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Art
2016-2017 Catalog
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ART APPRECIATION
3 units, 3 lecture hours (Pass/No Pass)
ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English 125 and 126.
Lecture course to learn the cultural significance
of the arts. Instruction will cover media and movements.
Students will also learn the elements and principles of design
to understand the visual language of the arts and the methods
used by artists to communicate ideas to the public. Course
also emphasizes the multicultural visual dialogue that occurs
throughout the different communities in the world. (A,
CSU-GE, UC, I)
3
TWO-DIMENSIONAL DESIGN
3 units, 2 lecture hours, 4 lab hours, (Pass/No Pass)
ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English 125 and 126.
This course provides an introduction to the elements
and principles of 2-dimensional design. Students create design
projects with beginning level instruction in drawing, painting,
collage, and mixed-media. (A, CSU, UC) (C-ID ARTS 100)
4
THREE-DIMENSIONAL DESIGN
3 units, 2 lecture hours, 4 lab hours, (Pass/No Pass)
ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English 126.
This course will be a study of the formal elements
and principles of the visual language in three-dimensional
design. This will include the theory and the practice of these
elements and principles as they apply to three-dimensional
space and form. The projects in this class will incorporate
a variety media including plaster, paper, wood, clay, metal,
cement, and the use of digital technology. (A, CSU, UC)
(C-ID ARTS 101)
5
ART HISTORY 1
3 units, 3 lecture hours, (Pass/No Pass)
ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English 125 and 126.
This course examines the history of cultural
production and visual aesthetics including two- and three-
dimensional art and architecture from Prehistory through
the Gothic Period. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I) (C-ID ARTH 110)
6
ART HISTORY 2
3 units, 3 lecture hours, (Pass/No Pass)
ADVISORIES: Completion of English 125 and 126 or
eligibility for English 1A.
This course examines the history of cultural production
and visual aesthetics including two and three dimensional art and
architecture from the early renaissance through the end of the
twentieth century. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I) (C-IDARTH 120)
6H
HONORS ART HISTORY 2
3 units, 3 lecture hours
ADVISORIES: Completion of English 125 and
126 or eligibility for English 1A. Enrollment in
Honors Program.
This course examines the history of cultural
production and visual aesthetics including two and three
dimensional art and architecture from the early renaissance
through the end of the twentieth century. As an honors
section, the class will be conducted as a seminar with an
emphasis on student projects. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I) (C-ID
ARTH 120)
7
BEGINNING DRAWING
3 units, 2 lecture hours, 4 lab hours, (Pass/No Pass)
ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English 125 and 126.
This course will focus on developing basic skills
in objective, representational, freehand drawing in various
two-dimensional media. Through lecture and studio practice,
students will explore representational, abstract, non-objective,
and conceptual approaches to drawing. This course will
also introduce the visual language of drawing, composition
(the Elements and Principles of Design), historical and
contemporary rendering techniques, and drawing as creative
personal expression. (A, CSU, UC) (C-ID ARTS 110)
9
BEGINNING PAINTING: OIL
AND ACRYLIC
3 units, 2 lecture hours, 4 lab hours, (Pass/No Pass)
ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English 125, 126, .
and Mathematics 201.
This course is an exploration of the creative
act of painting using representational, abstract and non-
objective forms. Emphasis is placed on the fundamentals of
composition and the ability to handle materials. Students
will learn basic color theory, value, line, shape, texture,
and techniques including direct paint application, glazing,
brush strokes, and impasto. Issues concerning canvas
stretching, brush cleaning, mixing glazes, and toxicity are
addressed. Through lecture and studio practice, students
gain introductory skills in painting within the context of
an historical perspective. (A, CSU, UC) (C-ID ARTS 210)