This course surveys the major artistic and architectural developments of Ancient Greece, Rome, and the Near East. The comparative analysis of social, religious, political, and economic messages sent by the objects and monuments under consideration will elucidate patterns of interaction and adaptation through time and space. It will also allow examination of collaboration and/or competition at artistic as well as at social and political levels. Recommended Prep: ENGL V01A or concurrent enrollment. Field trips may be required. Transfer credit: CSU; UC.

This course is a survey of the history of western art from the Renaissance to the Contemporary period. The course includes discussions of the development of styles, techniques of producing art, major figures in art history, and the relationship of art and society, with a particular emphasis on the art object as a form of cultural and social expression. Field trips may be required. Recommended Prep: ENGL V01A or concurrent enrollment. Transfer credit: CSU; UC. Formerly: ART 2B.

This course is a survey of the history of western art from prehistory through the medieval period. Discussions of artistic style, techniques of production, major periods and figures in art history, and the relationship between art and society will be covered, with particular emphasis placed on the art object as a form of cultural and social expression. Field trips may be required. Transfer credit: CSU; UC. Formerly: ART 2A.

This course provides advanced instruction in drawing the human figure from the live model. Emphasis will be on demonstrating the figure’s allegorical and symbolic potential, as well as the most advanced level of human anatomy and proportion. Course exercises will cover advanced surface musculature and skeletal anatomy, but will also develop students’ repertoire of non-traditional and mixed medias. Students will produce large-scale drawings, sequential drawings, and colored drawings. Field trips may be required. Prerequisites: ART V13C. Transfer credit: CSU; UC. Formerly: ART 13D.

This course provides intermediate instruction in drawing the human figure from the live model. Emphasis will be on theory and practice in the uses of linear and tonal form. Exercises in structure, proportion, foreshortening, and composition, with an introduction to exaggeration and alteration of form will be assigned. Field trips may be required. Prerequisites: ART V13A. Transfer credit: CSU; UC. Formerly: ART 12B.

This course introduces major periods and styles of art across time and diverse cultures. Painting, sculpture, and architecture from prehistoric times to Post-Modernism will be explored with particular emphasis on the art object as a form of cultural and social expression. Works of art will be considered through the study of theory, concepts and terminology, themes, design principles, media, and techniques. Field trips may be required. Recommended Prep: ENGL V01A or concurrent enrollment. Transfer credit: CSU; UC.