FSAD 1250

Art, Design, and Visual Thinking

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2014-2015.

Introduction to the visual arts and design that explores aesthetic and cross-cultural dimensions of visual experience. Augmented by slide presentations, artifacts, video, and an Internet-based electronic textbook, lectures emphasize the varieties of visual expression seen in works of art and design. Discusses social, cultural, and historic interpretations of visual expression.

When Offered Fall.

• Enhance their ability to think visually, and communicate ideas in visual ways.
• Become familiar with the components of design and fine arts, and be able to use design language to discuss and evaluate designed objects.
• Understand major developments in fine arts, decorative arts, and design as they have occurred since the beginnings of modern design in the later 19th century.
• Become familiar with the most important media of fine arts and design, and understand the limitations and opportunities offered to the designer by various materials and techniques.

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