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Syllabi are for course approval and reference only. Students will receive up-to-date syllabi when their courses begin.

Students enroll in Landscape Painting and one of the following electives. Each course carries four Boston University credits. Students must enroll for a total of eight credits.

Required Course

CFA AR 426 Landscape Painting
Students will paint in oil colors, although in individual cases students may substitute acrylic paint. Students are encouraged to bring watercolor supplies for work on their own. Previous painting experience is required. 4 cr. Syllabus

Elective Courses

CAS IP 400 Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Art
This course examines the history of painting, sculpture, and architecture in Tuscany from 1250-1505. The course will focus on master works of Italian painting, sculpture, and architecture which constitute major contributions to Western art. 4 cr. Syllabus

CAS LI 111/112 First/Second-Semester Italian
Student enrollments determine which of these courses will be taught. 4 cr. Syllabus

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Faculty

Nora Lehmann is a painter, and was Artist-in-Residence at Boston University's School of Visual Arts in 2006-2007, where she taught painting and drawing. She received a BA magna cum laude in Visual and Environmental Studies from Harvard University in 2000, and her MFA in Painting from the Yale School of Art in 2006, where she was awarded the Paul Harper Residency at the Vermont Studio Center for excellence in painting. Prior to attending Yale, she worked as a Teaching Fellow for 3 years in the Visual and Environmental Studies department at Harvard, for painting, drawing and printmaking classes. She had her debut solo show, 'Corpora Nova,' at the Sherman Gallery at Boston University in the fall of 2007. Most recently, her work was selected to be in 'New Art 2008' at the Michael Price Gallery in Boston, a nationwide competition juried by Rachel Rosenfeld Lafo, curator at the DeCordova Museum.

Mark Aeschliman holds degrees in Italian and art history. Previous to his current position at the American School in Switzerland, he has taught at the University of Pennsylvania, at Phillips Academy, Andover, and in Tuscany for the University of Virginia’s Erasmus-Jefferson Scholar Program, and in the Tuscan Classical Academy. He teaches both Italian and Renaissance Art History in the BU Tuscany Landscape Painting Program, and serves as its Director. He is also an exhibiting artist.

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