In addition to regular class meetings, all fine arts studio courses require at least three hours per week of outside preparation. Students are expected to assume the costs of materials they use in fine arts courses.
FAR 100
INTRODUCTION TO FINE ARTS
3, 6/0; ARIF
The critical bases of procedures in the fine arts. Introductory problems in studio performance. Lecture and studio experience. Non-art majors only.
FAR 101
DRAWING I
3, 3/2; ARIF
Fundamentals of drawing based primarily on the study and representation of objects and nature forms, with problems of analysis, composition, and structure in various media. Includes both lecture and studio experiences.
FAR 102
DRAWING II
3, 0/6
Prerequisite: FAR 101.
Drawing the nude using various media with an emphasis on proportion, anatomy, and pictorial structure. Lecture and studio experience.
FAR 103
MODELING
3, 4/0
Modeling as an introductory experience in the exploration of three-dimensional form. Development of perceptual and analytical attitudes. Lectures and modeled work dealing with the human figure.
FAR 104
THEMES AND ISSUES IN THE CONTEMPORARY ARTS
3; 3/0
Introduction to important figures, movements, and concepts in recent art, architecture, and design. Develops students’ abilities to visually analyze works of art and to think critically about the role of art and the artist/designer in society. This course is to be taken by all visual arts majors during their first year attending Buffalo State College.
FAR 210
INTRODUCTORY PAINTING
3, 4/0
Prerequisite: FAR 101.
Introduction to the methods, techniques, standards, and values of painting. Exploration of color, form, and compositional problems. Lecture and studio experiences.
FAR 220
INTRODUCTORY PHOTOGRAPHY
3, 0/6
Fundamentals of 35mm camera craft, black-and-white film developing, exposure metering, print finishing and presentation. Introduction to the use of Photoshop, Mac computer, film scanner, and ink jet printer for digital imaging. Lectures, darkroom, and fieldwork. Note: 35mm camera with built-in exposure meter and manual mode capability required.
FAR 230
INTRODUCTORY PRINTMAKING
3, 4/0
Prerequisite: FAR 101.
Introduction to printmaking and its basic processes and techniques, involving demonstrations, lectures, and studio experiences in one or more areas, such as intaglio, lithography, and relief.
FAR 240
INTRODUCTORY SCULPTURE
3, 4/0
Prerequisite: FAR 101.
The fundamentals of sculptural form. Additive, subtractive, and constructive approaches to sculpture through lecture and studio experiences.
FAR 250
ART HISTORY I
3, 3/0; ARIF
World history of painting, sculpture, architecture, and related arts from the Paleolithic period to the end of the medieval period.
FAR 251
ART HISTORY II
3, 3/0 ARIF
The history of painting, sculpture, architecture, and the related arts from the Renaissance to the modern period in Europe and the United States.
FAR 300
DRAWING III
3, 0/6
Prerequisite: FAR 102.
Continuation of FAR 102, with emphasis on the human figure and its relationship to an environment and pictorial structure. Lecture and studio experience. Course may be repeated twice.
FAR 311
INTERMEDIATE PAINTING I
3, 4/0
Prerequisite: FAR 210.
Continuation of FAR 210, working toward a greater awareness of a personal statement. Lecture and studio experience.
FAR 312
INTERMEDIATE PAINTING II
3, 4/0
Prerequisite: FAR 311.
Continuation of FAR 210 and FAR 311, allowing opportunity for more thorough fundamental awareness at a more intense concentration. Lecture and studio experience.
FAR 313
ADVANCED PAINTING
3, 4/0
Prerequisite: FAR 312.
Advanced painting, with media, style, and content based on individual needs. Concentration on individually selected areas of painting. Lecture and studio experience. Course may be repeated three times.
FAR 316
PAINTING IN SIENA
3, 4/0
Prerequisite: FAR 210 (for art credit); no prerequisite for non-art credit.
Upper-level painting course, taught in Siena, Italy. Students work at their level of experience, in the materials and techniques available in Siena.
FAR 321
INTERMEDIATE PHOTOGRAPHY I
3, 0/6
Prerequisite: FAR 220.
