Visual Arts Students develop ability in perceiving worth in objects of art through consideration of fundamental concepts in painting, sculpture and architecture, involving analysis, interpretation and principles of aesthetics. An introduction to music as a fine art. Students develop skills in listening, evaluation and analysis through an examination of music's forms, constituent elements, and stylistic and historical development. The course will develop student's skills in viewing, evaluating, and analyzing the art of the theatre through an examination of its constituent elements, aesthetics, and stylistic and historical development. American Architecture A survey of American architecture from the seventeenth century to the present.
Stress is placed on a visual as well as historical and social analysis.
Part of the American artistic experience concentration and also may be taken as an elective. A survey of music in the United States from the time of European colonization to the present. Part of the American artistic experience concentration and the music concentration and also may be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 0505-443 Images of American Life Students examine images of American life in the 19th and 20th century in the visual arts, particularly photography, to analyze and evaluate the influences of American political, social and cultural events on imagery and perception. Part of the American artistic experience concentration and also may be taken as an elective.