Department Art & Art History Courses at Goucher College
ART 100. Introduction to the History of Art I: Prehistoric to Medieval Art (3) (Arts)
The history of Western art through the Middle Ages as exemplified in selected works of major significance, such as Stonehenge, the Pyramids, and Amiens Cathedral. Special attention to the use of visual forms as a means of expression and to the relationship between art and the culture in which it appears. This course is required for art majors and minors.
Fall semester. Oettinger.
ART 101. Introduction to the History of Art II: Renaissance to Modern Art (3) (Arts)
The history of Western art from the Renaissance through the 20th century as exemplified in selected works of major significance. Special attention is paid to the use of visual forms as a means of expression and to the relationship between art and the culture in which it appears. This course does not substitute for Art 100 and is not required for art majors and minors.
Spring semester. Husch.
ART 102. Design Fundamentals (4) (Arts)
Exploration of the basic materials, concepts, languages, and techniques of the 2-Dimensional visual arts. Topics include line, shape, value, color, texture, and space. Emphasis on creative exercises in and out of class.
Fall semester, repeated spring semester. Abarbanel, Thompson, department.
ART 110. Introduction to Relief Printmaking (4)
Introduction to the materials and methods of relief printmaking, including woodcut and linocut, with emphasis on the understanding and use of fundamental design concepts. Discussion of the history of relief printing techniques in the fine and applied arts.
Fall semester, repeated spring semester. Department.
ART 114. Drawing I: Introduction to Materials and Methods (4) (Arts)
Drawing from landscape, still life, and interiors, students learn fundamentals of composition, tone, texture, perspective, and three-dimensional form. The course employs a variety of drawing media. Emphasis on observation and organization. Field trip.
Fall semester, repeated in spring semester. Abarbanel, department.
ART 137. Claywork I (4) (Arts)
Fundamental clay-forming techniques with an emphasis on sculptural use of clay. Studio work in hand-building, glazing, firing, both gas and electric, traditional, sagger, and raku. Cross-cultural study of the history of clay’s uses: functional ware, ritual object, decorative and architectural. Museum visits, exhibitions, slide lectures, visiting artists.
Fall semester. Massey.
ART 201. Basic Photography (4) (COM 202) (Arts)
Shooting, developing, and printing in black and white. Four problems documenting the student’s ability to control fundamental technical skills and aesthetic issues: photogram, inanimate object, portrait, and time and movement. Prerequisite: ART 102 or sophomore standing.
Fall semester, repeated spring semester. Worteck, Burns, department.
ART 203. Intermediate Photography (4) (COM 203)
Light modulation, non-ordinary reality, landscape, documentation. Electronic flash, development compensation. Prerequisite: ART 201 or COM 202.
Fall semester, repeated spring semester. Worteck, Burns.
ART 204. Digital Imaging I (3)
An introduction to concepts concerning the principles, methods, techniques and vocabulary of the most widely used digital imaging processes. Main focus will be on the application Adobe Photoshop for various output methods. Emphasis on creativity, using the programs as a fine art tool, and achieving technical skill. Prerequisite: ART 102.
Fall semester, repeated spring semester. Department.
ART 206. Digital Design I (3)
An introduction to methods of image creation and visual communication via computer graphic software packages Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign. Emphasis will be placed on the use of the computer as a productioon tool for graphic problem solving. Prerequisite: Art 102.
Fall semester. Department. Offered 2008-09 and alternate years.
ART 207 Philosophy and Art (3) (PHL 212)
An analysis of the philosophical implications and cultural significance of art during the modern period. In pursuing an answer to the question “What is art?” we will examine a selection of philosophical writings on the subject, each of which tries to determine what characteristics make art objects different from all others. In addition, we will examine the political, social, racial and historical factors that helped produce the institutions, economies and values that, in the West at least, sustain the notion of “fine art.” Our investigation will include a critical consideration of such things as the modern museum, colonialism, the role of the art critic, the art industry, etc. This course cannot be used to fulfill a 200-level art history requirement for the art major.
Fall semester. DeCaroli. Offered 2007-08 and alternate years.
ART 208. Photography in Communication and Art (3) (COM 208)
Requirements in photography and graphics for art, advertising, journalism, public relations, and media (including documentaries) from still to slide/sound. Students will photograph and print images for each assignment. Prerequisites: ART 201 and 203 or COM 202 and 203.
Fall semester. Worteck. Offered 2007-08 and alternate years.
ART 209. Photojournalism and Documentary Photography (3) (COM 209)
An examination of the development of photojournalism and the documentary essay. Lecture and slide presentations on the significant historical and critical developments in the field. The role of photography in propaganda and media manipulation, including a detailed investigation of the techniques and editorial practices that subvert the medium to reinforce various doctrines and ideologies. Included are a series of problems that simulate editorial assignments that are then combined with lectures and demonstrations of techniques appropriate to this photographic genre. Students are required to write a proposal and execute a documentary/essay portfolio. Prerequisite: ART 203, COM 203, or permission of the instructor.
