Fine Arts Courses
ART 252C • History and Appreciation of Art (3 units)
A survey of painting, sculpture, and architecture beginning with the Renaissance and concluding with Modern Art. Illustrated lectures, reading, and study of current exhibitions. Field trip fee.
ART 275 • Drawing and Painting (3 units)
Study, evaluation, and creative use of concepts and materials of drawing and painting. Emphasis on problems in using line, color, mass, value, and texture. Includes lab.
ART 290 • Art Practice (1 units)
Practical workshops are primarily laboratory yet include illustration, demonstration, and lecture to support the techniques being applied by the student. The offerings are unique to the professor and may include drawing (with various media), watercolor, oil, and/or acrylic painting. Permission of the instructor required. May be repeated for credit, to a limit of eight units.
ART 291, 292, 293 • Special Topic (1,2,3 units)
Focus upon an artist, genre, technique, or artistic movement.
ART 325 • Techniques of Art (3 units)
Art experiences for all grades. Understanding and creative use of materials, tools, ideas, and their sources as they apply to elementary education. Approximately one hour of lecture followed by two hours of laboratory projects.
FINA 215C • Introduction to the Arts (3 units)
A study of the stylistic character, interrelationship and cultural significance of music, painting, sculpture and architecture from antiquity to the present. A course fee covers the expense of field trips to art museums and concerts.