98 courses in the 1989–90 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
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.
Course Descriptions 16:61 Environmental Studies
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 examination of the history of Modern Art from the late 18th century up to the time of impressionism. .
A continuation of FINE 210, commencing with impressionism and proceeding through the major trends of the early 20th century up to the contemporary period.
Art 1 A survey of the innovations in European painting, sculpture, and architecture between 1260 and 1500.
Prereq: FINE 111 or consent of instructor
2 A continuation of FINE 212 starting with the masters of the High Renaissance and concluding with the art of the Mannerists.
Prereq: FINE 212 or consent of
instructor
and Gothic Art.
Prereq: FINE 111 or consent of instructor
A study of 17th-century painting, sculpture and architecture in Italy, Spain, Flanders, France and Holland.
Prereq: FINE 111 or consent of instructor
A study of painting, sculpture, graphic arts and architecture in 18th century Europe.
16:62 Course Descriptions Fine Arts
An approach to understanding the myths, symbols and spirituality of Indian religion through a study of representative art, Architecture and folk literature of Hinduism, Jainism, and Indian Buddhism. Consult Religious Studies Cross-listed as RS 269
A survey that begins with the art of British and French settlers in the 17th century’and concludes with developments in contemporary Canadian Art.
A survey of the art and architecture of
the ancient Greek world from the
Minoan to the Hellenistic periods. Consult Classical Studies Cross-listed as CLAS 351
A survey of the art and architecture of the Roman world from Etruscan to Imperial times. Consult Classical Studies Cross-listed as CLAS 352
19th-Century Art
A seminar course that examines the Neoclassic and Romantic currents of art between 1750 and 1850.
The arts and crafts of Canadian Indian and Inuit peoples are examined with slide lectures, films, and student presentations.
An historical survey of Canadian ethnic.
Folk and traditional arts and crafts with
particular focus on the ethnic and tradi-
tional arts of the Waterloo Region. Admission by consent of instructor
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.
1900-1940 A study of the major innovations in early 20th-century painting, sculpture and architecture. Honours Art History majors interested in the modern period are encouraged to use this course as preparation for the fourth-year Honours presentation.
Prereq: FINE 211 or consent of instructor
1940-1960
A survey of the major movements during the 20 year period following the beginning of World War Il, including Op Art, Action Painting, the Beat Consciousness; Happenings, Pop Art, Assembiage, Post-Painterly Abstraction and Field Painting, and Kinetic and Light Sculpture.
The development, design, documentation, security, conservation, installation, and interpretation of arts and craft exhibitions will be explored through lectures on the history, purpose and function of fine arts exhibitions; gallery visits; student projects; and the creation and presentation of an actual exhibition.
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. Students will examine methods of formal and Stylistic analysis, iconographical interpretation and the application of social and political history to the understanding of works of art. Required of all art history majors who take FINE 490/491 and 490A.
Admission by consent of instructor.
Research and reading courses under
the direction of individual instructors. Admission by consent of instructor.
Admission by consent of instructor.
Admission by consent of instructor.
Course description on last page of Studio Offerings.
As in Fine Arts 390A, each student will
work under the direction of a Fine Arts
faculty member on an advanced
research project. Required of all fourth-
year general art history majors. Admission by permission only.
Listed without a description.
A continuation of FINE 490A.
FILM STUDIES OFFERINGS
General history of world cinema in its silent and early sound era, covering the work of outstanding directors, national productions and movements, and their contribution to the film medium's development into a prominent art form of the 20th century. Regular film screenings.
A continuation of FINE 250. From the beginnings of the modern sound cinema (Welles) to the contemporary period. Regular film screenings.
An exploration of spiritual themes and issues in the cinema. An assessment of film's special characteristics as an art form capable of addressing the human quest for a significant existence. Emphasis upon the films of Ingmar Bergman.
Cross-listed as R S 266
A consideration of selected themes — death, evil, quilt, fate, alienation, courage, love, redemption — in the films of several of today’s leading directors. Emphasis upon a variety of directors from divergent cultural backgrounds.
