ART (Art, Art History, Studio Art)

ART 101 Introduction to Drawing (4 hours)
This course is an introductory level studio course which will focus on mastering the fundamentals of drawing. Working from observation in line and value, students will develop an understanding of form and shape; volume and flatness; spatial relationships; the basics of perspective and composition; the materials and techniques of drawing. Offered every fall.

ART 102 Introduction to Painting (4 hours)
This course is an introductory level studio course which will focus on understanding and mastering the fundamentals of painting. Working from observation, this includes developing an understanding of color and color relationship; form and shape; volume and flatness; the basics of composition; the materials and techniques of oil painting. Offered every fall.

ART 103 Introduction to Figure Sculpture (4 hours)
Working from the life model, students will convey their understanding of the human form in clay. Planar structure, volume, proportion and major anatomical landmarks will be covered. Offered fall of even years. A non-refundable fee is billed to every student who is registered for this course at the end of the drop/add period.

ART 104 Introduction to Printmaking (4 hours)
Introduction to Printmaking is an introductory level studio course that will use the medium of printmaking as a vehicle for exploring visual language. Students will undertake formal and thematic design problems via the mediums of relief, dry point and lithographic printmaking approaches. Offered every spring. A non-refundable fee is billed to every student who is registered for this course at the end of the drop/add period.

ART 106 Introduction to Figure Drawing (4 hours)
Working from the life model, students will learn to draw the human form in a variety of approaches and mediums, including contour and diagrammatic line, value and gesture. Proportion, planar structure, and major anatomical landmarks will be covered. Offered spring of even years. A non-refundable fee is billed to every student who is registered for this course at the end of the drop/add period.

ART 109 Introduction to Photography (4 hours)
Laboratory exercises, in-class lectures, critiques and assignments are designed to develop an understanding of all aspects of traditional black and white photography, including composition and self-expression. Emphasis will be on development of technical skills and aesthetic direction in photography. Prerequisite: A fully manual camera, to be brought to the first class meeting. Offered every semester. A non-refundable fee is billed to every student who is registered for this course at the end of the drop/add period.

ART 110 Ways of Seeing (4 hours)
This course systematically breaks down the vocabularies of art to their component elements, studying how these elements work together to form visual language. Problems in color and composition will be undertaken in a variety of media, including ink, acrylic and photography. Offered every fall.

ART 111 Anatomy for the Artist and Figure Drawing (4 hours)
This course focuses on both the scientific and the aesthetic exploration of the human body. Drawing from the life model, students will study form and function of the skeletal and muscular systems, along with proportion and surface landmarks. A variety of approaches to drawing and drawing materials will be covered. Offered spring of odd years. A non-refundable fee is billed to every student who is registered for this course at the end of the drop/add period.

ART 115 Introduction to Digital Photography (4 hours)
This course is an introductory level studio course which will approach digital photography as a fine art medium. The course will teach technical proficiency with digital cameras and Adobe Photoshop; expose students to traditional and digital photography via lectures, gallery/museum trips and research; and explore visual expression of ideas through the use of the photographic digital medium with a conceptual emphasis. No prior experience with photography, Adobe Photoshop or with digital cameras is required. Students may use either a digital or regular 35mm camera. Offered every semester. A non-refundable fee is billed to every student who is registered for this course at the end of the drop/add period.

ART 117 Introduction to Archaeology (4 hours)
This course examines scientific dating methods, archaeological discoveries, and the rise of modern archaeology. Taught in an interdisciplinary and discussion-based format, this course, in addition, is both a science and a humanities course, exploring the varieties of evidence, surveying and excavation techniques, dating methods, tools and technology, and theoretical explanations of material culture. Furthermore, students will explore case studies in archaeology, and heritage management. Offered spring of even years.

