This course is a visual and cultural study of art beginning with cave paintings to the present. The areas of study will include paintings, sculpture, pottery, architecture, and illustration. This course may be taken as a social science elective. This course has been developed with the non-art major in mind. The student is introduced to the principles, elements, and discipline of creating visual concepts.
Emphasis is placed on draftsmanship and the creative use of knowledge and materials.
Meets 4 hours a week. AR 102 for AR 213, and then each level requires the preceding one. This elective course introduces the student to painting the human head in oils from life. The emphasis is on correct drawing as it pertains to painting, strong value contrasts, edge control, and color. Students begin painting in black, white, and the grays, then progress to full color the second semester.