Cross-listed as R S 267
Cinema as “prophetic voice”, exploring the films of various directors as they pertain to selected themes which include technology and dehumanization, individual and collective goals, social realities and dreams, and the quest for individual and cultural identity.
A study of Canadian film, from 1895 to .the present, based on the screening and analysis of selected films. This is a WLU course for Film Studies Majors/Minors only.
A study of major works (English subti- * tles) of the German cinema, beginning
with the “golden age” of the 1920's and
emphasizing the New German Cinema
created by directors such as Fass-
binder, Wenders, Herzog, Straub.
Schténdoroff and others.
This is a WLU course for Film Studies Majors/Minors only
A study of the technical problems of
filmmaking, leading to the writing.
production and editing of a silent film. This is a WLU course for Film
Studies Majors/Minors only
A study of the principles of sound
recording for film and of the colour labo-
ratory and its techniques. The students
will produce a short colour/sound film. Prereq: FINE 270W, any other film
course or consent of instructor
* This is a WLU course for Film Studies Majors/Minors only
A study of major achievements of the French cinema after World War Il. Discussion and comparison of the two main creative impulses of the period: the “Academic tradition” of the 40's and 50's, and the rebellious nouvelle vague of the 60's. (Bresson, Carné, Ophils, Renoir, Chabrol, Godard, Malle, Truffaut, Resnais, and others.) Regular film screenings.
Examination of the development of the motion picture art in Central and Eastern Europe after World War Il. Selected work of prominent directors of Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, the USSR, and Yugoslavia will be discussed (Chytilova, Forman, Jancs6, Makavejev, Tarkovsky, Wajda, and others). Regular.film screenings.
A chronological survey of one of the richest and most intriguing of film genres. Discussion of its aesthetic, philosophical and cinematic aspects. Film screenings will present major international works in this genre (Godard, Kubrick, Lang, Marker, Siegel, Tarkovsky, Truffaut and other directors). Regular film screenings.
A study of major achievements of the Italian cinema in its post-Neo-Realist period. Discussion of the works of major directors since the late 1950's. Antonioni, Bertolucci, Fellini, Olmi, Taviani, Rosi, Visconti and others. Regular film screenings. "
Special topics will be announced from year to year.
This course introduces students to significant aspects of modern German culture through film, and links this study with that of literature. It involves viewing and analyzing films and establishing a connection to related literary and cultural traditions.
Prereq: Open to all students above first year
Cross-listed as GER 300
Taught in English
Examination of principles of the audiovisual language and the main structural elements of the cinematic work. Discussion of the relationship between film, television and other arts/media. Regular film screenings.
Course Descriptions 16:63 Fine Arts
Development of critical judgment and expression in the area of film and television. Investigation of the role of motion pictures and TV in society. Review of major theories (Eisenstein, Bazin, Metz, Kracauer, Esslin). Regular film screenings.
FINE 380Z and 381Z
Film Studies Seminar
These two courses will offer an introduction to key aspects of motion picture and TV production, film preservation and restoration with visits to studios, film archives, film museums. Screening of selected quality films will be complemented by discussions focussing on material unavailable in Canada. Direct contact between course participants and scholars/students. (Three weeks in Paris and London.)
Research and reading courses under
the direction of individual instructors. Admission by consent of instructor.
Research and reading courses under
the direction of individual instructors. Admission by consent of instructor.
Film screenings. ; . Admission by consent of instructor.
Film screenings.
Admission by consent of instructor.
Course description on last page of Studio Offerings.
Course description in Art History offerings.
Course description on last page of Studio Offerings.
16:64 Course Descriptions Fine Arts
STUDIO OFFERINGS
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.
A continuation of FINE 120 with emphasis on colour.
Prereq: FINE 120
An exploration of the problems and possibilities of painting as a vehicle for serious creative expression. The fundamentals of composition and painting techriques will be presented through a series of studio projects.
