Table of Contents - Hartwick College
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Potential studio art majors are required to submit a portfolio for review,<br />
either as prospective students applying for admission to the <strong>College</strong>, or<br />
later as “undeclared” students selecting a major course <strong>of</strong> study.<br />
Faculty<br />
Art and Art History Faculty: Gloria Escobar, chair; Elizabeth Ayer;<br />
Fiona Dejardin; Roberta Griffith; Katharine Kreisher; Laura Rusnak;<br />
Terry Slade; Phil Young; Douglas Zullo.<br />
Adjunct Instructors: Danielle Boudet, Erik Halvorson, Lonnie Sue<br />
Johnson, Jo Mish, Elizabeth Nields, June Tyler<br />
Courses<br />
The courses described below, open to both majors and non-majors, <strong>of</strong>fer<br />
instruction in studio art and art history from introductory to advanced<br />
levels. All students are invited to enroll in 100-level courses as well as<br />
certain introductory courses in art history (203, 204, 206, 207, 209),<br />
printmaking (231, 233, 234,235) photography (241) and ceramics (270,<br />
271), for which previous studio or art history is helpful, but not required.<br />
For some introductory studio courses in painting and sculpture (221 and<br />
262), students may request the instructor’s permission to waive<br />
prerequisites. Those who are neither majoring nor minoring in art also<br />
may take upper-level courses when they have fulfilled the prerequisites.<br />
Certain drawing courses (212, 217) can be repeated at the 300 level with<br />
permission <strong>of</strong> the instructor to fulfill the intermediate level in the drawing<br />
concentration. Students may repeat certain advanced courses up to three<br />
times each: 421, 431, 441, 461, 471, 481.<br />
102 World Art History I: Ancient Art (3 credits) This course surveys<br />
major monuments in architecture, painting, sculpture in Western Europe,<br />
the Near East, Egypt, China, India and the Americas from prehistory<br />
through 1000 C.E. Using a chronological framework, students are<br />
introduced to the fundamentals <strong>of</strong> art history, including developing skills<br />
in formal analysis, iconography, and the comparative method. Emphasis<br />
will be on the social, political and cultural context <strong>of</strong> objects. Suitable for<br />
non-majors. (CPA or NTW)<br />
103 World Art History II: Middle Periods (10th-17th Centuries)<br />
(3 credits) As a continuation <strong>of</strong> Art 102, this course surveys the major<br />
monuments <strong>of</strong> art history from 1000 C.E. through the 17th century.<br />
Architecture, painting, sculpture and printmaking created in countries<br />
and cultures throughout the world, including Japan, China, Islam, Africa,<br />
the Americas and Western Europe are investigated. This course<br />
introduces students to art historical methods, concepts and definitions<br />
and stresses the relation <strong>of</strong> objects to their political, social and cultural<br />
context. Suitable for non-majors. (CPA or NTW)<br />
104 World Art History III: Art <strong>of</strong> the Modern World (3 credits)<br />
This course explores the history <strong>of</strong> modern Europe and the U.S. with an<br />
emphasis on the west’s aesthetic and cultural exchanges with Africa,<br />
Japan, and Mexico from 1750 to 1950. Art <strong>of</strong> the Modern World<br />
introduces students to all modern media including photography and<br />
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