Fall semester. Worteck. Offered 2008-09 and alternate years.
ART 213. Life Drawing (4)
Drawing from the model in a variety of media. Focus on anatomical, structural, and expressive elements of the human form. Prerequisite: ART 114 (or 214), sophomore standing, or permission of the instructor.
Spring semester. Abarbanel.
ART 225. Painting I: Introduction to Materials and Methods (4) (Arts)
Introduction to the materials and methods of oil painting with emphasis on perceptual painting. Preparation, composition, tone, color mixing, paint handling, using a variety of approaches. Field trips. Prerequisite: ART 114, sophomore standing, or permission of the instructor.
Fall semester, repeated spring semester. Abarbanel, Department.
ART 229/329. Painting II (4)
This course presents students with a unique mixture of ideas and methods, and takes advantage of Goucher’s natural landscape. The goal of the course is to further develop skills and concepts studied in Painting I, and will include landscape, still life, models, abstraction, and approaches not considered in Painting I. Prerequisite: ART 225. Students who have taken ART 229 previously may take this course at the 300 level; extra work will be assigned.
Fall semester. Abarbanel.
ART 230. Sculpture I (4) (Arts)
An introduction to seeing, thinking, and working in three dimensions. Studio work in a range of materials and processes including casting, modeling, carving and construction. Emphasis on idea generation, close observation, and development of editing and critical evaluation skills. Referencing 30,000 years of makers, assignments include site-specific and time-based installation work. Readings and slide presentations, museum, gallery, and artists’ studio visits. Prerequisite: ART 102.
Spring semester. Massey.
ART 238. Claywork II (4)
Studio work emphasizes throwing and functional ware, exploration of glaze formulation, use of diverse claybodies. Refinement of methods from ART 137, attention to development of technical competence balanced with understanding of aesthetic concerns, personal vision and expression. Continued study of the history of clay use. Visiting artists, museum visits, slide lectures. Prerequisite: ART 137.
Spring semester. Massey. Offered 2007-08 and alternate years.
ART 244 Collecting and History of the Museum (3) (HIS 244)
Examines premodern patterns of European arts patronage, collecting and display that influenced the organization and form of the modern museum. Based on all of the innovations of early modern collectors, states organized national museums or sponsored the institutionalization of prominent private collections, which we examine through a number of case studies supported by visits to area museums. (This course cannot be used to fulfill a 200-level art history requirement for the art major.)
Spring semester. Beachy.
ART 260. Ancient Art (3)
Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome. A study of the birth and evolution of the Western visual traditions in art and architecture including painting, sculpture, temples, and city planning. Prerequisite: ART 100 or ART 101, or permissions of instructor.
Spring semester. Oettinger. Offered 2007-08 and alternate years.
ART 266. Medieval Art (3)
European art from the catacombs to the cathedrals. Includes Early Christian, Carolingian, Romanesque, Gothic, and Byzantine art. Stylistic evolution and the ideas motivating style. A survey from Early Christian art through the High Gothic, including Byzantium. Prerequisite: ART 100 or ART 101, or permissions of instructor.
Fall semester. Oettinger. Offered 2008-09 and alternate years.
ART 268. EARLY RENAISSANCE ART (3) (GEN. ED. #4 AND #9)
This course considers masterpieces of painting, sculpture, and architecture alongside the ‘minor’ arts (woodwork, ceramics, glass, and the book arts) produced in Europe between the 13th and late-15th centuries, with special emphasis on how images by artist from Van Eyck to Leonardo functioned within their sacred, domestic, and civic settings. Prerequisite: ART 100 or ART 101, or permission of instructor.
Spring semester. Oettinger. Offered 2007-08 and alternate years.
ART 273. HIGH RENAISSANCE (3) (GEN. ED. #4 AND #9)
This course surveys painting, sculpture, and architecture in the age of Michelangelo, Dürer, and Titian. In addition to exploring the artistic production of 16th-century Italy and Northern Europe in its cultural contexts, we will consider the emergence of the artist in the Early Modern era; the rise of art theory; the assimilation of antiquity in 16th-century art; and the development of portraiture, landscape, and mythology in 16th-century visual culture. Prerequistite: Art 100, Art 101 or permission of the instructor.
Spring semester. Oettinger. Offered 2008-09 and alternate years.
ART 276. Art of the Baroque (3)
Art and architecture of 17th-century Europe in their social and political context. Art theory and practice. Major masters to be considered: Bernini, Caravaggio, Velázquez, Poussin, Rubens, Rembrandt, Vermeer. Prerequisite: ART 100 or ART 101, or permission of instructor.