Prereq: FINE 120/121 or consent of instructor
An exploration of the technique of watercolour painting as a means of creating both non-objective and representational forms on a two-dimensional surface.
Prereq: FINE 120/121
A continuation of the studio projects begun in FINE 220 with a greater emphasis on the development of individual expression.
Prereq: FINE 220 or consent of instructor
An introduction to sculpture. Threedimensional form will be explored with the emphasis on the handling of clay and wood as an expressive medium enhanced by surface treatment. Prereq: FINE 120/121
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 120/121
Using a variety of clay bodies and firing techniques, students will explore figurative and abstract sculptural concepts, to develop a working knowledge of clay as a sculptural medium.
Students will make analytical and
expressive drawings in a variety of
media, in order to develop accurate
observation and understanding of form. Prereg: FINE 120/121
Analytical figure drawing from the model will be combined with a study of human anatomy for artists.
Prereq: FINE 120/121
Introduction to materials and methods of printmaking. Current offerings are given below.
An introduction to basic intaglio techniques including etching and engraving through workshops and class demonstrations.
Prereq: FINE 120/121 or consent of instructor
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 and demonstrations.
Prereq: FINE 120 or permission of instructor
An introduction to screen printing, with emphasis on exploration of ink properties and stencil techniques.
Prereq: FINE 120 or consent of instructor
Perspective Drawing, Rendering of geometric forms, and techniques of accurate drawing of biological subjects in line, value, and colour, using various drawing media.
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.
The history of textile arts and problems of design for textile media will be explored combining lectures and studio projects in both 2 and 3 dimensional expressive forms. Traditional textile materials and methods will be applied to the creation of. contemporary expressive and autonomous forms. Students will supply their own materials.
A study of contemporary and historical images and effigies in art, ritual, and popular culture, and a series of studio projects in which images are constructed.
A studio course using applied graphics techniques, including illustration, typographic composition, and perspective drawing. Methods of preparing work for reproduction will also be explored.
Introduction to photographic techniques
for use as a tool for artists. Basic tech-
niques will be taught through a series of
exercises, with emphasis on applica-
tions for creative artistic expression and
documentation. Intended for Fine Arts
majors. Supplies at student's expense. Prereq: FINE 120/121
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 selected from among historic styles such as Roman, Uncial, Bookhand, Gothic, Italic and Fraktur.
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An introduction to the use of the computer for monochrome and colour two dimensional image generation and manipulation. Students will produce 35mm colour transparencies and colour photographic prints to document their work. Interided for Fine Arts majors. Prereq: FINE 120 or consent of instructor
Drawing upon the experience gained in
FINE 220/221 this course will empha-
size the student's individual develop-
ment as a beginning painter, through
independent problems, along with class
discussions and individual critiques. Prereq: FINE 220/221 or consent of
instructor
A continuation of Fine arts 320 with a further emphasis on independent problems.
Prereq: FINE 320 or consent of instructor
An exploration of sculpture problems in a variety of media as vehicles for serious creative expression.
Prereq: FINE 222/223
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.
Prereq: FINE 224 or consent of instructor
An introduction to plate lithography with the emphasis on printmaking as a vehicle for serious creative expression. Integration with other forms of printmaking can be explored by senior printmakers.
Admission by permission of instructor.
A combination of tradition and experiment with the letter as art form. Students will work with traditional materials and explore new or unusual materials or combinations of materials. They will also be encouraged to develop their own classical or experimental projects.
A continuation of FINE 228D, a critical
exploration of commercial illustration.
type and symbol of design, multi colour
print reproduction and various other
advanced graphics techniques. Prereq: FINE 228D
A continuation of FINE 228H and an introduction to three dimensional image generation and manipulation. Students will produce 35mm transparencies and colour photographs to document their work. Intended for Fine Arts majors. Supplies at student's expense.
