Corcoran College of Art and Design

Fall 2010 Courses + Credit Courses

African-American Art: Harlem Renaissance

No sections available this semester

AH4280 (3.0 credits)
Students are introduced to the significant developments in modern and contemporary African American Art history and criticism.

Mural Painting in America

No sections available this semester

AH4391 (3.0 credits)
Explore wall painting in America during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Corcoran Collection in Context

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AH4551 (3.0 credits)
Based on the permanent collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, this course surveys recent cross-disciplinary readings in art history, criticism, and visual culture studies relevant to the major periods of Western Art.

Corcoran Collection in Context

No sections available this semester

AH7551 (3.0 credits)
Based on the permanent collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, this course surveys recent cross-disciplinary readings in art history, criticism, and visual culture studies relevant to the major periods of Western Art. (Graduate)

Theories of Art

No sections available this semester

AS3100 (3.0 credits)
This course investigates traditional and contemporary concepts about the relationship among ideas, language, and theory to art. (CE students may request special permission to enroll in this 3 credit undergraduate course.)

From Baudelaire to Blog

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AS3205 (3.0 credits)
Examine short format art-writing (from the early modern era to the present), and undertake the practice of writing short descriptive and critical pieces.

Botany for Illustrators

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BG2201 (1.0 credits)
Utilizing the living plant collection at the U.S. Botanic Garden, students will learn plant morphology and basic botany.

Medieval Illumination

No sections available this semester

BG2600 (0.5 credits)
This workshop provides a historical overview of the egg tempera on panel technique utilized by manuscript and icon artists from the 10th to the 14th century.

Decalomania! Image Transfer for Ceramics & Glass

No sections available this semester

CR2235 (1.5 credits or audit)
This course curriculum focuses on silkscreening custom decals using ceramic pigments, and explores creating decals from the laser printer, silkscreening directly onto wet clay slabs, and non-fire transfer methods.

Clay and Glazes

No sections available this semester

CR3240 (1.5 credits or audit)
Students learn the building blocks of glaze and clay.