ART 119 Symbology: World Symbols and Cultures (4 hours)
Symbology is the critical and aesthetic study of traditional and esoteric world symbols, signs, codes, and representative sacred images in world cultures. This course will explore the cosmological, religious, social, and political symbols of cultures, moving through Paleolithic beginnings up to and including contemporary attempts to create symbols for the 21st century. Students will also examine both ancient and modern use of exoteric and esoteric symbologies hidden and referenced in pre-scientific occult knowledge, such as alchemy and the Cabala, and assess their continuous use in Western art and architecture. Furthermore, this course analyzes both sacred and secular icons and structures through the lens of sacred geometry, mythological beliefs, the language of symbols, and the apparent archetypal patterns found in visual cultures. In an interdisciplinary format, this course will explore the recent discoveries in cosmology, physics, art, and consciousness as background for understanding why and how we create and re-work symbols, and how those symbols shape aesthetic and spiritual insights. Offered fall of even years.

ART 150 Introduction to Media Production (4 hours)
The objective of this course is to familiarize students with the basic tools, language, resources, and techniques associated with multimedia production. Students will develop basic skillsets in production techniques including cinematography, lighting, and audio recording, and postproduction techniques including digital audio and video editing, graphics, and special effects. To accomplish this, students will be required to participate in a series of assignments that will focus on utilizing skills and techniques studied in class to create multimedia content. Prerequisites: None. Offered every semester. Cross-listed as FMS 150. A non-refundable fee will be billed to every student who is registered for this course at the end of the drop/add period.

The objective of this course is to familiarize students with the basic tools, language, resources, and techniques associated with multimedia production. Students will develop basic skillsets in production techniques including cinematography, lighting, and audio recording, and postproduction techniques including digital audio and video editing, graphics, and special effects. To accomplish this, students will be required to participate in a series of assignments that will focus on utilizing skills and techniques studied in class to create multimedia content. Prerequisites: None. Offered every semester. Cross-listed as FMS 150. A non-refundable fee will be billed to every student who is registered for this course at the end of the drop/add period.

ART 175 Introduction to Web Design (4 hours)
This hands-on course emphasizes foundational design principles and website management. Students will learn how to plan, produce, and operate both personal and professional websites. By incorporating user experience, design standards, and visual hierarchy, students will gain an understanding of leading web design applications and software, culminating in the creation of an interactive personal website. Prerequisites: None. Offered every semester. Cross-listed as COM-175 and FMS-175.

ART 200 Independent Study in Studio Art (1-4 hours)
This course provides the opportunity for an intense study of diverse topics under the direct supervision of the instructor. The student and instructor will collaborate to develop the content of the course, which must be approved as outlined by the Independent Study Policy. (Sec. 6.15.)

ART 201 Intermediate Drawing (4 hours)
This course explores drawing as a tool for perception and a means of self-expression. Students will undertake advanced problems in drawing which build upon concepts and techniques covered in Introduction to Drawing. These include problems involving the surface of the picture plane and the ground plane, arrangements of elements in static and dynamic compositions and value pattern. Offered every spring. Prerequisite: ART 101 or ART 111.

ART 202 Intermediate Painting (4 hours)
Students will build upon experiences in Introduction to Painting and undertake more complex formal and personal issues in their work. They will be expected to master a wide range of visual vocabularies and approach painting from a variety of aesthetic points of view. Imagery, realism, abstraction, expressionism and narration will be explored as students begin to develop individual direction in their own work. Offered every spring. Prerequisite: ART 102.

ART 203 Intermediate Figure Sculpture (4 hours)
Working from the life model, this level of sculpture builds upon conceptual and perceptual skills honed in Introduction to Figure Sculpture. Students are expected to approach sculpting the human form from a variety of aesthetic points of view, including realism, abstraction and expressionism. Offered irregularly. Prerequisite: ART 103. A non-refundable fee is billed to every student who is registered for this course at the end of the drop/add period.