Spring semester. Oettinger. Offered 2008-09 and alternate years.
ART 277. Rococo to Revolution: The Art of 18th-century Europe (3)
Art in the age of reason and sensibility was more than a delicate continuation of the 17th-century Baroque. It encompassed a wide variety of approaches, including the elegant and sometimes decadent “rococo,” the middle-class reaction this rococo produced, and the beginnings of a more sober neoclassicism. This course explores 18th-century European art and architecture in their social, political, and literary contexts from the late reign of Louis XIV to the French Revolution, including works from England, Germany and Italy as well as France. Prerequisite: ART 100 or ART 101, or permission of the instructor.
Fall semester. Department. Offered 2007-08 and alternate years.
ART 278. European and American Architecture, 1750-1850 (3) (Arts) (HIS 278)
Introduction to architectural theory and practice in Europe and North America from the middle of the 18th through the middle of the 19th century. Neoclassicism, 19th-century revival and eclectic styles, new metal technologies. A brief overview of Colonial American architecture before 1750. Prerequisite: ART 100 or ART 101, or permission of the instructor.
Fall semester. Husch. Offered 2007-08 and alternate years.
ART 280. Neoclassicism to Impressionism: European Art, 1780-1880 (3) (Arts)
European painting and sculpture in the age of industrial and political revolution. Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, and Impressionism. Emphasis on the origins and development of a modern vision and its relationship to academic tradition and on the connection between the visual arts and European politics and society. Prerequisite: ART 100 or ART 101, or permission of the instructor.
Fall semester. Husch. Offered 2008-09 and alternate years.
ART 281. Modern Art, 1880-1914 (3) (Arts)
Painting, sculpture, and architecture in Europe. Emphasis on the development and exploration of a modern vision in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Post-Impressionism, Symbolism, Fauvism, Cubism, Abstraction, Dada, Surrealism. Prerequisite: ART 100 or ART 101, or permission of the instructor.
Spring semester. Husch.
ART 282. SPECIAL TOPICS IN ART HISTORY (3)
Topic for 2008: “The Poetry of Venetian Painting 1440-1600”. This seminar will explore the poetry and romance of 15th- to16th-century Venetian painting in the age of Bellini, Titan, and Tintoretto. The masterpieces of Venice will be considered in relation to Venetian architecture and sculpture, as well as mosiacs, glass, textiles, costume, furniture, book arts, and prints. Through
primary readings, secondary scholarship, and close analysis of masterpieces, we will question what images can tell us the Venetian cultural history, civic and familial ideals, identity and memory, and the postic imagination. How 15th- and 16th-century Venetian art shaped visual traditions
in the 17th and 18th century, and the legacy of Venetian painting for the 19th and 20th century visions on the part of painters and poets will be examined. Prerequisite: one 200-level art history course, or junior standing, or permission of the instructor.
Fall and spring. Husch, Oettinger
ART 284. Fine Art in America (3) (Arts)
Painting and sculpture produced in the United States, from the Colonial period to the Civil War, examined in the context of social and cultural developments. Consideration of the relationship of American art to European and non-Western traditions and exploration of the particularly American ideals and myths of national and artistic self-definition. Prerequisite: ART 100 or ART 101, or permission of the instructor.
Fall semester. Husch. Offered 2008-09 and alternate years.
ART 285. History of Photography (3) (COM 210)
The history of photography from the earliest manifestations to the present. Prerequisite: ART 100, or ART 101, or permission of instructor.
Spring semester. Department. Offered 2008-09 and alternate years.
ART 286. AMERICAN ART SINCE WORLD WAR II (3) (GEN. ED. #9)
Major movements and issues in American art from the end of World War ll through the 1970’s. Emphasis on the function of the visual arts in contemporary society, the role of the artist, the nature of the creative process, varieties of meaning and content in works of art, and the relationship of art to the marketplace. Prerequisite: ART 101 or ART 281, or permission of the instructor.
Fall semester. Husch. Offered 2007-08 and alternate years.
ART 290. Internship in Art (3-4)
Internship opportunities include work in public museums, commercial galleries, and auction houses; municipal, state, and federal arts foundations; individual assistantships with artists, alternative spaces, graphic studios, photographers, or filmmakers. Prerequisite: Permission of department chair or art faculty adviser. Junior or senior standing recommended. Most internships require at least three courses at the intermediate level in the art major. May be taken P/NP or letter grade.
Department.
ART 300-309. Independent Work in Studio (1.5-4)
Advanced studies in studio art. Prerequisites: ART 102; three studio courses, two of which should be in same medium as the independent work proposed; and contract with the faculty member willing to oversee the study. Courses include: 300-IW in
Art, 301-Studio, 304-IW Clay, 305-IW Drawing, 306-IW Painting, 307-IW Photography, 308-IW Sculpture.
