aid students in developing work that responds to currents in contemporary sculpture. This class will also provide students with a substantial grounding in 20th and 21st century sculptural theory and practice.

Term Offered

Offered Spring Term

Prerequisites

ADF S102

Course Credits

3.00

Description

This course is designed to familiarize students with the printmaking studio and various techniques. Students will gain exposure to a number of techniques including non-toxic processes. Over the course of the semester, students will be expected to develop a portfolio of prints while working in class and independently. Open to NESADSU majors only.

Term Offered

Offered Fall Term

Prerequisites

ADF S102 ADF S123, and ADF S152

Course Credits

3.00

Description

Fine Arts Seminar is designed as a vehicle for students to develop a personal relationship to contemporary art theory and practice. Questions are posed as a point of departure for the students to generate work. Visiting artists and weekly gallery and museum visits aid in examining aspects of current art making in order to assist students in creating a strong vision for their work. Restricted to Fine Arts Majors only.

Term Offered

Offered Fall Term

Prerequisites

ADFA S271

Course Credits

3.00

Description

A continuation of the first semester, this course aids students in recognizing the patterns and questions posed in their own studio practices. A large number of technical approaches to content will be explored.

Term Offered

Offered Spring Term

Prerequisites

Intended for Majors only

Course Credits

3.00

Description

Contemporary Trends & Practices moves art theory into the studio and the studio out into the world. Students will look at the most significant artists and movements of the past 50 years while examining their social, cultural and political context. Canonized contemporary art categories (postmodernism, appropriation, anti-art and performance art are some examples) are assigned as group projects. Movements, strategy or style of art making is discussed as an expressive problem solving experience, blurring the lines between media. This course conflates contemporary art history with contemporary art practices.

Term Offered

Offered Fall Term

Prerequisites

Take ADF-S123; or Instructor's Permission.

Course Credits

3.00

Description

This course is designed to provide a workshop style environment for students to achieve an increasingly sophisticated level of mastery. Students are encouraged to develop their own area of interest in painting and drawing. In class models will be available to those who want to work figuratively. Individual and group critiques are integrated into the semesters work. The class will study the works of contemporary and historical painters. This is not a class for beginning students.

Term Offered

Offered Both Fall and Spring

Prerequisites

ADFA S242

Course Credits

3.00

Description

In this course, students will explore contemporary sculptural issues, using a variety of found and generated materials. The process of installation, wall, floor, self-supported pieces and environmental works will be investigated.

Term Offered

Offered Spring Term

Prerequisites

Take ADFA-S272;

Course Credits

3.00

Description

This course has students assess their work of the past several years in order to determine current and future goals. Students use the tools they find in the relationship between 2D and 3D in order to define contemporary drawing for themselves.

Term Offered

Offered Fall Term

Prerequisites

ADFA S251 or instructor permission

Course Credits

3.00

Description

In Advanced Printmaking students will explore issues of technique, scale and multiple press runs that are not feasible within the context of the beginning Printmaking course. In this advanced course students will focus on a chosen area of traditional or contemporary print media, ranging from etching, digital imaging, lithography, paper molding, and photocopying, to relief and screen printing. Through the use of theory and developed skill, the course will allow students to create print-based works of an increasingly professional standard in both two and three dimensions. Students will undertake projects both as separate entities and as combined installed pieces, aimed at encouraging an individual, creative and professional approach to printmaking in the context of contemporary art practice.

Term Offered

Occasional

Prerequisites

ADF S123 AND ADFA S241

Course Credits

3.00

Description

This painting course is designed to provide an in-depth study and practice of two-dimensional contemporary figuration. Basing all students on the Masters and movements of the past, this course focuses on the methodology and effects of four major figurative painters from late-twentieth century through the present.

Term Offered

Offered Fall Term

Prerequisites

Take ADF-S152 ADFA-S361;

Course Credits

3.00

Description

This sculpture course considers the figure in its importance both as a historical element and as a reflection and definition of self. Established an understanding of the figurative form in the space by relating gesture and structure through manipulated form. Weight, mass, plane and volume are considered while working directly from the model.

Term Offered

Offered Spring Term

Prerequisites

Course Credits

3.00

Description

This course is an extension of the Figure Studio 2D & 3D course. The focus will be on advanced figuration in relation to contemporary and historical works. Students will work in any media that pertains to their exploration of depiction and content. Students are expected to work in consultation with the professor in class and in their individual studios.

Term Offered

Prerequisites

ADFA S271 and ADFA S272

Course Credits

3.00

Description

In this third semester of the Seminar sequence, students are responsible for integrating their visual culture influences and references within an expanded body of work.

Term Offered

Offered Fall Term

Prerequisites

ADFA S271 and ADFA S272 and ADFA S371

Course Credits

3.00

Description

During this final Seminar semester, the focused studio practices of students are channeled into the development of their final thesis exhibition. The four-semester Fine Arts Seminar sequence.

Term Offered

Offered Spring Term

Prerequisites

Take ADFA-S272;

Course Credits

3.00- 6.00

Description

This course functions as a bridge between the undergraduate processes of Fine Arts Seminar and the postgraduate environment of the visual arts. Particular attention will be paid to the contexts used by students to define their work in relation to feed back of professional outside reviewers. Individual contracts between faculty and student will be developed at the beginning of each semester. Contracts will assess the priorities for the work and adapt studio practices for the creation of new work. A research component will be attached when awarding 4-6 credits.

Term Offered

Occasional

Prerequisites

Fine Arts Senior status required.

Course Credits

3.00

Description

This senior-level course readies the student for the furtherance of his or her career as a creative artist. Though the development of a written artist's statement, slide and electronic documentation and the charting of their individual artistic lineage, students will begin to place themselves within the context of the contemporary art world. Normally offered Spring semester.

Term Offered

Offered Spring Term

Prerequisites

Fine Art Program Director Approval needed

Course Credits

1.00- 6.00

Description

The student completes a directed study project, either studio (ADFA S500) or non-studio (ADFA 500) under the supervision of a full time fine arts faculty member. Please see "Directed Study" elsewhere in this catalog for details. Independentstudy forms are available from the Office of the Academic Dean and Registrar. All independent study projects must be approved by the individual faculty member, the Fine Arts Program Director, and the NESADSU Chairman. Normally available every semester.

Term Offered