The basics of computer art and the use of Illustrator taught through demonstration, discussion and hands-on exerciises. Emphasis is on navigating in Illustrator, using the drawing and transformation tools and working with different kinds of images. The basics of creating original digital images and manipulating them using the graphics industry's standard software package. Students are introduced to painting and editing tools and the techniques required for retouching and enhancing photographs or original art. Importing to and exporting from other graphics software are covered.
Students work primarily through hands-on projects.
A study of art from prehistoric times through the Middle Ages with emphasis on the relationship between art and social, economic, religious, and geographical conditions. Historical contexts of contemporary forms of expression will be discussed whenever they are relevant. A study of Western image-making from the late Middle Ages to the present with emphasis on the relationship between art and social, economic, religious, and technological developments. Technical and historical contexts of contemporary forms of expression are stressed. A study of the development of painting, sculpture, architecture, and the graphic arts in the Twentieth Century from their origins in Europe of the late Nineteenth Century to the present.