介绍
The 艺术 Major at 科罗拉多大学 offers an integrative approach to studying the history and practice of art, 体系结构, 设计, 博物馆研究. The major introduces a wide variety of liberal arts students to the history of art and provides opportunities to experience the power of creative processes through making. Our program is structured to ensure that all majors experience the practice of creating art and are capable of thoughtful analysis of the visual language of works of art. We hope to prepare our majors for graduate study or careers in the visual arts, 但艺术专业也培养视觉能力, 分析, and written skills that qualify students for careers in areas other than the arts.
While students identify an area of concentration to pursue in their thesis projects, we require all majors to demonstrate their holistic understanding of the relationships between works of art and their historical and technical contexts. 因此, the major requires students to take courses in art history and art studios, 在他们大三入学之前, to one of four concentrations for extended study in their senior capstone:
学生 must declare their major and area of concentration by the beginning of their junior year. It is imperative that each student's course of study be developed in close consultation with an advisor and approved in advance.
The senior capstone requires majors to undertake serious and substantive independent work that results in a thesis project. 学生必须确定一个感兴趣的话题, examine a specific problem and carry out independent re搜索 and analysis over an extended time. The results of this process are expressed through a written paper, exhibition, or both.
"Distinction in 艺术" is granted by vote of the art faculty to graduating seniors who have done consistently excellent work in all 艺术 Department courses, 对部门活动有所贡献, 并提出了一项优秀的高级项目.
艺术系保持活跃 活动计划 包括访问艺术家、演讲者、工作坊等. that enrich our classes and also help draw the attention of the campus community to the visual arts. 除了, 高级研讨会期间, all senior art majors spend a week in New York City with faculty visiting museums, 画廊, 艺术家的工作室, 与校友会面. 我们还在巴黎、西班牙、亚洲和其他地方开设海外课程. 来自系里捐赠基金的收入，哈罗德E. 伯格基金支持这些项目.
艺术历史
The 艺术历史 concentration introduces students to the artistic achievements of human civilizations by studying the visual arts of a variety of cultures in depth. In the process, students will develop a sensitivity to the visual environment. 艺术史的研究包含了知识分子, 社会, 经济, 还有政治历史, thus offering a vivid and tangible introduction to the history and achievements of human culture. Our program is structured to ensure that majors have a general knowledge of art history and are capable of thoughtful analysis of the visual languages of art. All art history courses emphasize developing skills in re搜索 and writing. 艺术 history provides a solid intellectual foundation for students with a variety of interests.
艺术工作室
The 艺术工作室 Concentration emphasizes the fundamentals of the visual arts while introducing students to a wide range of traditional techniques, 新技术, 实验实践, 视觉理论. 通过直接经验, students build a technical skillset and a general knowledge of the visual arts that provide the foundation for undertaking a deeper creative investigation in their thesis projects. 在学习期间, students build confidence in technical and creative problem solving, 视觉分析, 批判性讨论. The experience is enriched by numerous visiting artist lectures, workshops, and extended field trips. We strive to graduate majors who are prepared for future creative work and have a sensitivity to the visual arts that will inform their lives whether or not they choose to pursue further study or careers in the arts.
综合设计与建筑
The 综合设计与建筑 Concentration emphasizes the study of the built environment in a broad perspective that combines studio work with the study of the history of 体系结构 and its political, 社会, 经济, 哲学, 以及环境影响. It is not a narrowly pre-professional major but provides students with a strong foundation in the visual arts supplemented with multidisciplinary coursework intended to prepare them to use their visual skills in solving problems, 交流想法, 参与社会和政治问题. This curriculum provides a background that can lead to graduate study in 体系结构, 景观建筑, 或者城市规划, 等. Coursework is supplemented by an active program of workshops and visitors supported by the Conway Design Fund.
博物馆研究
The 博物馆研究 Concentration introduces students to the theories and practices of the museum while offering an additional lens through which they may understand their study of art history. The concentration explores the museum as a site for the construction, 解释, and dissemination of knowledge and as a site for the examination of the issues museums face in today's society. Coursework is supplemented by visitors from a broad range of museum backgrounds and opportunities to engage with the 美术中心 at the 科罗拉多大学 Museum.