Fundamentals of visual and applied arts presented through painting, photography, video, or other media. Emphasis is determined by instructor. Students develop an awareness of aesthetic values, learn how to handle materials and develop an understanding of formal, technical and conceptual issues. Students supply some laboratory materials.
This course is designed to provide students with the vocabulary and skills to identify and explain styles of visual arts from a variety of times, places, and cultures. Students learn to make judgments based on the elements of art, such as line, color, composition, value, space, texture, shape, and form. Students complete original art projects in order to reinforce the concepts they are learning and to practice developing, creating, reflecting on, and revising their own work.
National University is an affiliate of the National University System.