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• VAFA 160: Introduction to Printmaking

  3.00 Credits

  Bucks County Community College

  
  Students explore a wide variety of printmaking processes, including intaglio, relief, color reduction printing and monoprinting. Students focus on the comprehension of techniques and materials and their relationship to the printed image and visual concepts.
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• VAFA 161: Screenprinting

  3.00 Credits

  Bucks County Community College

  
  Students employ screenprinting processes using water-based inks. They explore a variety of techniques, including photo silkscreen, cut paper stencils, direct drawing techniques, color registration, and textile printing. Students also incorporate digital technology to better understand these techniques and develop their individual imagery.
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• VAFA 171: Introduction to Painting

  3.00 Credits

  Bucks County Community College

  
  This course introduces and explores various problems in painting often seen in the work of beginners, but also students with some experience. The medium is determined by the instructor. Students paint from models, still life, landscape, and imagination. Prerequisite:    VAFA100 is recommended
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• VAFA 181: Introduction to Ceramics

  3.00 Credits

  Bucks County Community College

  
  Lectures, demonstrations, and practice introduce students to the historical, cultural, scientific, creative, and expressive basis of ceramics. Developing a personal viewpoint as an outgrowth of the ceramic process is encouraged by emphasizing historical perspectives, design, basic pottery skills, and exploration.
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• VAFA 191: Art History Before 1450

  3.00 Credits

  Bucks County Community College

  
  This survey course covers painting, sculpture, and/or architecture from the Paleolithic period through the age of Gothic cathedrals. Students gain a formal understanding of ancient, classical, and medieval art. They interpret selected examples of Western art using a variety of analytic methodologies, including cultural, religious, social, political, and/or economic context. Prerequisite:    Writing Placement Test score of 6 or COMP107 (C or better)
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• VAFA 192: Art History After 1450

  3.00 Credits

  Bucks County Community College

  
  This survey course covers painting, sculpture, and/or architecture from the Renaissance through Impressionism. Students gain a formal understanding of Western art by major artists of the fifteenth through nineteenth centuries. They interpret selected examples of art using a variety of analytic methodologies, including cultural, religious, social, political, and/or economic context. Prerequisite:    Writing Placement Test score of 6 or COMP107 (C or better)
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• VAFA 193: History of Modern Art

  3.00 Credits

  Bucks County Community College

  
  This survey course covers painting, sculpture, and/or architecture from the late-nineteenth century up to the present. Students gain a formal understanding of major twentieth-century stylistic movements. They interpret selected examples of Modern art using a variety of analytic methodologies, including cultural, religious, social, political, and/or economic context. Prerequisite:    Writing Placement Test score of 6 or COMP107 (C or better)
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• VAFA 194: American Art History

  3.00 Credits

  Bucks County Community College

  
  This survey course covers the history of American painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, and other significant arts and crafts from the settlement period to the present. Students gain a formal understanding of American art. Students examine American art from cultural, social, and economic perspectives. Prerequisite:    Writing Placement Test score of 6 or COMP107 (C or better)
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• VAFA 195: Non-Western Art History

  3.00 Credits

  Bucks County Community College

  
  This course surveys the art and architecture of India, China, and Japan, from the earliest times to the 19th century. Indian art is presented in the context of Buddhist, Hindu, and Islamic traditions. Relationships between Chinese and Japanese art are examined. Influence in Islamic and Western culture is also explored. Prerequisite:    Writing Placement Test score of 6 or COMP107 (C or better)
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• VAFA 200: Drawing Anatomy

  3.00 Credits

  Bucks County Community College

  
  Through drawing, students study the design and function of the figure. The proportions and architecture of the human form are analyzed. Insight into the construction of the body is achieved through skeletal and muscular studies and conceptual applications of 3-D form. A selection of masterworks is emulated. Prerequisite:    VAFA103 (C or better)
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