ART 204 Intermediate Printmaking (4 hours)
Intermediate Printmaking is an intermediate level studio course which will build upon printmaking approaches studied in Introduction to Printmaking. It will explore new vocabularies, including monotype, reverse relief, chin collé, photocopy lithography and calligraphy. Students will work in series format exploring advanced themes and design problems. Offered irregularly. Prerequisite: ART 104. A non-refundable fee is billed to every student who is registered for this course at the end of the drop/add period.

ART 205 Documentary Filmmaking (4 hours)
This course covers the theory and practice of planning and executing public affairs, informational and cultural documentary programs. Students will be introduced to short-form and long-form documentaries, emphasizing the technical and aesthetic aspects of documentary filmmaking using video production techniques. Production projects will be geared toward the development of proficiency in documentary planning, writing, production and post-production. Students will produce short documentaries using a combination of personal cameras and broadcast quality cameras and digital editing equipment. Offered every fall. Prerequisite: CRS 115 or ART 150. A non-refundable fee is billed to every student who is registered for this course at the end of the drop/add period.

ART 206 Concepts in Photography (4 hours)
The course will culminate in a portfolio. In building the portfolio, students experience various concepts, techniques, and approaches designed to help them demonstrate their abilities and versatility with techniques, problem-solving, and ideation. The portfolio is developed within a concentration that investigates an idea of personal interest for each student. The course will introduce new photographers, digital artists, artists, and more sophisticated techniques as points of departure to create work that reflects that student’s vision and voice. By exploring photographic and digital media with the camera and computer, students will develop a body of work that reflects a range of problem-solving and ideation and develop versatility with techniques to demonstrate their abilities. Students will research, keep art journals, have class critiques, individual critiques, and artistic dialogues to inspire them as they discover their work. There are project requirements, but projects are open-ended enough for students to develop their styles and modes of expression. The development of the portfolio is an ongoing process that uses informed and critical decision-making to assemble a body of works. Work and ideas are expected to be of high quality in thought, process, and product. Offered spring of even years. Prerequisite: ART 115 Introduction to Digital Photography. A non-refundable fee will be billed to every student who is registered for this course at the end of the drop/add period.

ART 208 Independent Study in Art History (1-4 hours)
This course provides the opportunity for an intense study of diverse topics under the direct supervision of the instructor. The student and instructor will collaborate to develop the content of the course, which must be approved as outlined by the Independent Study Policy. (Sec. 6.15.)

ART 214 Alternative Methods in Darkroom and Digital Photography (4 hours)
This course will take students back to the early days of photography, starting with the origins of pinholes and pinhole camera construction. This will shed light on the mysteries of how exactly images are created from light. We will move forward chronologically to examine contemporary practices in photography. We will explore different types of printing & various materials as well as post printing image manipulations such as toning, transfers and mixing media. As mainstream photography becomes more digitally based this class will offer an alternative by returning to the roots of photography and hands-on imagery with the added twist of attempting some of these same techniques using digital cameras, merging past with present. Offered fall of odd years. Prerequisite: ART 109 or ART 115. A non-refundable fee will be billed to every student who is registered for this course at the end of the drop/add period.

ART 215 Intermediate Digital Photography (4 hours)
This intermediate course requires that students have taken ART 115 Introduction to Digital Photography first (or have equivalent experience). A student’s understanding of their digital camera and basic Photoshop skills are necessary. The course will build upon what was learned in ART 115 and push photographic image creation to the next level. Visual and conceptual excellence will be emphasized. Study of color, landscape and phenomenology will be incorporated and everyone will make and self-publish their own fine art photography book. The class will continue to study contemporary photographers by visiting exhibitions at Atlanta galleries and museums. Offered spring of odd years. Prerequisite: ART 115. A non-refundable fee will be billed to every student who is registered for this course at the end of the drop/add period.

