Students also explore the concepts of theatrical makeup and design through lecture and practice. Computer graphics are introduced with hands-on explorations using illustration, image digitizing, air brushing and masking techniques. The origins of style and subjects and their transformation into Christian vehicles of great sophistication are treated from many viewpoints theological, literary, liturgical, iconographic, perceptual and stylistic. Encompasses the development and changes of religious art and iconography. Studies include religious content and thought as expressed in painting, sculpture, architecture and crafts through the ages, as well as the contemporary expression of these visual symbols in ecclesiastical art forms.
Course allows opportunities for laboratory experiences.
Includes various theories and their expression, function and criticism. Laboratory research included. Art 111 or consent of instructor. Includes a cultural examination of the objects produced by the Olmecs, Mayas, Toltecs, Mixtecs, Tarascans, Zapotecs, Aztecs and the Incas. Art 111 or consent of instructor.