DEPARTMENT OF ART
ART 101A - Studio Foundations: Two-Dimensional Design
4 credits
Charney, Ed - Koch Hall
No prerequisites. This course is required for all art majors, but it is open to non-art majors.
Should be taken freshman year. Course will deal with the underlying principles basic to all visual experience. The course will contain, but not be limited to, color theory, line, shape, visual perception and the nature of creativity.
This is a studio course that includes lectures on basic theory and production assignments that coincide with text material.
Course meets general education requirement in fine, performing and literary arts.
TEXT: Lauer, Design Basics
ART 110A – Art History I
4 credits
Gimenez-Berger, Alejandra – Koch Hall
No prerequisite.
A selective chronological survey of architecture, painting, sculpture and decorative arts from the birth of art in the Prehistoric period through its development in the Middle Ages, with an emphasis on the Western tradition.
ART 121A - Basic Drawing
4 credits
Mann, Jack - Koch Hall
No prerequisite. This course is required for all studio art majors, but is open to non-art majors.
Part of the first-year foundations sequence. This course introduces the basic disciplines of drawing: line, value, composition, etc. Special emphasis on drawing as a tool for gathering ideas.
TEXT: Enstice, Drawing: Space, Form & Expression
ART 221 – Drawing I
4 credits
Mann, Jack – Koch Hall
Prerequisite: Art 121A
The emphasis in this course will be on developing drawing techniques gained from skills acquired in Basic Drawing. This course addresses creative problem solving that includes narrative interpretation, landscape, nature and figure studies. Problem analysis, visual research, media exploration and personal stylistic growth are vital components of this course.
There will be a mandatory figure drawing component. Students who do not have the time available should not sign up for the course.
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ART 230H 1W– Baroque and Rococo Art
4 credits
Gimenez-Berger, Alejandra – Koch Hall
Prerequisites: Art 110H or Art 120H or permission of instructor.
Surveys the art, architecture and sculpture produced during the Baroque and Rococo periods (ca. 1600-1800) in Western Europe. Art objects and monuments will be discussed in context, with attention to individual artists, patrons, and religious and historical events.
ART 231 - Painting I
4 credits
Charney, Ed - Koch Hall
Prerequisite: Art 121A. Open to non-art majors.
This painting class is an introduction to the materials, techniques and concepts of painting. Students will be encouraged to search for and develop their individual expressive potential within the limits of a series of assigned projects. Although it is primarily a studio course, there will be periodic lectures and slide presentations.
The class is scheduled to meet six hours a week. The student should expect, however, to spend considerable additional time in the studio.
NO TEXT
ART 241A - Introduction to Photography
4 credits
McInnis, Dan - Koch Hall
No prerequisite.
This course introduces students to traditional black and white photographic techniques. Instruction covers the understanding and use of a 35mm SLR camera and its functions, the process of developing black and white negatives and creating black and white 8x10 prints. Some areas of photographic capture covered: depth of field control, motion control, portraiture and experimental approaches.
This course is intended to be the introductory course to the photography concentration for the Department of Art. It is also a course designed for students who want an introduction to the medium as part of a broad liberal arts experience. A chemistry fee and camera rental fee are required for the course.
TEXT: Horenstein, Black & White Photography
ART 245A - Computer Imaging I
4 credits
McInnis, Daniel - Koch Hall
No prerequisites. Open to non-art majors.
Photoshop has changed the world of visual imaging, and indeed photography, as we know it. This course is intended as an intensive introduction to the broad range of functions in the program, and how they can be applied to design, advertising, fashion and especially fine art. Some functions explored in detail are: creative uses of tools, layer management, filter exploration, useful workflow and printing management.
ART 261A - Sculpture I
4 credits
Charney, Ed - Koch Hall
Prerequisite: Any studio art class taken at Wittenberg. Open to non-art majors.
An exploration of sculpture techniques including carving, modeling, casting, addition and subtraction. This course explores the use of space as it is applied to three-dimensional form. Students will work with stone, wood, clay and plaster. A materials fee will be charged.
NO TEXT
ART 280 01 - Topics: History of Photography
4 credits
McInnis, Daniel – Koch Hall
No prerequisites.
From the very first imaging methods to the latest in contemporary ideas, this course spans over 180 years of photographic history. A thorough survey of artists, genres, technologies and themes is explored, with a special emphasis on how photography has been a perpetual partner with modern history and methods of communication.
TEXT: Rosenblum, A World History of Photography
ART 280 2W - Topics: Non-Western Art Survey
4 credits
Glowski, Janice – Hollenbeck Hall
No prerequisite.
This course surveys visual culture generally classified as “non-Western art.” The regions explored include Western and Central Asia, South and Southeast Asia, China, Japan, Korea, the Pacific, Africa and the Americas. The art historical periods studied range from those of the earliest visual evidence in the regions to the present day. An investigation of “patronage, creation and use” serves as the comparative theme that threads together the contents’ significant breadth. This course is writing intensive.
ART 392 - Ceramics II
4 credits
Dooley, Scott - Koch Hall
Prerequisite: Art 292A or 285A; permission of instructor.
Advanced Ceramics section with continued experimentation with form and surface. Students will work with both wheel throwing and handbuilding techniques and gain a greater understanding of the ceramic process. The course will focus on glaze formulation and some kiln firing.
RECOMMENDED TEXT: Speight, Hands in Clay
ART 497 1W - Art History Senior Thesis
2 credits
Gimenez-Berger, Alejandra - Koch Hall
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Required for all senior art majors concentrating in art history.
A supervised independent study in which the student will be expected to produce a 30- to 40-page paper on an approved Art History topic. Because advancement in the field of Art History relies heavily on research and publications, this paper should demonstrate the student’s ability to conduct in-depth research and to produce a writing sample suitable for entry into graduate school or a position in the field. Students will be expected to meet with the professor at regular intervals, so that the professor may determine the rate of progress and offer guidance and support.
ART 498 - Senior Studio Thesis Seminar
4 credits
Dooley, Scott - Koch Hall
Permission of instructor. Required for all senior studio art majors.
Art 498/499 is the capstone course for the Art program. It is intended to bring intellectual, aesthetic and technical relevance to the major. Along with the broader issues of creative work, this course will direct student thesis development and facilitate the overall production of a body of work. Class time will be divided between seminar discussions, field trips, portfolio development and studio-oriented activities. This course, as the capstone experience for studio art majors, will be comprehensive and contain practical and philosophical topics that are relevant to a visual arts student. This course will be offered during the Fall semester, with continued thesis production during the spring semester, culminating in the senior thesis exhibition and presentations in April.
