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ARTH 1012 - History of Graphic Design

Credits: 3

Students will study Graphic Design as a component of visual language within historical context, identifying graphic arts within the history of art and articulating its aesthetic import and contributions to cultural development. Links between socio-political phenomena, the development of advertising and propaganda art, visual literacy, perception, type design and design practice will be examined. Course modules focus on a survey of graphic design from the invention of writing to the present, from Pre-historic cave imagery to the current digital age, the achievements that laid the groundwork for the contemporary practices of graphic design will be introduced to the student through the works of leading graphic designers, art directors, illustrators, photographers, and typographers. Major styles will be analyzed and compared, and influences identified.

Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENG 1010  OR permission of the graphic design coordinator
General Education Code: Arts and Humanities (ARHX)
Elective Code(s): LART
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