12 courses with the subject AR, 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.
A humanities course integrating the arts of the western world with the prevailing philosophy of the successive periods: from prehistory to the late Medieval period.
A humanities course integrating the arts of the western world with the prevailing philosophy of the successive periods: from the Italian Renaissance to the 20th Century.
This course introduces the language of drawing and the use of various drawing materials. Emphasis is placed on drawing techniques, media, and graphic principles. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate competence in the use of graphic form and various drawing processes.
The purpose of this course is to investigate the question: "What makes a picture good?" That investigation will take place through taking pictures, but also through studying and discussing other photographers’ work, and learning about basic elements of photography including composition, light, and color. The course will focus on various types of photography such as landscape, still-life, portrait, and abstract. The course will also cover basic elements of post-processing techniques using free (or very inexpensive) software. Students may use any type of digital camera, including their phone. Access to a laptop is helpful. There is some writing/analysis in the class of photographs and a final portfolio.
An overview of the visual art and monuments within the cultures of Asia (India, China, and Japan), Africa, the Native Americas, and Oceania.
This course begins in ancient India and moves into China, Korea, and Japan, studying developments in sculpture, painting, ceramics, and architecture, as influenced by Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism and Shintoism.
With a focus on the city of Constantinople, parts of Turkey, Greece, Egypt, and Russia, this course surveys the material refinement of Byzantine Christian culture -- its icons, ivories, manuscripts, religious and secular architecture -- within their historical and religious contexts, from the 4th century to the 15th century in the Byzantine Empire.
This course begins in prehistory and moves around the vast continent of Africa surveying its diverse societies and the artifacts and structures which they contributed. Examples include the Nok culture, Igbo-Ukwu culture, Ife culture, Djenne culture, and Benin culture, among others.
This course begins in the 18th century and moves through the Industrial Revolution, the French Revolution to Romanticism, Impressionism, and the many artistic responses, such as Cubism, into the 20th century. These artistic movements unfold among major historical events, such as World War I, the Great Depression, World War II, the Cold War, and the Vietnam War, each of which contributed to distinct artistic perspectives.
This course examines the specific contexts for identifying distinctive Christian sites in Europe and America as sacred.
This course surveys the development of Christian art and architecture within the city of Rome, from approximately the 1st C.E. into the 17th century C.E. These historical periods were times of extensive theological development in the Church and the syntax of the arts and architecture (subject matter, composition, materials, technique) were effectively employed to instruct and inspire the faithful in Church orthodoxy. During these periods, notable patronage by the Church and private individuals produced the objects and monuments (the mosaics of Santa Maria Maggiore, the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel, and the basilica of Saint Peter's) which inspire the viewer today.
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Source: Belmont Abbey College's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
