FINE 317 Canadian Art Canadian Art
inter-Disciplinary Social Science
82 courses in the 1979–80 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Art
inter-Disciplinary Social Science
A comparative survey of Prehistoric and Ancient Art, . and of Oriental, African, New World, and Oceanian Art, emphasizing visual form as an expression of its historical and cultural context.
A comparative survey of Western Art from the Classical to the Modern period, emphasizing visual form as an expression of its historical and cultural context.
An introduction to the fundamental principles and concepts of visual art, through a series of experimental studio problems in two and three dimensional materials and media.
Lab fee.
A continuation of Fine 120 with emphasis on colour Prereq: Fine 120
An examination of the history of Modern Art from the late 18th century up to the time of Impressionism.
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A continuation of Fine 210, commencing with impressionism and proceeding through the major trends of the early 20th century up to the contemporary period.
A survey of painting, sculpture, and architecture, especially in Florence and Siena, starting with Giotto and his contemporaries and covering innovations in perspective, anatomy, and iconography through the end of the 15th century.
A continuation of Fine 212 starting with the masters of the High Renaissance, Leonardo, Raphael and Michelangelo, and proceeding through Mannerism, Baroque and Rococo in Florence, Venice and Rome.
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An examination of the art of the United States from the seventeenth century up to the modern period.
Prereq: Fine 110/111 or consent of the instructor.
A survey that begins with the paintings of the catacombs and ends with late Gothic book illumination- Prereq: Fine 111 or consent of instructor.
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An exploration of the problems and possibilities of painting as a vehicle for serious creative expression. The fundamentals of composition and painting techniques will be presented through a series of studio - projects. Lab fee.
Prereq: Fine 120/121 or consent of instructor -
A continuation of the studio projects begun in Fine Arts 220 with a greater emphasis on the development of individual expression.
Lab Fee. Prereq: Fine 220 or consent of instructor
An introduction to clay sculpture. Three-dimensional form will be explored with the emphasis on the handling of clay as an expressive medium enhanced by surface treatment. Primitive reduction and Raku firing methods will be used to understand basic clay and glaze reactions to heat.
Prereq: Fine 120/121 lab fee
An introduction to multi-media sculpture. Additive and subtractive use of wood, metal and plaster casting, together with a mastery of three-dimensional forms in-a variety of media.
Prereq: Fine 222, lab fee
Three dimensional studies from the model. Hollow fired, terra-cotta portraiture and cement fondu casting of the human figure. Lab fee
Prereq: consent of instructor
Half the time will be devoted to drawing from the model and the remainder to a series of drawing concepts. At least one field trip will be included: Art Gallery of Ontario or the Albright Knox in Buffalo. Lab fee.
Prereq: Fine 120/121
Analytical and expressive drawing in a variety of media. Lab fee.
Prereq: Fine 120/121
Introduction to materials and methods of printmaking. Current offerings are given below.
An intreduction to basic intaglio techniques including etching and engraving through workshops, class demonstrations and field trips.
Lab Fee. Prereq: Fine 120/121 or consent of instructor.
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Course Descriptions Fine Arts Art
An introduction to relief printing including collograph, wood block, lino cut and type using press and non-press materials to make print images in a series of workshops, demonstrations and field trips.
Lab fee.
Prereq: Fine 226A or permission of instructor.
An introduction to screen printing, with emphasis on exploration of ink properties and stencil techniques. Lab fee.
Prereq: Fine 120/121 or consent of instructor.
Through studio experiences, students will learn techniques for making accurate scale drawings of biological subjects in line and value, using various . media. Methods of preparing drawings for reproduction will be included.
The history, design and practice of various applied arts will be explored in slide lectures and studio projects. Specific arts will vary from year to year; current offerings are given below.
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Basic introduction to the field of audio visual media including film and photographic techniques. Photo supplies, film stock and processing at students expense. .
Intended for Fine Arts majors; Admission by consent of instructor.
Practical Introduction to film techniques. Theory, experiments and assignments in script writing, production planning, directing, editing and camera work. Further differentiation in film forms.
Prereq: Fine 234 or consent of instructor
General history of world cinema in its silent era (1885-1928), covering the work of outstanding directors, important movements and the contribution to the film medium as an independent art form. (Regular screening of a variety of films.) Film fee.
A continuation of Fine 244. The expression of film history into the sound era (since 1929) including the most recent period. (Regular screening of a variety of films). Film fee.
A theological approach to the study of film as a world transforming phenomenon for man. An assessment of film's special characteristics as an art form capable of addressing man’s quest for a significant existence. Consideration of a wide range of films and directors, with particular emphasis on Ingmar Bergman. Film fee 5.00
An exploration of selected themes - death, evil, guilt, fate, alienation, love, redemption - in the films of several of today’s leading directors: Bunuel, Pasolini, Kurosawa, Fellini, Antonioni, Polanski. Film fee $5.00
Asurvey of the art and architecture of the ancient Greek world from the Minoan to the Hellenistic periods. Consult Classics listings
A survey of the art and architecture of the Roman world from Etruscan to Imperial times.
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An in-depth study with particular emphasis on the character of Neoclassic, Romantic and Realist art. Honours Arts History majors interested in 19th-century are encouraged to use the course as preparation for their 4th year Honours presentation.
Prereq: Fine 210 or consent of instructor.
Course Descriptions 305 Fine Arts Art
The arts and crafts of Canadian Indian and Inuit (Eskimo) peoples are examined with slide fectures, films, and student presentations.
