Art-203 / Intro to the Visual Arts – 20 : Klimt & Symbolism Art | Spring 2015

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Symbolism was a 19th-century art movement rejecting Realism. It expresses ideas over realistic descriptions of the natural world. Symbolism initially developed as a French literary movement in the late 19th century, and it was soon identified with the artwork of a younger generation of painters who were similarly rejecting the conventions of Naturalism. Unlike the […]

Art-203 Writing About Art (WAA) – Assignment Guidelines | Spring 2015

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Hello Class: In tomorrow’s class, your task is going to write your second WAA paper. Although some of you have already submitted your second paper, you still have time to reedit it further. If so, I will return your paper tomorrow. If you don’t want to make any further changes on your paper, please work […]

Art-203 / Intro to the Visual Arts – 19 : Art Nouveau | Spring 2015

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Image Source: National Gallery of Art | Devianrart | Wikipedia Art Nouveau is an international style of art, architecture and applied art—especially the decorative arts—that was most popular during 1890–1910. English uses the French name Art nouveau (“new art”), but the style has many different names in other countries. A reaction to academic art of […]

Art-203 / Intro to the Visual Arts – 18 : Matisse & Fauvism Art | Spring 2015

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“What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity, devoid of troubling or depressing subject-matter, an art which could be for every mental worker,  for the businessman as well as the man of letters,  for example, a soothing, calming influence on the mind, something like a good armchair which provides relaxation […]

Art-203 / Intro to the Visual Arts – 17 : Picasso & Cubism Art | Spring 2015

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“Guernica” – Pablo Picasso (1937) Source: Philadelphia Museum of Art | Statens Museum for Kunst | The Art Institute of Chicago | Pablopicasso.org | Wikipedia Cubism is an early-20th-century avant-garde art movement pioneered by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso, joined by Jean Metzinger, Albert Gleizes, Robert Delaunay, Henri Le Fauconnier, František Kupka, Fernand Léger and […]

Art-203 / Intro to the Visual Arts – 16 : Modernism | Spring 2015

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Modernism was an artistic movement that in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.  Modernism, in general, includes the activities and creations of those who felt the traditional forms of art, architecture, literature, philosophy, and activities of daily life were becoming outdated in the new economic, social, and political environment of an emerging fully industrialized […]

Art-420 / Project-3 : Adaptive Web Design | Spring 2015

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Project Description Design (or redesign) a fully functional adaptive website for an AIGA local chapter Project Objective The goal of producing the website is to learn about Adobe Muse CC 2014 by directly working in the software and learning its working process. The final goal of the project is to learn the AWD process and […]

Art-420 : Collaborative Project – Group List | Spring 2015

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Collaborative Project – Group List for Project-3 & Project-5 A Peer Evaluation Form should be submitted in the last class meeting on May 5. A late submission of the evaluation will result in a one-letter grade deduction for both individual and group grades. Art-420 Final Class: 11:30 – 1:20 p.m., May 5 This is our […]