FNAT - Fine Arts

Art Appreciation will introduce the student to the meaning of what Art is and is about. Special emphasis is placed on open discussion to create an awareness of why men and women have valued the arts which have become a driving force as they developed and became civilized. Students will see how the arts are really part of their daily lives by reading, viewing slides and works of art, and by creating. Writing is continued in assignments related to readings, class discussions, and lectures.

The primary objective of this course is to develop knowledge and appreciation of theatre arts. This will be done through a study of theatrical traditions and dramatic literature from classical theatre to the contemporary. Writing is continued in assignments related to readings, class discussions, and lectures.

This is a survey course of the origin and development of historically notable architecture throughout the world from the 10th century BCE to 1900. From the settlement of Catal Huyuk in ancient Anatolia (now Turkey) in the Neolithic Era through Eclecticism, the era of stylistic revivals in the late 19th century, the students will be exposed to a wide variety of buildings, as well as be introduced to the corresponding cultures and religions.

Art History is a comprehensive survey course which views the visual arts as a humanistic discipline. Students will see the condition of our western tradition as encountered from the magic of caveman to the complexities of the twentieth century. Emphasis will be placed on the variety of purposes for which art has been produced. Writing is continued in assignments related to readings, class discussions, and lectures.

Music History is a survey of musical performance with an emphasis on characteristics of style involving form, melody, and texture. Important composers and their works will be heard in class. Discussion of these works will include socio-cultural influences of music upon society and the functions of music and its effectiveness as an art form. Writing is continued in assignments related to readings, class discussions, and lectures.

Investigating relationships between form, structure, process, skill, and intention in regard to three-dimensional artmaking. Emphasis is placed on providing a wide range of experience appropriate to the specific needs of the computer artist through project work which increases in complexity as the student gains skills and awareness.

An observational drawing course in Computer Art & Design major designed to expand upon the fundamental skill of observational drawing and knowledge of skeletal and muscular structure of humans and other life forms. Course content focuses on the technical and creative needs of the computer artist in the areas of anatomical knowledge, mediums, emotional expressiveness and portraying movement.

The student may contract for one to four hours of independent study through an arrangement with the instructor. The student must submit a plan acceptable to the instructor, and the department chair. To be substituted for the listed humanities requirements, a directed study course must be so designated by the department chair. Writing is continued in assignments related to readings, class discussions, and lectures.

In this course the student studies the major “isms,” individuals, and issues of Modernism and Postmodernism in twentieth century art history. Themes that are central to these movements will be explored in-depth, i.e. the myth of genius/cult of personality, evolution/progress, originality and the avant garde, historical determinism, connoisseurship, collecting, plurality, self-awareness, and the increasing complexity and sophistication of artistry in recent times. The student will explore inventive experiment with materials, issues of “the advertising industry, photography, ilm, television, and Other,” and the signiicance of the advertising industry, photography, ilm, television, and the internet in relation to the development of computer art.

This course addresses the study of the origin and development of modern architecture fromthe mid-nineteenth century to the present. Lecture topics will proceed chronologically from the early roots of Modernism to the Global Dissemination of Styles in recent times, ending with an examination of current trends in Urbanism and sustainable design. A research project will require an oral presentation with graphics, a written report/analysis of the research topic and a computer-generated virtual model of a relevant building.