An intermediate course in photography emphasizing the making of creative images. Intermediate 35mm camera technique and the use of on-camera electronic flash are taught. The basic Zone system is taught to improve exposure metering skills, to introduce controls for monitoring the development of film, and to familiarize students with contrast curves used in Photoshop. Includes lectures, equipment demonstrations, computer instruction, and fieldwork. Note: 35mm camera with built-in exposure meter, electronic flash, and tripod required.
FAR 322
INTERMEDIATE PHOTOGRAPHY II
3, 0/6
Prerequisite: FAR 321.
Intermediate use of computer, Photoshop, film scanning, ink jet printing, and color management to make creative pictures. Builds upon intermediate skills and introduces digital camera use for computer-based imagemaking in photography. Introduces large-format ink-jet printing. Includes lectures, equipment demonstrations, and fieldwork. Note: Digital camera (5 megapixel or better), 35mm camera, electronic flash, and tripod required.
FAR 323
ADVANCED PHOTOGRAPHY
3, 4/0
Prerequisite: FAR 322.
Devoted to creative work in photography and its integration with digital technology. Advanced camera skills are taught using medium-format and digital cameras. Advanced film exposure and lighting techniques are taught, as well as basic use of Illustrator, Painter, and Poser software. A medium-format camera (120/220 film size), tripod, hand-held exposure meter, and oncamera and portable studio flash are required. An internship taken concurrently with the last semester of Advanced Photography is encouraged. Course may be repeated up to three times.
FAR 325
HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY
3, 3/0
The invention and development of photography from the early-nineteenth century to the present. Photography as art, science, communication, and influence upon social patterns and customs.
FAR 327
NONSILVER PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES
0, 3/0
Prerequisite: FAR 220.
Investigation of lightsensitive, nonsilver photographic processes: cyanotype, Vandyke brown, casein, and gum bichromate. Instruction in basic processes, followed by individually assigned problems. Papers, fabrics, and other working materials and supplies are provided by the student.
FAR 328
STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHY
3, 0/6
Prerequisite: FAR 220.
Introduction to current studio practices used to produce still photographs for commercial and other uses. Medium-format camera, view camera, and studio-lighting techniques. Emphasis on directed and fabricated photographic images. Professional-quality camera, hand-held light meter, and tripod required.
FAR 331
INTERMEDIATE PRINTMAKING I
3, 4/0
Prerequisite: FAR 230.
Continuation of FAR 230. Emphasis on personal expression and creative possibilities. Includes lecture, demonstrations, and studio experience.
FAR 332
INTERMEDIATE PRINTMAKING II
3, 0/6
Prerequisite: FAR 331.
Continued exploration of printmaking with emphasis on personal expression and creative possibilities. Includes lecture, demonstrations, and studio experience.
FAR 333
ADVANCED PRINTMAKING
3, 0/6
Prerequisites: FAR 331, FAR 332.
Advanced printmaking. Media determined by the student in consultation with the instructor. Includes lecture and studio experiences. May be repeated three times.
FAR 335
PAPERMAKING
3, 4/0
Prerequisite: One studio course in fine arts or design.
The theory and practice of handmade papermaking involving demonstrations, lectures, and studio experience. Required for B.F.A. printmaking majors.
FAR 341
INTERMEDIATE SCULPTURE I
3, 4/0
Prerequisite: FAR 240.
Further exploration of sculptural form with more complete study of numerous sculptural approaches and techniques. Practice in planning and executing sculpture projects.
FAR 342
INTERMEDIATE SCULPTURE II
3, 4/0
Prerequisite: FAR 341.
Continuation of FAR 341 with further emphasis on exploration of variations within each technique and approach. Development of personal modes of expression.
FAR 343
ADVANCED SCULPTURE
1, 4/0
Prerequisite: FAR 342.
Concentration on individually selected areas of development in sculpture based on personal interest, needs, and experience. May be repeated three times.
FAR 345
FIGURE MODELING
3, 4/0
Prerequisite: FAR 240.
Figure modeling as a basic sculptural discipline. Portrayal and interpretation of the human form. Anatomy lectures and work with live models.
FAR 346
SCULPTURE IN SIENA
3, 3/0
Prerequisite: FAR 240 (for art credit); no prerequisite for non-art credit.