ART 218 Introduction to Archival Studies (4 hours)
The purpose of this course is to introduce, examine, and understand core components, concepts, and methods of the archives, records, and manuscripts profession. The course seeks to explore basic theoretical issues and archival principles as well as provide insight into their practical application. Students will gain an overall understanding of the archival profession in the United States and be introduced to the many technologies currently impacting the profession. Offered fall of odd years. Prerequisite: none. Cross-listed as HIS-218.

The purpose of this course is to introduce, examine, and understand core components, concepts, and methods of the archives, records, and manuscripts profession. The course seeks to explore basic theoretical issues and archival principles as well as provide insight into their practical application. Students will gain an overall understanding of the archival profession in the United States and be introduced to the many technologies currently impacting the profession. Offered fall of odd years. Prerequisite: none. Cross-listed as HIS-218.

ART 220 Compositions in Photography (4 hours)
This course allows students to explore photography into a more intentional and refined image-making process. Using digital cameras, students will further their abilities and gain a highly functional understanding of essential camera skills and photographic principles and learn to maintain proper exposure, focus, and effective control over the camera. Students will advance their digital studio skills, including digital workflow management, online portfolio maintenance, Photoshop techniques, inkjet printing methods, and image projection. Students will also expand their critique skills, learn to frame and present their work in a gallery, and practice writing artist statements. Each exploration challenges students to think conceptually, develop an eye for strong composition and quality of light, and make images that start conversations. Throughout the term, student photographers build their voice, an online portfolio based on a series of thematic and experimental photo explorations. Offered irregularly. Prerequisite: ART 115 Introduction to Digital Photography. A non-refundable fee will be billed to every student who is registered for this course at the end of the drop/add period.

ART 225 Women, Art, & Society: Women Artists (4 hours)
This course is a survey of women artists from prehistory to the present. Throughout the semester, we will examine women’s art and women artists to understand the circumstances that affected women’s access to art education, patronage, and exhibition opportunities. We will also discuss social, economic, intellectual, and political developments that have shaped women artists and their art. Offered fall of odd years. Prerequisite: COR-104 OR WGS-101. Cross-listed as WGS-225.

ART 240 Introduction to Graphic Design (4 hours)
This Studio Art course introduces students to the field and practice of graphic design. Throughout the course of the semester, students will explore design principles, methods, and applications. In addition, students will learn techniques for effective visual communication, integrating type and graphic elements, and using both Adobe design software and traditional media to create compelling print and digital graphics projects. Offered every fall. Prerequisite: Any 100-level Studio Art Course.

ART 260 Ancient Art History (4 hours)
This course will cover the art and archaeology of the ancient and classical world from 3000 BCE to the rise of Christianity in Europe. The course will focus on the architecture, sculpture, and recent archaeological finds, as well as the mythology and religion of each culture, using primary sources such as artifacts, literature, and monuments. Cultures covered will include Mesopotamia, Egypt, Bronze Age Crete, Greece and Rome. Offered fall of odd years. It is recommended that students take COR 104 before taking this course.

ART 270 History of Photography (4 hours)
This course is a one-semester survey of the history of photography from its beginnings in the 1830s to contemporary practices of photographers and artists. The course will familiarize students with photographic technologies within the context of its history. The primary task of the course will be to develop visual literacy and familiarity with the complex and contradictory genres and social functions of photographic image production. Course readings and lectures will address photography’s multiple histories:  as artistic medium, as social text, as technological adventure, and as cultural practice, which reflect an unstable status of the photographic object that negotiates discourse and documentation. Offered spring of even years.

ART 275 Experimental Video for Artists (4 hours)
The presence of video is ubiquitous in everyday life. We experience it through broadcast television and online media, with home movies of family/friends or vacation mementos, and we encounter it in public spaces through systems of observation and surveillance, etc. As a medium for artistic expression, video presents unique opportunities for creative exploration that encompass a broad range of uncommon possibilities in the realm of abstraction, documentary, and conceptual inquiry. The aim of this class is to provide a foundation to understand the technology of digital video and the application of those means to artistic endeavors, in conjunction with the history of video as an art form. Prerequisite: FMS 150. Offered every fall. Cross-listed as FMS 275.

