8 courses with the subject ARTS, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
ARTS 2031Graffiti and Street Art3
Arts & Sciences In this course, students are introduced to Graffiti and the current Global Street Art movement. The focus of this course is on contemporary Graffiti and Street Art, however, an examination of Graffiti from Prehistory to Contemporary Times is also part of this class. In the course, students will be introduced to vocabulary and methods used to describe a composition and evaluate a work of art. Students will also be required to attend two museum exhibitions within New York City, write two short museum papers, compose a research paper on a Street Artist, and complete a hands-on group project relating to Street Art. credit(s): 3
Arts & Sciences This course explores contemporary art and the factors that influenced its development. It begins by identifying the foundations, parameters, and essential terminology of contemporary art. This is followed by considering artists from around the world who work in a wide range of mediums and with a wide range of themes. Students will look at images of artwork in class and at actual artwork in one or more New York City museums, galleries, or public spaces. The goal of looking at, talking about, researching and writing about art in formal (visual), conceptual, and personal terms is to enable the student to develop a perspective on what contemporary art is, where it came from, and what it can be. credit(s): 3
Arts & Sciences This course explores the history of artistic practice through art theory and art criticism. Students will analyze not only aesthetic concepts and the purpose of art, but also visual elements, iconography and symbolism. Students will explore and learn to describe, analyze and interpret a work of art through a critical thinking process. Discussion of artistic form and content are enhanced through an understanding of the context: the social structures and cultural phenomena that contribute to all works of art. Students will view projected artworks in the classroom as well as participate in field trips to selected museums in New York City. credit(s): 3
Arts & Sciences This course develops students’ understanding of American and European art of the 19th and 20th centuries. Students focus on works that have changed viewing experiences and the visual world of the 20th century. The class will view and discuss works in the areas of Impressionism, Cubism, Dadaism, Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism. credit(s): 3
Arts & Sciences Students will watch and discuss American and foreign films that have made a significant impact on society. Through viewing and critical analysis, students will develop a critical vocabulary that helps foster an understanding of the film medium. credit(s): 3
Arts & Sciences This course is designed to help students develop an understanding and appreciation of modern drama as art form and entertainment. The plays studied represent a variety of dramatic approaches. They will be studied in terms of plot structure, quality of characterization, and beauty and efficiency of language. The course will include a supplementary assignment of a play on Broadway, off-Broadway, and/or video. credit(s): 3
ARTS 2312Paris: City of Lights, Capital of Couture3
Arts & Sciences This course explores the intersection of film and fashion in Paris, which is both the capital of couture and the birthplace of cinema. The course is thus oriented toward the influences upon, appearances in, and representations of fashion in works of film set in Paris from the mid-19th century onward. Course materials include films and key readings drawn from a range of disciplines, fields and genres (critical theory, cultural history, sociology, fashion and film studies). Films include both early and contemporary considerations of the fashion industry in Paris, several of which feature and/or showcase individual French fashion designers (Coco Chanel, Christian Dior, Yves Saint Laurent) and their relationship to Paris. credit(s): 3
Arts & Sciences While the selfie is often associated with the iPhone launch in 2007, its true lineage is the self-portrait. Discussion starts with the 15th century, when artists were inspired to depict themselves in their own work. Why? This course is the story behind the selfie. From the paintings of Albrecht Dürer, Vincent van Gogh, Mary Cassatt, and Frida Kahlo to Andy Warhol’s silkscreens to Shirin Neshat’s and Cindy Sherman’s photographs, we explore almost 500 years of self-portraiture in all media. We analyze selfportraits as visual objects, and we ask questions about context, incentive, emotion, and when a selfie can be categorized as ‘Art.’ credit(s): 3