Upper-level course in sculpture taught in Siena, Italy. Students work at their level of experience in the materials and techniques available in Siena.
FAR 351
ART OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
3, 3/0
Prerequisite: Junior status or permission of instructor.
Art of the ancient world from earliest prehistory through the Roman era. Styles and regional variations in Greek, Near Eastern, and Egyptian art within their cultural contexts. The Roman imprint on the civilizations of the Mediterranean and Near East and its multicultural effects.
FAR 352
ART AND CULTURE OF ISLAM
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: FAR 250, FAR 251.
The art of Islam in its cultural context, beginning in the seventh century A.D. and terminating in the twentieth century A.D. The development of Islamic art in relation to the Islamic system of life and belief, and regional variations in Islamic art, both sacred and secular, are explored throughout the eastern Mediterranean, the Medieval West, and the Near East.
FAR 353
ART AND CULTURE OF EGYPT AND THE NEAR EAST
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: FAR 250, FAR 251.
The ancient art and culture of Egypt and the Near East from their beginnings in the Neolithic period circa ninth millennium B.C. through the Roman conquest. The cultural and environmental context of art in Egypt and the Near East, with emphasis on the development of civilization in the fourth millennium B.C., on craft specialization, and on ethnic diversity resulting in regional styles in art.
FAR 354
ART AND CULTURE OF GREECE
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: FAR 250, FAR 251.
The history of art in the cultural and environmental context of Greece from its beginnings in the Neolithic period, ca. 6000 B.C. through the Roman Conquest (first century B.C.). The architecture, sculpture, painting, and minor arts of Greece studied in their cultural context.
FAR 355
ART AND CULTURE OF ROME
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: FAR 250, FAR 251.
The history of Roman art during its two main periods, the Republican period and the Roman Empire (ca. third century B.C. through fourth century A.D.). Consideration of early influences on the art and culture of Latium, including the art of the Near East and culture of the Villanovans and Etruscans, and the art of archaic, classical, and Hellenistic Greece.
FAR 356
EARLY MEDIEVAL ART
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: FAR 250, FAR 251.
The art and culture of Europe, Byzantium, and the Near East in the context of the development of Christianity from its early roots through the early twelfth century A.D. Regional forms in art, including sacred and secular building construction, manuscript illumination, metalworking, enameling, and sculpture are examined, with emphasis on historical context and religious and philosophical meaning.
FAR 357
LATE MEDIEVAL ART
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: FAR 250, FAR 251.
Architecture, sculpture, painting, and the decorative arts of the period from ca. 1100 A.D. through the end of the fourteenth century A.D. The new aesthetic of Gothic in the context of philosophical and theological developments in Western Europe, the Crusades, and the growth of cities.
FAR 358
EARLY RENAISSANCE ART IN ITALY
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: FAR 250, FAR 251, except in Siena.
Painting, sculpture, and architecture of fifteenth-century Italy. Special attention to Donatello, Brunelleschi, and Alberti. Consideration
FAR 359
HIGH RENAISSANCE AND MANNERISM
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: FAR 250, FAR 251.
Italian art and architecture of the sixteenth century. Special attention to Bramante, Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo, and the emergence of mannerism.
FAR 360
LATE GOTHIC AND RENAISSANCE ART
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: FAR 250, FAR 251.
Artistic production, including illuminated manuscripts, in the Netherlands, France, Germany, and England from the late fourteenth through the early sixteenth centuries.
FAR 361
ITALIAN BAROQUE ART
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: FAR 250, FAR 251.
Architecture, sculpture, and painting in Italy during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Emphasis on key centers such as Rome, Venice, Turin, and Naples.
FAR 362
NINETEENTH-CENTURY ART
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: FAR 250, FAR 251.
Architecture from the neoclassicism of the Adam brothers to the skyscraper. Painting from David to Cézanne in France, the Nazarenes, and pre-Raphaelites in Germany and England. Sculpture from Houdon and Canova to Rodin in relationship to the social, political, economic, and intellectual climate of the times.
FAR 363
TWENTIETH-CENTURY ART
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: FAR 250, FAR 251.
Major trends and works of the twentieth century. Emphasis on historical, artistic, judgmental, and cultural meanings as they reflect twentieth-century and past civilizations. Includes painting, sculpture, architecture, and other areas.
