LECTURES

Topics covered include Asian, Oceanic, Contemporary and more. Images are included throughout to provide examples and supplement learning.
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Lectures: Text

Laurie Seban

Aug 26, 2020
11 min

Elements of Style in Visual Arts

Overview: Discussion of terms used in the formal analysis of visual arts. The elements of art are the building blocks traditionally used...

Laurie Seban

Aug 19, 2020
6 min

Contact

What are the characteristics of a civilization—are they relative? In Western European culture and history, the markers have been...

Laurie Seban

Aug 18, 2020
4 min

Context

Context is derived from the Latin contextus, which refers to "weaving, joining, structure"--basically the meaning of the work as it...