ARTD 07 - History of Graphic Design

    Recent Professors
    Alana Perlin
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026
    Class Size
    50 students
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisite
    Previously taken ENGL-C1000 (formerly ENGL-01A) is advised.
    Fall 2026 Sections
    View Fall 2026 sections of ARTD 07
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3A · IGETC Area 3A · CSU GE Area C1
    Description
    <b><font color="7A0018">Begins Fall 2025</b></font><br> This survey course encompasses graphic art forms from the development of written language to contemporary digital media across a range of cultural perspectives. The class explores formative printed media and Gutenberg press book design from illuminated manuscripts through the Renaissance, Victorian era and Art Nouveau graphics and critical theory from the modernist era through postmodernism and the digital revolution.