FAR 364
ART AFTER 1940
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: FAR 250, FAR 251.
Survey of modern and contemporary art in the United States and Europe from approximately 1940 to the present. Painting, sculpture, performance, and video art will be examined in terms of style and/or political-historical contexts. Among others, the course examines the art of Jackson Pollack, Andy Warhol, Lucian Freud, Romare Bearden, Maya Lin, Cindy Sherman, and Mark Tansey.
FAR 365
AMERICAN ART I
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: FAR 250, FAR 251.
Architecture, painting, and sculpture in the United States from the seventeenth century to World War I.
FAR 367
BAROQUE OF NORTHERN EUROPE
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: FAR 250, FAR 251.
Architecture, sculpture, and painting of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in Northern Europe. Emphasis on development in France, Holland, and Germany.
FAR 368
OTTONIAN AND ROMANESQUE ART
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: FAR 250, FAR 251.
Architecture, sculpture, painting, and decorative arts of Europe from the origins of a Romanesque style in the eleventh century through its culmination in the late twelfth century, from the era of the Bayeux Tapestry and the churches of Pilgrimage Road to the age of Abbot Suger.
FAR 369
ART OF THE MIDDLE AGES
3, 3/0
Prerequisite: Junior status or permission of instructor.
Art of the Middle Ages from the early Christian period through the end of the Gothic period (ca. third century A.D. through fourteenth century A.D.). Reading, analysis, lecture and discussion of the styles, cultural contexts, and regional variations in the medieval art of Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Near East.
FAR 370
METHODS IN ART HISTORY
3, 3/0
Prerequisite: Junior status or permission of instructor.
The history of methods in art historical research and an introduction to the range of methodologies that have contributed to the development of art historical practice in the twentieth century.
FAR 371
ART CRITICISM AND THEORY
3, 3/0
Prerequisite: Junior status or permission of instructor.
Modern and postmodern art criticism and theory in a historical context; reading, analysis, lecture, and discussion of selected texts pertaining to formalism, iconography and semiotics, modernism, postmodernism, media and communication, gender, the “other,” and institutional critique.
FAR 372
MASTERWORKS OF ARCHITECTURE
3, 0/0
Introduction to masterworks of architecture, emphasizing architecture as a living organism. Buildings selected from various periods and cultures. Styles from early civilizations to the present day, including places of worship and interment, public and commercial structures, and private residences.
FAR 375
INTRODUCTION TO ASIAN ART
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: FAR 250, FAR 251, upper-division status.
The principle concepts in the art of China, Japan, and India. The relevance of the philosophies of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Zen tradition, Taoism, and Confucianism to the development of Asian art. Brief histories of civilizations as frameworks for understanding aesthetic and philosophical Asian concepts.
FAR 376
INDIAN ART
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: FAR 250, FAR 251, upper-division status.
Introduction to the principal thoughts and concepts of the art of India and its relevance to the philosophies of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. Includes comparisons with Western art and a brief history of Indian civilization as a framework for the understanding of Indian aesthetic and philosophical concepts as presented in works of art.
FAR 377
ART OF CHINA AND JAPAN
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: FAR 250, FAR 251, upper-division status.
Introduction to the principal thoughts and concepts of Chinese and Japanese art, and its relevance to the philosophies of Buddhism, Zen tradition, Taoism, and Confucianism. Includes comparisons with Western art and brief histories of Eastern civilizations as frameworks for the understanding of Eastern aesthetic and philosophical concepts as presented in works of art.
FAR 380
ART OF AFRICA
3, 3/0
The history of art in Africa from prehistory through the twentieth century. Arts from diverse regions of the continent are examined in their cultural context, with an emphasis on local and regional variations in style and iconography in the domestic, sacred, and royal arts. African responses to the development of slavery, imperialism, and other external stimuli are considered in relation to the use and trade of raw materials and the creation of new symbolic forms.
FAR 400
DRAWING IV
3, 0/6
Prerequisite: FAR 300.
Advanced drawing with media and content based on individual needs. Concentration on individually selected area of development in drawing. Use of model. Lecture and studio experiences. Course may be repeated twice.
