Fine Arts

Painting Concepts: Learning from the Italian Masters

Italy has a long history of fostering creativity and innovative art forms that build on the past but look toward the future. This studio class utilizes access to important historical artworks as an inspiration for creating art from a contemporary point of view. Through firsthand study of Italian masters and the practice and understanding of a variety of painting techniques, compositional devices and color mixing, students will develop a personal body of work that applies both traditional and innovative studio practices.

A Tuscan Experience: Studio Art in Siena

For centuries, artists and writers have created sketchbooks and journals inspired by Italy’s rich culture, physical beauty and history. Through direct observation and engagement with the natural landscape, architecture and culture of daily life of Tuscany and its surrounding regions, students will record their impressions and create personal travel journals that capture the “zeitgeist” (spirit) of Tuscany. We will explore a variety of writing, sketching, and mixed‐media techniques, both traditional and experimental, to help students find their personal voice.

ARH 358: 20th-21st c. Architecture, Urbanism, and Design

This course introduces students to 20th-21st century architecture, urbanism, and design, considered historically, theoretically, and in the context of London, a global cultural center. Organized by way of three main themes/clusters—1) Empire, Collection, & Display; 2) Midcentury Modernism and Postmodernism; and 3) Architecture & Urbanism Under Advanced Capitalism—the course gives special attention to the ever-shifting relations between art and design from the Industrial Revolution to the contemporary moment.

ARH 354: Modern and Contemporary Art

This course introduces students to modern and contemporary art, considered historically, theoretically, and in the context of London, a global cultural center. The class explores major developments in modern and contemporary art and theory, as well as the ever-shifting relations between art, architecture, and the city from the Industrial Revolution to present-day society. It is clustered by way of three key periods/themes: 1) Empire, Collection, & Display; 2) Midcentury Modernism and Postmodernism; and 3) Art & Architecture Under Advanced Capitalism.

ARH 399: Exhibiting Art and Design in London

This course investigates the central issues and practical concerns surrounding art and design curation, with a special emphasis on contemporary exhibition practices in London, a global cultural center. It includes a three-week on-site component combined with pre- and onsite work, through which students will be exposed to a rich array of art and design venues and to scholarship on museums (as spaces of ritual, debate, interpretation, preservation, and omission; as contact zones, training grounds, centers of power, and mirrors of society at large).

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