Art (Grad)

Promotes the visual literacy and technical skills to allow students to effectively use photography as a visual means of communication. Students will develop a critical and contextual understanding of photography within the framework of contemporary art and visual communication while exploring the theoretical perspectives, artistic and practical applications of digital photography. [3 credits]

Provides students with the opportunity to work independently with traditional and contemporary approaches to ceramic materials and processes to develop an individual approach to art making. Students work in consultation with faculty and meet as a group to workshop and critique concepts and techniques. As an advanced studio course for graduate art therapy students, methodologies in support of ways in which ceramics can be brought into the narrative, self-expressive realm, advancing the basics of handbuilding methods, will be emphasized. [ 3 credits ]

Investigates and analyzes selected topics in Western art from diverse periods in a seminar format that emphasizes class presentations and discussions. Students may examine propaganda in art, innovations in modern painting, criticism and art, art patronage, modern arts and iconography, and communicating the revolutionary fervor of the 19th century. May be taken for credit more than once as the topics vary. [3 credits]

Investigates and analyzes selected topics in American art and architecture from Colonial America and the United States in a seminar format that emphasizes class presentations and discus- sions. Particular attention is given to nearby monuments that reflect American interpretations of earlier styles, and to local collections of American art, including the Baltimore Museum of American Art and the Maryland Historical Society. Students may examine the American spirit in art and American political messages in art and architecture. May be taken for credit more than once as topics vary. [3 credits]

Focuses upon the significant contributions of women artists to the history of art and the traditional duality of gender. Emphasis will vary in different sessions; some may focus primarily on topics applicable to art made by women of the nineteenth or twentieth centuries, while others may address topics related to feminism in European and Asian traditions, women as subjects in art, and/or women as artists. The seminar format will emphasize class presentations and discussions. Students will also examine artwork in local collections, particularly the National Museum of Women in the Arts, in Washington, D.C. May be taken for credit more than once as topics vary. [ 3 credits ]

Introduces a critical knowledge and understanding of images, their history, and their permeation of contemporary culture. Through historical and theoretical approaches, students gain skills necessary to analyze and interpret images and visual information. [ 3 credits ]

Provides students with the opportunity to work independently with a range of materials and processes to develop an individual approach to art making. Students work in consultation with faculty and meet as a group to workshop and critique concepts and techniques. As an advanced studio course for graduate art therapy students, methodologies in support of ways in which mixed media can be brought into the narrative, self-expressive realm will be emphasized. [ 3 credits ]

Cities form the environment in which a person lives, grows and defines self and society. The study of cityscapes from ancient walled cities to contemporary centers suggests the impact of architecture, city patterns, planned environments and habits, on urban residents. Baltimore, with its rich heritage and current renaissance, serves as a laboratory.