Description: Art-making is explored with basic techniques in drawing and color media. The visual language of perception and expression is introduced using principles of composition. Aesthetic and psychological principles of visual organization are applied to elements of line, shape, colour, and texture.
AUART112
Studio Foundation II - 3-D and Colour Theory
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Description: Further exploration of art-making in two and three dimensions. Visual structure is investigated expressively and technically in sculpture processes and paint media. Development of personal creativity and a basis for compositional analysis are included. Prerequisite: AUART 111, or Art 30 equivalence with consent of the instructor (based on portfolio submission). Note: Credit may be obtained for only one of AUART 112 and 113.
AUART113
Studio Foundation II - 3-D and Digital Art
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Description: Dimensional art and digital art for beginners. Ideas for three-dimensional art are explored. Basic computer imaging techniques such as photo-editing in bitmaps, drawing with vectors, and digital painting are introduced. Credit may be obtained for only one of AUART 112 and 113.
Description: Introduction to principles of composition and practice in 3-dimensional art. Historical and contemporary issues are explored. Prerequisite: Second year standing. Requires payment of additional student instructional support fees. Refer to the Fees Payment Guide in the University Regulations and Information for Students section of the Calendar.
AUART221
Nineteenth-Century Art History
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Description: Development of modern art in Europe during the nineteenth century with emphasis on major movements, concepts, and innovators.
Description: Introduction to the practices and concepts of art during the twentieth century. Includes an introduction to a range of art and architecture, as well as a variety of critical and theoretical interpretations of art. Central focus is on the development of a modernist mainstream during this century and its relation to the ideas of post-modernism.
Description: Study of works, movements, theories and institutions of art with an emphasis on contemporary art and recent approaches to the study and analysis of art works. It examines painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, graphic and applied art.
AUART228
Art Studies and Information Literacy
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Description: Introduction to library research skills in the discipline of Art studies. Prerequisite: Second-year standing in an Art degree program. Corequisite: Any senior course in Art that requires library research. Notes: The corequisite must be taken concurrently. Credit may be received for only one of AUART 228, AUHIS 285, AUPHI 228, AUREL 228.
Description: Introductory course that develops basic skills of perception and recording as they apply to the practice of drawing. Historical and contemporary practices are explored primarily on the basis of direct observation of still life, landscape, and architecture. Issues in composition, expression, critical analysis, and technique using monochromatic media are included. Prerequisite: Second year standing, or Art 30, or consent of the instructor (based on portfolio submission). Requires payment of additional student instructional support fees. Refer to the Fees Payment Guide in the University Regulations and Information for Students section of the Calendar.
Description: Further exploration of drawing practice with the application of observational and conceptual skills to issues of expression and composition. Figure drawing, including anatomy, perceptual considerations, and the expressive potential of the human figure, is introduced. The use of colour media, the development of a personal aesthetic response, as well as critical analysis are included. Prerequisite: Second year standing. Requires payment of additional student instructional support fees. Refer to the Fees Payment Guide in the University Regulations and Information for Students section of the Calendar.
AUART260
Selected Topics in Art History
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Description: Selected topics in Art History possibly, but not necessarily, linked to a course that would later visit sites of art and visual culture. Note: Credit may be obtained for only one of AUART 260 or AUCLA 193, 293.
AUART261
Selected Topics in Art History
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Description: Selected topics in Art History possibly, but not necessarily, linked to a course that would later visit sites of art and visual culture.
AUART262
Selected Topics in Art History
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Description: Selected topics in Art History possibly, but not necessarily, linked to a course that would later visit sites of art and visual culture.
AUART265
Selected Topics in Art History Tour
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Description: Tour course following the selected topics course to which it is linked. The tour visits art sites discussed in that course. Requires payment of additional student instructional support fees. Refer to the Fees Payment Guide in the University Regulations and Information for Students section of the Calendar.
Description: Painting from the ground up. The course introduces painting technique and colour usage in acrylic and/or oil media. Perceptual and conceptual problems are based on historical and contemporary practices with an emphasis on personal creativity. Critical analysis of art is a component. Prerequisites: Second year standing. Requires payment of additional student instructional support fees. Refer to the Fees Payment Guide in the University Regulations and Information for Students section of the Calendar.
Description: Further exploration of painting practice using oil and acrylic painting techniques. Critical analysis is included. Varieties of conceptual contexts and individual expressive directions are investigated. Prerequisite: AUART 271 or consent of the instructor (based on portfolio submission). Requires payment of additional student instructional support fees. Refer to the Fees Payment Guide in the University Regulations and Information for Students section of the Calendar.
AUART287
Topics in Late Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Art
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Description: Consideration of various topics in seventeenth and eighteenth century European art. Its focus is on the study of themes, ideas and methodologies pertaining to the visual culture of the period, rather than a chronological survey.
Description: Selected topics in the history of visual culture that are organized thematically rather than by period, nationality or style. Prerequisite: Second-year standing.
AUART298
Selected Topics in Art Studio
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Description: Selected topics in art studio practice that are theme or media based. Prerequisite: Second year standing. Notes: AUART 298 does not count towards any major or minor in Art.
Description: Intermediate drawing further develops techniques and concepts of drawing with a focus on contemporary practices leading to self-initiated projects. Prerequisite: AUART 231. Requires payment of additional student instructional support fees. Refer to the Fees Payment Guide in the University Regulations and Information for Students section of the Calendar.
Description: Intermediate painting further develops techniques and concepts of painting with a focus on contemporary practices leading to self-initiated projects. Prerequisite: AUART 272. Requires payment of additional student instructional support fees. Refer to the Fees Payment Guide in the University Regulations and Information for Students section of the Calendar.
AUART380
Directed Reading in Art History
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Description: Individual study project for the advanced art history student. Note: An "Application for Individual Study" must be completed and approved before registration in the course.
AUART381
Selected Topics in Art History
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Description: Selected topics in art history and visual culture. Prerequisite: Any 200-level Art history course or consent of the instructor.
Description: Advanced studies in a studio discipline with individualized programs designed in collaboration with the instructor. Direction is guided by issues in contemporary practice and thought. Prerequisites: AUART 331 and one of 215, 371.
AUART480
Directed Reading in Art History
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Description: Individual study project for the highly advanced art history student. Note: An "Application for Individual Study" must be completed and approved before registration in the course.
AUART490
Directed Project in Visual Explorations
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Description: Individual study course for the highly advanced studio art student. A selected theme in two- or three-dimensional expression is explored intensively. Note: An "Application for Individual Study" must be completed and approved before registration in the course.