ART 285 Introduction to Animation (4 hours)
This course combines art and digital media, providing students with the tools and techniques to create original animations, starting from concept to completed animated film. Students learn the principles of animation, as well as drawing and storyboarding techniques, and become adept at using industry standard digital animation software (Adobe Photoshop, Animate, and AfterEffects). Prerequisite: FMS 150. Offered every spring. Cross-listed as FMS 285. A non-refundable fee will be billed to every student who is registered for this course at the end of the drop/add period.

ART 290 Special Topics in Studio Art (1-4 hours)
Courses of selected topics will be offered periodically as determined by the needs of the curriculum. Prerequisites can vary based on the topic selected. See individual course listings for each semester for the specific topic and any prerequisites.

Specifically, this Studio Art course involves studio exercises, in-studio lectures, and outside assignments. Critiques are designed to develop a basic understanding of various media, including printmaking and various specialties of artists-in-residence.

ART 298 Special Topics in Art History (1-4 hours)
Courses of selected topics will be offered periodically as determined by the needs of the curriculum. Prerequisites can vary based on the topic selected. See individual course listings for each semester for the specific topic and any prerequisites.

Specifically, this Art History course will focus on an in-depth analysis of specific historical art periods and will stress how major artists and trends were influenced by their times. Discussion of important events and ideas of significant individuals of the period will serve to provide the necessary background for a thorough comprehension of social and intellectual sources of art. It is recommended that students take COR 104 before taking this course.

ART 300 Italian Renaissance Art History (4 hours)
This course explores the paintings, sculpture and architecture of Italy from 1300 to 1650. Chronological in format, this course enables students to analyze and understand the principle styles, methods and contexts of Italian art and its intrinsic value in the study of European art. Offered odd falls. It is recommended that students take COR 104 before taking this course.

ART 302 Advanced Painting (4 hours)
Students will build upon prior experiences in Intermediate Painting and be guided to set parameters for individual inquiry in their work. Emphasis will be on personal imagery and control of formal issues to express the students’ ideas. Each student will be expected to develop ideas and themes in a cohesive body of work. Offered fall of even years. Prerequisite: ART 202.

ART 310 Northern Renaissance and Baroque Art History (4 hours)
This course will cover the art of Northern Europe from the late Gothic through the Baroque period (the late 14th to the end of the 17th century). A range of media and styles will be explored such as illuminated manuscripts, architecture, printmaking and painting, including the work of Durer, Rembrandt and Vermeer. Offered fall of even years. It is recommended that students take COR 104 before taking this course.

ART 320 18th and 19th Century European Art History (4 hours)
This course focuses on the major artists and movements of the 18th and 19th centuries in Europe, beginning with the late Baroque and progressing through the Rococo, the Neoclassical, Romantic, Realist, Impressionist and the Pre-Raphaelite, as well as Expressionism and Art Nouveau Movements. Students will analyze the major paintings, architecture and sculpture of each period as reflections of the political, social and religious realities of the time. Offered spring of odd years. It is recommended that students take COR 104 before taking this course.

ART 330 Far Eastern Art History – India, China, Tibet and Japan (4 hours)
This course will explore the paintings, sculpture and architecture of India, China, Tibet, Japan and other Eastern cultures. Chronological in format, this course will enable students to analyze and understand principle styles, methods and cultural contexts of Eastern art. This course will compare and contrast Eastern and Western approaches and attitudes toward art. Offered spring of odd years. It is recommended that students take COR 104 before taking this course.

