Sculpture I

'Introduction to fundamental sculptural techniques and three-dimensional thinking. Various media are explored, with an emphasis on understanding the language of sculpture through material.'

Topic: Set & Costume Design

'This course is an investigation into the fundamentals of drawing for costume and set design, with illustration of visual ideas as the focus. Topics will include figure drawing, garment, fabric, and texture rendering for the purposes of costume design, and scale and perspective drawing of objects and environments for set design. Various media will be explored including pencil, paint, and mixed media collage.'

Digital Photography I

'This course explores the basics of photography using digital technologies with emphasis placed on three objectives: first, the acquisition of photographic skills, including composition, digital capture, scanning, Photoshop, and printing; second, an introduction to contexts, such as historical, critical, theoretical, and contemporary movements in photography to advance visual literacy; third, the deepening and expanding of a personal way of seeing. Students will have directed and self-initiated shooting and printing assignments.

Sem: Visual Culture of S. Asia

'The seminar explores the social life of visual images in South Asia. Made, viewed, disfigured, reproduced, and collected, images convey different ways in which they become involved in human values and cultural contests. Using case studies, the course will analyze artworks as a visual record of these involvements in different periods of South Asian history including the modern.

Sem: Evans & Cartier-Bresson

'This seminar explores the careers of two towering figures in the history of photography. Although they were contemporaries, Evans and Cartier-Bresson developed ideas about camerawork that couldn't have been more different. Among other topics, we will explore the tensions between art, documentary, and photojournalism; street photography; the vernacular; the 'decisive moment,' and more.'

Tpc: Roman Villas & Palaces

'The seminar examines the estates and palatial buildings erected throughout the Roman world between the first century BCE and the fourth century CE. Recent archaeological discoveries and accounts of ancient writers offer rich evidence for design, interiors, furnishings, and gardens. The complexes allow insight into daily lives of individuals with diverse cultural identities both in Rome and farflung provinces.'
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