FAR 410
SENIOR STUDIO IN PAINTING
6, 8/0
Prerequisites: FAR 313, painting major, senior status.
A 6-credit-hour concentration of studio work. Students plan and execute a series of problems and projects in consultation with major adviser.
FAR 420
SENIOR STUDIO IN PHOTOGRAPHY
6, 0/12
Prerequisites: FAR 323, photography major, senior status.
A 6-credit-hour concentration of studio work by the senior major in photography. Students outline, plan, and execute a complex and related series of pictures to be made during the semester, which result in a skillful, intelligent, and coherent body of work.
FAR 430
SENIOR STUDIO IN PRINTMAKING
6, 8/0
Prerequisites: FAR 333, printmaking major, senior status.
A 6-credit-hour concentration of studio work. Students plan and execute a series of problems and projects in consultation with major adviser.
FAR 440
SENIOR STUDIO IN SCULPTURE
6, 8/0
Prerequisites: FAR 343, sculpture major, senior status.
A 6-credit-hour concentration of studio work. Students plan and execute a series of problems and projects in consultation with major adviser.
FAR 469
ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN SIENA
3, 0/0
Firsthand study of Gothic and Renaissance art in Siena, Italy. Includes classroom lectures and visits to the city’s major monuments and collections.
FAR 470
SENIOR SEMINAR IN FINE ARTS
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: FAR 313, FAR 323, FAR 333, or FAR 343; fine arts major.
Final evaluative process regarded as a culminating experience in the program. Discussions and lectures in major areas. Theory and significance of selected problems. Critical analysis of the student’s work resulting in the preparation of a professional portfolio.
FAR 471
SENIOR SEMINAR IN ART HISTORY
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: FAR 454, FAR 457, FAR 459; senior status; art history major; or permission of instructor.
Readings, discussions, and research on selected problems in the history of art from antiquity to the twentieth century. Emphasis on gathering and interpreting source material.
FAR 590
INDEPENDENT STUDY
3, 3/0
Independent pursuit of the development of a particular project in the discipline of fine arts. Student, adviser, and instructor develop contractual arrangements for project completion.
FAR 600
GRADUATE STUDIO IN DRAWING
3, 0/6
Individual concentration in drawing for advanced students; emphasizes growing facility of expression, application to painting and graphic arts; tutorial relationship with instructor; related study and gallery visits; extra class assignments, including minimum studio hours equal to class hours. May be
taken up to three times.
FAR 610
GRADUATE STUDIO IN PAINTING
3, 0/6
Individual activities in painting for advanced students; emphasizes personal growth and mastery of chosen media; tutorial relationship with instructor; studio and outdoor problems; use of models; related study and gallery visits; extra class assignments, including minimum studio hours equal to class
hours. May be taken up to three times.
FAR 620
GRADUATE STUDIO IN
PHOTOGRAPHY
3, 0/6
Advanced black-and-white and color photography (including digital format) as a form of expression, as illustration, as event recording, as a teaching aid, and as used in publications; tutorial relationship with instructor; extra class assignments, including minimum studio hours equal to class hours. May be
taken up to three times.
FAR 630
GRADUATE STUDIO IN
PRINTMAKING
3, 0/6
Advanced work in printmaking: relief, intaglio, planographic, serigraphic processes; related drawing and design considerations; parallel studies of graphic artists; care of equipment; tutorial relationship with instructor; extra class assignments, including minimum studio hours equal to class hours.
May be taken up to three times.
FAR 640
GRADUATE STUDIO IN SCULPTURE
3, 0/6
General studio in advanced sculpture, using additive, subtractive, and constructive methods; continued personal development in such media as clay, plaster, wood, stone, metal; tutorial relationship with instructor; extra class assignments, including minimum studio hours equal to class hours. May be taken up to three times.
FAR 690
MASTER’S PROJECT
3, 3/0
A study undertaken by one or more individuals on a problem of special interest, aimed at making a special contribution to fine arts; may be presented, in part, as an exhibition of materials collected or prepared—including a major exhibition of artwork related to study—with theories and findings reported in an acceptable form according to directions given by the Fine Arts Department.
FAR 695
MASTER’S THESIS
6, 0/0