ART 340 The Art of the Americas, Africa, Oceania and Others (4 hours)
This course will look at how non-Western and often pre-technological people around the world created their visual arts. The course will cover African, Oceanic, and the ancient Americas, providing and in-depth analysis of artifacts, symbols, and mythical constructs which underscore the idea of “the primitive”, or first, cultures. Both living and extinct cultures will be studied. Offered spring of odd years. It is recommended that students take COR 104 before taking this course.

ART 350 Modern Art History (4 hours)
This course will examine major movements in the visual arts from the end of the 19th century to the present, focusing primarily on Europe and America. The student will be expected to explore connections between visual culture and broader historical trends and be able to recognize, understand and discuss the important works of art of the 20th century. Offered every spring. It is recommended that students take COR 104 before taking this course.

ART 360 Modern and Contemporary Architecture (4 hours)
This course examines the contextual role of architecture from 1900 through the beginning of the 21st century. Taught in an interdisciplinary format, the course will explore the social, political, economic, and symbolic meanings of built environments, and the concepts, theories, and visions of architects from the early modernists up to and including the most recent global architectural movements, including sustainable, solar, and green architecture. Offered fall of even years. Prerequisite: Any Art History course.

ART 400 Advanced Independent Study in Studio Art (1-4 hours)
This course provides the opportunity for an advanced, intense study of diverse topics under the direct supervision of the instructor. These offerings are generally suited for junior or senior students. The student and instructor will collaborate to develop the content of the course, which must be approved as outlined by the Independent Study Policy. (Sec. 6.15.)

ART 405 Senior Exhibition (1 hour)
This course will function as an advanced level studio experience in which students prepare for, and participate in, the Senior Exhibition during spring semester of their graduating year. The course will guide students on how to write an artist’s statement, self-edit and present their own work, plan the Senior Exhibition, share the responsibilities for the reception, and hang and strike the show. Students will meet periodically throughout the semester in preparation for hanging the show prior to Commencement. Students will also learn how to document their work and will turn in a CD, DVD, flash drive, or other device for digital storage that represents a portfolio of their best work from their Oglethorpe Studio Art education. Offered every spring. Prerequisite: Graduating Senior Studio Art Majors and Studio Art Minors only, by invitation of the instructor. A non-refundable fee will be billed to every student who is registered for this course at the end of the drop/add period.

ART 408 Advanced Independent Study in Art History (1-4 hours)
This course provides the opportunity for an advanced, intense study of diverse topics under the direct supervision of the instructor. These offerings are generally suited for junior or senior students. The student and instructor will collaborate to develop the content of the course, which must be approved as outlined by the Independent Study Policy. (Sec. 6.15.)

ART 460 Space, Place, and Public Memory (4 hours)
Students will explore the relationship between space, place, memory, and power from a rhetorical conception. Space can be understood as both a symbol of community identity and as a canvas for individuals to represent their identity. We will explore the ways people creatively use space in cities as narrative to share identity, history, and culture, and to contest marginalization. Prerequisites: COM 105 or WGS 101 or COR-104. Offered spring of even years. Cross-listed as COM 460 and WGS 460.

ART 490 Advanced Special Topics in Studio Art (1-4 hours)
Advanced courses of selected topics will be offered periodically as determined by the needs of the curriculum. These offerings are generally suited for junior or senior students. Prerequisites can vary based on the topic selected. See individual course listings for each semester for the specific topic and any prerequisites.

ART 495 Internship in Art (1-12 hours)
An internship designed to provide a formalized experiential learning opportunity to qualified students. The internship generally requires the student to have an application (which satisfies all internship requirements developed by the academic program that oversees the internship) and to obtain a faculty supervisor in the relevant field of study. All internships are graded on a Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory basis. Prerequisites are determined by the academic program overseeing the internship course.

ART 498 Advanced Special Topics in Art History (1-4 hours)
Advanced courses of selected topics will be offered periodically as determined by the needs of the curriculum. These offerings are generally suited for junior or senior students. Prerequisites can vary based on the topic selected. See individual course listings for each semester for the specific topic and any prerequisites.