Fall semester, repeated spring semester. Department.
ART 310. Introduction to Color Photography (4)
This course, which is both creative and technical, is designed to introduce students to basic concepts in color photography. Students will execute a series of guided projects dealing with color and will also develop a personal project that uses color as a key expressive element. The course includes lectures on historical and critical developments in color photography. Students must have their own 35mm manually adjustable camera as well as a strong working knowledge of the camera and proficiency in black and white printing techniques. Prerequisites: ART 201 and 203.
Spring semester. Burns.
ART 311. Studio Lighting (3)
This course offers instruction in setting up and using studio lighting safely and creatively. A range of assignments will offer techniques in photographing still life objects, portraits, and manipulated imagery. Lighting techniques for both digital and film based cameras. Prerequisites: ART/COM 201, 203.
Spring semester. Worteck. Offered 2007-08 and alternate years.
ART 312. Digital Imaging II (3)
This course offers an advanced exploration of Adobe Photoshop, building on groundwork covered in Digital I. Allows students to work on more complex projects, further investigating their conceptual and technical capabilities. Prerequisite: ART 204
Spring semester. Department. Offered 2008-09 and alternate years.
ART 330. Influences and Ideas: Advanced Art Workshop (3)
An advanced course for art majors that examines a series of important influences and issues artists must explore to develop a mature style. The course will serve as an opportunity for students to synthesize and apply concepts encountered in the major and throughout the liberal arts curriculum. Students working in various media will join together in group critiques and will develop work that includes some mixed-media collaboration. Prerequisites: Three studio art courses, two of which are in the same medium; junior or senior standing. May be repeated once for credit.
Spring semester. Department.
ART 331. Sculpture II (4) (GEN. ED. #8 AND #9)
Studio work emphasizes the development of personal vision. Materials and processes to augment that goal are wide-ranging, but include metal fabrication, welding, wood-joining, stone and wood carving, fiberglass, rubber molds. Technical competence and craft serve aesthetic concerns and formal understanding. Visits to artists’ studios, readings in current critical thought, slide lectures, exhibitions. Prerequisite: ART 230.
Fall semester. Massey.
ART 347. Seminar in Historic Preservation and Architecture (4) (HP 320)
Development of American architecture since 1880, including the influence of construction technology, building systems, materials, building codes, and construction financing on the design of buildings. The preservation and conservation of 20th-century materials and artifacts will also be addressed. Prerequisites: HIS 245 or ART 278 or permission of instructor.
Department. Variable.
ART 366. THE ART-HISTORICAL PRESENTATION (1)
Directed study in which a student conceptualizes, researches, writes, and organizes an illustrated art history lecture to be delivered in a public forum at the end of the semester. Requirements also include journal assignment and attendance at two professional art history lectures. Can be repeated once for credit. Prerequisites: two 200-level art history courses, and permission of the
instructor.
Fall semester, repeated spring semester. Husch and Oettinger.
ART 370. Directed Studies in Art History (3)
Essentially courses without class meetings, directed studies permit the student to work in periods and problems in art not treated in courses. Prerequisites: ART 100, two 200-level courses in art history, and permission of the instructor.
Fall semester, repeated spring semester. Husch.
ART 373. Independent Work in Art History (3)
Research or study of a narrowly limited topic in art history or criticism, preferably one initiated in a course taken earlier. Prerequisites: ART 100, at least two 200-level courses in art history, and permission of the instructor; preferably senior standing.
Fall semester, repeated spring semester. Husch.
ART 382. Special Topics in Art History (3)
A seminar devoted to different aspects of the history of art. Examination of a variety of art-historical periods, methodologies and critical approaches. Prerequisite: One 200-level art history course, or junior standing, or permission of the instructor.
Spring semester. Husch, Oettinger. Offered 2007-08.
ART 386. Women, Art, and Society (WS 386) (3)
An examination of the role women have played as producers and consumers, and as the subject matter of the visual arts in the western tradition. Emphasis on the treatment of women’s contributions to the visual arts and on issues of gender and ideology within the discipline of art history. Prerequisite: One 200-level art history course, or junior standing, or permission of the instructor.
Spring semester. Husch. Offered 2008-09 and alternate years.
ART 398. Advanced Studies in Studio Art (3-4)
Advanced individual work in ceramics, sculpture, painting, photography, and drawing under the direction of a member of the department, accompanied by group meetings with other advanced students. Each student will design a specific project, execute it and complementary assignments, and participate in required critique sessions. Prerequisites: Introductory, intermediate, and/or advanced courses in the selected medium and permission of the instructor.