Prereq: FINE 228H or consent
Studio work in techniques and theory of
book illustration, together with slide
lectures on the history of printed forms. Prereq: Consent of instructor
Course Descriptions 16:65 Fine Arts
Studio and practice courses under the
direction of individual instructors. Admission by consent of instructor.
Studio and practice courses under the
direction of individual instructors. Admission by consent of instructor.
Working in the field with landscape, cityscape, and monuments of art. students will employ a variety of media to develop techniques for visual reportage, documentation, note-taking, and journal-keeping. Individual aesthetic responses to a wide range of subjectmatter will be encouraged.
Admission by consent of instructor.
Independent study/practice course under the direction of individual instructors.
Prereq: Consent of instructor
Independent study/practice course under the direction of individual instructors.
Prereq: Consent of instructor
Independent study/practice course under the direction of individual instructors.
Prereq: Consent of instructor
Independent study/practice course under the direction of individual instructors
Prereq: Consent of instructor
A seminar for students in their final year of Fine Arts study, in which studio exercises will be combined with research into current issues in Canadian and International art.
Prereq: Consent of instructor
16:66 Course Descriptions
Each student will work under the direction of a Fine Arts faculty member on an advanced creative or research 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 ail students in Honours Fine Arts. Admission by permission only.
A continuation of FINE 490. Admission by permission only.
Department of French
Associate Professor and Chairman of
the Department
W.D. Wilson, MA, PhD (Trinity College, Dublin)
Associate Professor and Graduate
Officer
P.G. Socken, BA (Toronto), MA (lowa), PhD (Toronto)
Associate Professor and
Undergraduate Officer
H.S. Fournier, BA (Toronto), MA, PhD (Western Ontario)
Professors A. Ages, BA (Carleton), MA, PhD (Ohio State)
Associate Professors
P.H. Dube, BA, MA (Toronto), PhD (Ohio State)
J.A. Dugan, BA, MA (Toronto), PhD (Yale)
D.W. Russell, BA, MA, PhD (Toronto)
Assistant Professors C.A. Abbott, BA, MA, PhD (Ohio State), av J-P. Beaulieu, BA (Sherbrooke), MA (Waterloo), PhD (Ottawa) R.J. Fournier, BA, MA, PhD (Western Ontario) G. Losier, BA, MA (Ottawa), PhD (Paris)
Language Instructors
P. Aplevich, BA, MA (Waterloo)
C. Black, MA (Waterloo), Licence és lettres (Grenoble)
J. Forster, BA (Queen's)
H. McLenaghan, Licence en Phil. Rom. (Brussels), MA (Waterloo), PhD (Western Ontario)
T. Sabaryn, Licence és lettres (Toulouse)
J refers to faculty members at St.
Jerome's College
Course Descriptions Courses not offered in the current
academic year are listed at the end of this section.
FIRST-YEAR COURSES
1. The Department reserves the right to refuse admission to, and/or credit for, any of its language courses to a student who has, in the view of the Department, a level of competence unsuited to that course.
2. Students with some elementary or secondary school French not exceeding Ontario Grade 10 French or equivalent should enrol in French 151. Those with Ontario Grade 11 French or equivalent should enrol in French ‘52.
3. Students with Ontario Grade 12 French or equivalent should enrol in French 155.
4. Students with Ontario Grade 13 or Ontario Academic Course French should enrol in French 192A/B and/or French 195/196.
5. Students may enrol only in courses for which they have secondary school antirequisites with the written permission of the Department of French.
6. All students intending to register in any University of Waterloo French language course at the 100 level (FR 151, 152, 155, 192A, 192B, 198, 196) who have Ontario Grade 13 or Ontario Academic Course French or equivalent must take the French Language Placement Test to be held on Thursday, September 7, 1989 at 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Arts Lecture Hall 116.
7. Students should consult the Departmental brochure “French at
4 Waterloo” for further details, and for any changes in offerings after the Calendar goes to press.
8. Linguistics, Language, Civilization, and Literature courses are listed separately below.