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Summer Scholars Online Get an introduction to college-level academics in a variety of online course tracks, all taught by ND faculty. Leadership Seminars Live and learn on campus while tackling major global issues with like-minded peers from around the globe. This course will take as its starting point a particular collection in Chicago upon which to draw.

This semester we will look primarily at paintings, sculptures, photographs, and installations at the Art Institute of Chicago. Drawing heavily on its strong holdings in modern and contemporary European and American art, each class session will be devoted to the careful research and analysis of one or two objects in the collection. We will read art historical texts that contextualize each work, allowing us to practice engagement at the visual, critical, and art historical levels.

We will focus on looking at and writing on visual subjects, so discussion, writing, and participation will be essential components of the course. At least one trip to Chicago will be a required part of the course.

Through a diverse range of practices, materials, and technologies, recent developments in art have pushed the boundaries of what art can be. The consequences of these actions have been viewed as both positive and negative. The novel forms and materials, the reduced concern for craft, and the increasingly conceptual nature of this art are often seen as alienating, bizarre, and elitist.

It has also moved beyond the borders of Europe and the United States to operate on an increasingly global stage. The course introduces students to the major movements and artists of the postwar period to the present, with emphasis on the historical and social contexts, critical debates, and the relationships developed internationally among artists and their works.

This special class will focus on this exhibition, including museum visits, guest speakers, and talks with visiting artists, as it examines how black artists have used painting, sculpture, and mixed media to raise questions about personal, racial, and national identity. PhotoFutures is a collaborative collecting group at the Snite Museum of Art that acquires contemporary photography for the University of Notre Dame.

This is a zero-credit course. Designed for students of any major, this five-session co-curricular program combines issues related to museum collecting, contemporary photography, and socially-engaged artistic practice. Ultimately, students will develop their own collecting criteria to choose a photograph for an acquisition that adds value to the permanent collection of the Snite Museum and supports the mission of the University.

The topic for PhotoFutures will be announced and more spots in the program will open up at the beginning of the fall semester. We usually think of fieldwork and excavation as being the essence of archaeology, but much of what we know about the past is learned in the laboratory, where we study the artifacts brought in from the field.

A rough rule of thumb states that two hours of lab time are needed for every hour spent in the field, so in reality, lab work may be even more important than field work in archaeology.

This course is a laboratory class that will use many different activities to teach you about how archaeologists organize, preserve, and study archaeological artifacts to learn about the past. This class provides an in-depth introduction to basic laboratory methods for the organization, curation, and analysis of pottery, stone tools, metals, soil samples, and floral and faunal remains.

Cross-lists with ANTH Open to majors only or by permission. This seminar traces the development of three developments of post-WWII art—Pop, Fluxus, Minimalism—as they emerged, nearly simultaneously, in New York in the early s. Seminar discussions emphasize formal analysis, theoretical exploration, and social conditions. In this course, the development of Greek monumental architecture, and the major problems that define it, will be traced from the 8th to the 2nd centuries BC, from the late Geometric through the Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic periods.

Among themes to be examined are the relationship between landscape and religious architecture, the humanization of temple divinities, the architectural expression of religious tradition and specific history, architectural procession and hieratic direction, emblem and narration in architectural sculpture, symbolism and allusion through architectural order, religious revival and archaism, and the breaking of architectural and religious canon.

The course examines in detail the buildings and monuments of ancient Rome from the Archaic Period to the beginning of Late Antiquity 8th century B. The primary aim of the course is to consider the problems related to the identification, reconstruction, chronology, and scholarly interpretation s of Rome's ancient structures. Students will investigate the history of excavations in Rome, analyze ancient literary sources, evaluate ancient art and architecture, and examine epigraphic, numismatic, and other material evidence related to Rome's ancient physical makeup.

This close examination of the city of ancient Rome in its historical context also explores how urban organization, civic infrastructure, public monuments, and domestic buildings reflect the social, political, and religious outlook of Roman society. This course is a survey of the significant themes, movements, buildings, and architects in 20th-century architecture.

Rather than validate a single design ideology such as Modernism, Postmodernism, or Classicism, this account portrays the history of architecture as the manifestation-in design terms-of a continuing debate concerning what constitutes an appropriate architecture for this century. Topics include developments in building technologies, attempts to integrate political and architectural ideologies, the evolution of design theories, modern urbanism, and important building types in modern architecture such as factories, skyscrapers, and housing.

Class format consists of lecture and discussion with assigned readings, one midterm exam, a final exam, and one written assignment. Cross-lists with ARCH This course will provide a historical perspective on the development of industrial and product design in the modern era.

In the modern era, design has been a powerful tool for shaping the development of technology and articulating the values of modern culture. The role of the modern designer as both a facilitator and a critic of industrial technology will be examined. This class will explore the relationship between art and science in the Middle Ages.

In our exploration of this topic we will consider a wide range of works, from medieval maps and scientific manuscripts to large-scale tapestries and the architectural programs of the great Gothic cathedrals.

We will also examine the representation of knowledge in medieval poetry and see how medieval authors employed ekphrasis to create visual artworks within their texts to serve as placeholders for encyclopedic learning.

ARHI — Sem. This seminar examines developments in Early Italian Renaissance art through a close study of the collections of the Snite Museum of Art, especially the fourteenth- and fifteenth-century artworks in its Kress Collection.

