Assignment

Art H 300 - Introduction to Art

 

Lecture Topic:                                              Assigned Readings:

Orientation, and introductory lecture                                pages 1-4, & 15-20

Formal Elements: line, shape and composition             8, 42-43, 291-292, & 433

Representational and Non-Representational                 32-33, 354, 376-377, 387-389, 
                                                                                             398 & 426-429

How Styles Develop                                                          266-271 & 404-407

The Visual Properties of Color                                         62-68, 394 & 403

The Psychological Properties of Color                            handout

Differences within Common Art Themes                         31 & 436-437

Sculpture and Earthworks                                                 84-86, 195-201, 218-219,   
                                                                                             424 & 461-464

Spray Can Art                                                                    ------------

Commercial Art                                                                  handout, 93-94, 148-149,        
                                                                                             296  & 393

Children's Art                                                                      21-23

Folk Art and Outsider Art                                                   3-26 & 227-228

Social Commentary in Art: historic examples                 handout, 119, & 374-375

Social Commentary in Art: modern examples                10-13, 38, 209, 469, & 486-487

Architecture                                                                         240-241, 246, 248-249 &  
                                                                                              474-475

Photography: historic to contemporary                            153-155, 160-162 & 164-165

The Development of the Motion Picture                           165-170

Controversies in Art with class discussions                     471-472 & 483-485


NOTE:
Use the glossary on pages 499-507, and the pronunciation guide on 506-507 as needed.

Ken Magri
Fine and Applied Arts

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