A critical and analytical examination of selected works by four major film directors. Directors to be included vary each time the course is offered. Student work entails readings, quizzes, written reports, and two papers. This course focuses on Italian Renaissance painting and sculpture of the sixteenth century, the age of Leonardo, Michelangelo, Bronzino, Giambologna, and Titian. It studies artistic style and theory in the High Renaissance, Mannerist, and Maniera periods in light of religious, political, and social developments.
Emphasis is given to art produced in Florence, Rome, and Venice.
Art 202 or permission of the instructor. This course examines Picasso's work from his youthful essays of the 1890s to his heroic efforts of the 1970s. In addition to tracing the formal development of his career, the course explores the many influences that shaped his efforts, the criticism his work provoked, and the ways in which his production altered or reflected that of his peers. Art 202 or 250 or permission of the instructor. This course explores diverse printmaking techniques, combining and incorporating them into such other visual disciplines as painting, photography, and digital media.