NEW COURSE OFFERINGS IN ART/ART HISTORY:
ART 102, ART 103, and ART 104
We are offering three new foundation courses in Studio Art for non-majors and majors. These courses (or the equivalent) are prerequisites for many upper-level studio courses. Discontinued courses that fulfill prerequisites for upper-level courses are listed in the catalog.
ART 102: Foundation 2-Dimensional Media
This foundation level studio course introduces the aesthetic, conceptual, and technical foundations of two-dimensional art-making and ways two-dimensional media inform the creation and understanding of art in cultural contexts. Students explore the form and space of two-dimensional images through a wide variety of materials and media. The course emphasizes strategies for idea generation. Students engage in dynamic activity, spirited investigation, and thoughtful creative expression. Materials fee. Offered each semester.
Pre-requisite for painting and printmaking classes, advanced drawing, figure drawing and architectural drawing, recommended for photography classes but not required.
ART 103: Foundation 3-Dimensional Media
This foundation level studio course introduces the aesthetic, conceptual, and technical foundations of three-dimensional art-making and ways three-dimensional media inform the creation and understanding of art in cultural contexts. Students explore the form and space of three-dimensional images through a wide variety of materials and media. The course emphasizes strategies for idea generation. Students engage in dynamic activity, spirited investigation, and thoughtful creative expression. Materials fee. Offered each semester.
Pre-requisite for 200 level sculpture classes, recommended for ceramics but not required.
ART 104: Foundation New Media
This foundation level studio course introduces the aesthetic, conceptual, and technical foundations of new media art-making and ways new media inform the creation and understanding of art in cultural contexts. Students explore the form and space of new media images through a wide variety of materials and media. The course emphasizes strategies for idea generation. Students engage in dynamic activity, spirited investigation, and thoughtful creative expression. Materials fee. Offered each semester.
Pre-requisite for digital media classes 228 and 230, recommended for video and photography, but not required.
NEW COURSE OFFERED IN ART HISTORY, 08-09:
ART 265: Art of India and SE Asia
This course examines visual forms that reveal Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, and Islamic religious concepts in painting, sculpture, and architecture of sacred precincts and royal palaces of India. Included are monuments that incorporate the axis mundi, as well as religious images carried by monks into East Asia. Students probe into the meaning behind artistic expressions. Offered annually. Open to first year students.
Go to http://www.stolaf.edu/depts/art/curriculum.html for more information on requirements for the major.
