This course explores the family portrait as an embodiment, reflection, and testing ground of key social, familial, psychological, political, and artistic concepts across history. We will look closely at portraits of families ...

This course is about art in New York City. From the downtown bohemia where artists lived to the midtown museums and galleries where they exhibited their work, from the spatial interventions of the avant-garde to the ...

Discover the evolution of the skyscraper from its roots in 19th century cast iron lofts to the complex amalgams of today. This is an in-depth look at the links between architecture, engineering, planning, zoning, economics ...

Since its inception photography has been critical in shaping our personal and collective memory. Whether in the form of historical documentation or through a personal archive of family photographs, we look to images to ...

Drawing and model making are the primary means of spatial representation and investigation. It is through this media that the idea begins to evolve as form. This course focuses on model making and its implementation as a ...

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Instruction in the practice of Watercolor Painting Methods and Materials. We will cover basic techniques including: Wash, graded wash, wet into dry, wet into wet, masking, glazing and others. We will ...

Course Description¶ Acclaimed for his Protestant-influenced interpretation of Scripture, Rembrandt van Rijn’s art – paintings, prints and drawings – demonstrate a rich sensitivity to specifically Jewish ideas and concerns. ...

Course Description: This course examines the history of French painting from 1800 to 1850, introducing the period’s major artists, theories, and styles -- David’s Neoclassicism, Delacroix’s Romanticism, Courbet’s Realism. ...

Course Description:¶ Through a combination of classroom lecture, demonstrations, labs, and hands-on projects, students will encounter principles of digital photography and digital workflow to create individual and series ...