7 courses in the 1968–69 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Nancy-Lou Patterson, (Mrs.) B.A. (Washington) Assistant Professor and Acting Chairman
Rosalind A. Beard, B.A. (Liverpool), M.A. (Alberta) Assistant Professor Helen Martens, B.A., M.A. {Minnesota} Assistant Professor G Notes.
Fine Arts is a programme of service courses in Art, Film, and Music, together with related courses cross-listed from other departments.
Students from any faculty may take courses in Fine Arts on an elective basis with the consent of their departments, or as a part of their regular programme where their departments so direct.
Students interested in Art are encouraged to consider the following courses: Classical Civilization 350, Classical Civilization 370, Philosophy 331, and Sociology 312*.
Undergraduate Courses
Art
A comparative survey of the history of world art, from prehistoric times to the present, emphasizing visual form as an expression of its historical and cultural context. The major works of world art and architecture (including non-Western art) will be examined and discussed, using slides.
3 lectures.
An introduction to the fundamental principles and concepts of visual art, through a series of experimental studio projects in two and three dimensional materials and media, with an examination of contemporary theories of visual perception, and the dynamics of visual form, using class discussion, films, studio participation, and independent projects.
4 hours studio work weekly.
A study of the art of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, examining the origins and directions of modern art from neo-classicism through the most recent trends, tracing the various movements and analysing the works of outstanding individual artists, using slides, films, readings from related literature, and student presentations.
3 lectures.
An introductory survey of the visual art and architecture of Judaism and Christianity in the Common Era. The development and subsequent changes of style in places of worship and ceremonial objects and ornaments, and the changing forms of religious expression through visual art, will be studied.
3 lectures.
Fine Arts
A study of Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic world art, aspects of Bronze Age Europe, Asia, and the Near East, the art of the African continent, the North and South-American Indians in pre-Columbian and colonial times, and Australia-~Oceania, together with related fields such as folk art, naive art, and child art.
3 lectures.
Film
A study of film forms: scriptwriting, the medium, creation of ideas, the documentary and the poetic aspects of film, photography (including opportunity for students to experiment with film which they provide, use, and process at their own expense), and methodology.
2 hours weekly (plus 4 hours project work outside of class).