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Apr 19, 2024
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FNAR 6307 - Chemistry and Technology in Art: From Antiquity to the Industrial Revolution
Credits: 3
Students become acquainted with the major developments in science and technology through the ages and learn how these developments influenced materials and techniques used in art. Includes discussions on various artists’ materials such as dyes and pigments, clays, metals and alloys, glasses, and coatings and adhesives. The major art forms that employ these materials include painting, dyeing of textiles, manuscript illumination, glass and metalwork, and ceramics. Original sources from antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and more modern periods are used to learn how various materials were prepared and applied in art. This course may be applied to the following curricular field concentrations: communication, media, and technology; arts and cultural traditions.
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