An examination of Canadian Art extending through the important styles of settlers, especially from Britain and France, in the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, to the development of the nationalist styles of early twentieth century, culminating in contemporary Canadian art.
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A seminar exploring the contemporary avant garde art movements through critical analysis, historical correlation, discussions with artists and trips to Toronto and New York. Topics covered will include environmental sculpture, conceptual trends, earth works, performance, technology, postal art, and the business aspects of art.
No prerequisite.
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Drawing upon the experience gained in Fine 220/221 this course will emphasize the student's individual development as a beginning painter, through independent problems, along with class discussions and individual critiques. Lab fee.
Prereq: Fine 220/221 or consent of instructor.
An exploration of the technique of watercolour painting
. aS ameans of creating both non-objective and
representational forms on a two-dimensional surface. Prereq: Fine 220 or consent of instructor.
A continuation of Fine Arts 320 with a further emphasis on independent problems. Lab fee.
Prereq: Fine 320 or consent of instructor.
An exploration of sculpture problems in a variety of media as vehicles for serious creative expression. Wood, metal, glass and soapstone will be used for visual portrayal of spatial. ideas.
Prereq: Fine 222/223 lab fee
Organization and integration of sculptural concepts in clay to develop a series of representational or abstract sculptures. Clay and glaze technology for oxidation stoneware firing will be stressed.
Prereq: Fine 322
A two and three dimensional study of the various aspects of assemblage, including visual poetry, processes, events, conceptualization, and structuralism.
A course in which drawing is investigated as a means of expression and communication. The human figure, objects, and the landscape will be studied as sources of artistic imagery. The student will be encouraged to experiment with imagery, to develop personal vision, and to devise individual formal means of expression. Lab Fee. Prereq: Fine Arts 224 or consent of Instructor.
Continuation of Fine 324.
A continuation of printmaking concepts developed in relief/intaglio printing with emphasis on projects/portfolios and individual experimentation. Lab Fee. Prereq: Fine 226A and one of Fine 226B or Fine 226C or consent of Instructor.
Advanced studio in screen printing, with emphasis on photographic stencil techniques.
Lab Fee, Prereq: Fine 226C and one of Fine 226A or Fine 226B or consent of Instructor.
Course Descriptions Fine Arts Art
A senior printmaking studio in relief/intaglio printing with emphasis on projects and individual experimentation.
Lab Fee. Prereq: Fine 326A or consent of Instructor.
A continuation of Fine 326C with emphais on independent problems.in large format printing.
Lab Fee. Prereq: Fine 326C or consent of Instructor.
A study of the art of written forms, combining studio projects with slide lectures on the history of writing, illuminating, and lettering. Students will strive for mastery in various calligraphic forms including Roman, Uncial, Gothic, Italic and Fraktur.
Studio work in techniques and theory of book illustration, together with slide lectures on the history of printed forms.
Prereq: Consent of Instructor.
Further exploration in documentary fitm, Visual significance, motivation and other aspects of script writing.
Film stock and processing paid by students.
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This course will deal with the classical period of the French film (the 1940's and 50’s) and will incorporate discussions of filmmakers such as Jean Renoir, Max Ophuls, Jean Cocteau, Marcel Carne, Rene Clement, Claude Autant-Lara, Jacques Becker, Jacques Tati, Robert Bresson.
Prereq: Another film course or consent of Instructor.
This course will be concerned with the well known international phenomenon of “new wave’. It will deal with the works of cineastes like Jean-Luc Godard, Eric Rohmer, Francois Truffaut, Claude Chabrol, Louis Malle, Alain Resnais, Claude Lelouch, Pierre Etaix, Jacques Rivette and Agnes Varda. It will also study the influence of the ‘new wave” movement on other fiimmakers during the 1960’s.
Prereq: Another film course or consent of Instructor.
Special topics will be announced from year to year.
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Research and reading courses under the direction of individual instructors.
Admission by consent of Instructor.
For students planning a Senior Honours Presentation in Art History as it is currently understood. Students wiil examine methods of formal and stylistic analysis, iconographical interpretation and the application of social and political history to understanding of works of art. Required of all art history majors who take Fine 490/491.
Prereq: Consent of Instructor.
Research and reading courses under the direction of individual instructors.
Admission by consent of Instructor.
Studio and practice under the direction of individual instructors.
Admission by consent of Instructor.
Course Descriptions 307
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Art
Studio and practice courses under the direction of individual instructors.
Admission by consent of Instructor.
Admission by consent of instructor.
Admission by consent of instructor.
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Admission by consent of instructor
Admission by consent of instructor.
Admission by consent of instructor.
Admission by consent of instructor.
Each student will work under the direction of a Fine Arts faculty member on an advanced creative project: The result of this endeavour will be presented in the form of an exhibition or its equivalent (i.e.: film, illustrated book, portfolio, or essay), which will be examined by faculty members of Fine Arts and also where pertinent, by members of other departments.
Required of all students in Honours Fine Arts
Admission by permission only
Admission by permission only
Fine Arts (Music)
Associate Professor, Undergraduate Officer W.R. Maust, 8S (Eastern Mennonite), BM (Peabody Conservatory), MM, PhD (Indiana University)
Associate Professor H. Martens, BA, MA (Minnesota), PhD (Columbia)
Lecturer L. Enns, BSM (CMBC), BMus (Wat.Luth.), MMus (Northwestern)
Part-time Lecturers -
K. Hull, BA (Waterloo), BMus(W.Ont)
M. Jarrett
A. Martin, BMus (Toronto), MMus (Eastman)
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