The class meets frequently in the galleries of the Snite itself in order to discuss artworks directly. Our museum-based focus will take into account the physical conditions of the works we study, including their facture, present state of conservation, and their storage and display.

This seminar considers the theoretical and cultural implications of the genre of performance art as it emerged around shifting notions of the body in the 20th century. Seminar discussion will emphasize formal analysis, theoretical exploration, and social context.

Cross-lists with GSC This seminar on contemporary art will look at the realm of the every day as it relates theoretically, materially, and historically to recent artistic practices.

By examining artworks that take, for instance, the spaces of home or the spaces of entertainment as source, subject, or material point of departure, we will consider how these sites have been mined for their position as places outside of the realm of professional artistic practices. Looking at the use of such things as domestic and everyday materials and objects in art, as well as works that mimic everyday routines housekeeping, child rearing, crafting, playing, etc.

Consideration will also be given to the ways in which artists have incorporated subsets of the every day, such as play, the amateur, and the banal, into their creative processes and products. A series of presentations will allow students to identify, recognize as distinguish the main features of Cuban architecture and urbanism and relate them to the universal culture.

The seminar will introduce students to the concept of cultural landscapes. Critical thinking will allow the students to relate research and theoretical content with historic preservation themes as well as practical design knowledge.

The seminar will focus on the study of Havana, the capital and most important city of Cuba. The chronological study of Havana and its history and urban evolution will provide a comprehensive understanding of its rich heritage and cultural identity. The course will encompass the past, present and a vision for the future of Havana. The Senior Thesis, normally between 20 and 30 pages in length, is done under the direction of one of the regular art history faculty, who serves as an advisor.

It is expected that the thesis will be suitable for submission as a writing sample for those students intending to apply to art history graduate programs. Permission required. This seminar will ponder how contemporary art engages society, culture, and politics. We will consider a variety of strategies that artists use to investigate topics such as globalization, the privatization of the public sphere, and environmental sustainability.

We will examine such phenomena as the rise in collectively-oriented practices and artistic collaborations, the spread of international exhibitions, and "relational" aesthetics. Students should be prepared to do theoretical readings and analytic writing and to actively participate in class discussion. Students will identify design strategies and visual vocabularies, research the history of their usage and recognize their contemporary applications.

Through project-based work using traditional and digital mediums and techniques, students will explore contemporary approaches to idea conception, critical thinking, and problem-solving. This course deals with form depiction in its many aspects and modes, and is intended for beginning students as well as advanced students who need additional experience in drawing.

The fundamentals of three-dimensional design consist of the strategies and tools an artist or designer uses to generate ideas for and execution of form in space. Through research, conceptualization and production students discover the power of making sculptural objects- how they function or change function, how they make a viewer move through and engage a space, how they transform ordinary objects into the extraordinary and transform perception and environment.

Students will create projects using a variety of traditional and contemporary sculptural mediums, techniques, and tools and be exposed to industrial applications and visual vocabularies. This course examines basic techniques of wheel-thrown and hand-built clay structures for sculpture and pottery. This course is an introduction to oil painting techniques and to stretcher and canvas preparation. The emphasis is on finding a personal direction. Open to all students.

This course is an introduction to the watercolor medium and deals with a variety of methods, materials, and techniques both realistic and abstract with special emphasis on color and composition. Open to junior or sophomore majors and freshmen intended majors. This course is an introduction to the tools, materials, and processes of black and white photography.

Lectures and demonstrations expose students to both traditional and contemporary practices in photography. Critiques of ongoing work encourage students to begin discovering and developing their individual strengths and interests in the medium. A 35mm camera with manual shutter speed and "F" stop is needed. Emphasis is on exploration of color and development of student's ideas and methodologies. ARST - Printmaking This is an introductory course for non-majors and majors. Students are exposed to beginning level printmaking techniques including digital applications, relief, etching, non-press printing, and letterpress.

Contemporary developments, on-line printmaking, and recent artwork are features with which students will become familiar. The course is project-oriented and has one collaborative project included with the individually directed assignments. This introductory course explores the making of artists' books and papermaking.

Students learn basic bookbinding techniques for books and printing techniques for postcards and posters. They also learn how to make hand-made papers. Part of the focus is on historical books, as well as on what contemporary artists are doing with books.

In this course students will be introduced to relief printmaking processes, learning traditional techniques of carving and printing both wood and linoleum relief blocks. The contemporary approaches to relief processes through digital media experimentation via inkjet printers, a laser cutter, or a CNC router will be introduced. Students will learn a variety of photo-based printmaking processes, including, but not limited to: photolithography, photo-etching, sunography, digital printing.

The projects are designed to expose students to the many photo processes available in the printmaking arena while also developing their own concepts. Students will view a variety of prints produced using photo techniques made by professional artists as well as historical prints. This course uses wood as a primary medium. Emphasis is placed on individual concept and design.

Students learn the use of hand and power tools as well as techniques of joining, laminating, fabricating, and carving. The course focuses on work in cast aluminum and cast bronze sculptures. Students learn basic welding techniques using oxygen and acetylene, arc and heliarc welding. Mold making, work in wax, and metal finishing techniques are also explored. Metal is the medium of choice in this course designed to explore three-dimensional design with a variety of projects grounded in historical precedents.

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