Art — Art History — Music

ART 112 — Color and Design — 3 credits

A foundation course introducing the elements and principles of two-dimensional design. Various materials are used to explore the organization of space and basic color theory.

ART 114 — Three-Dimensional Design — 3 credits

A foundation course investigating basic materials and approaches in the creation of three-dimensional form. Hands-on involvement with diverse media, techniques and tools of the sculptor’s craft is emphasized.

ART 116 — Basic Drawing — 3 credits

A foundation course designed to develop skills in basic drawing and perception. Various media are employed in exercises involving the use of line and shading, shape and space, and design and composition.

ART 120 — Painting I — 3 credits

(Prerequisite: ART 112, 116 or equivalent) A first-level painting course concerned with fundamentals such as composition, observation, basic color theory and basic techniques. The class includes one museum trip and regular group critiques.

ART 182, 183— Independent Study Courses — 3 credits

These courses are designed to address the career objectives of students who intend to pursue studies in studio art, or in disciplines for which background in studio art is necessary. Arranged with permission of the director.

ART 184 — Special Topics — 3 credits

Selected topics in studio art vary on the basis of student/faculty interest and available resources Topics may include, but are not limited to: Printmaking, Painting II, Advanced Drawing, Pastel and Watercolor.

ART 322 —Two-Dimensional Computer Animation Techniques — 3 credits

(Prerequisites: CMPS 202 or CMPS 334 or permission of instructor) A course in the creation of computer animation, with an emphasis on Web-based implementation. This course introduces techniques for computer animation such as key-framing, motion capture, layers, guides, tweening. The techniques will be implemented using the industry-standard software, Flash. The course also includes an overview of story-telling, story-boarding and scene composition. A major project will be required. (Also listed as MIT 322.)

ART 324 —3D Computer-generated Animation/Content — 3 credits

A course that addresses three-dimensional graphic content creation and manipulation. Students develop 3D content using a number of industry-standard software packages. Topics include mode/texture development, animation, construction of 3D environments, rendering and advanced topics. (Also listed as MIT 324.)

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ARTH 111 — (CA) History of World Art I — 3 credits

A survey of the history of painting, sculpture, and architecture from prehistoric times through the dawn of the Renaissance in 1400. The art of ancient Eastern and Western civilizations is studied in historical contexts of idea, style and technique.

ARTH 112 — (CA) History of World Art II — 3 credits

The course opens with the history of painting, sculpture, and architecture in Renaissance, Baroque, and 18th-century Europe. Introduced by Impressionism, Expressionism, and Cubism, the study of the art of the modern world concludes with a survey of idea, style and technique in 20th-century art. (ARTH 111 not a prerequisite.)

ARTH 113 — (CA, D) Native American Art — 3 credits

Students will study the history, society, religious beliefs and craft traditions of the precolonial peoples of the United States, as well as contemporary Native American artists. The course entails group work, a collaborative final project, and a trip to the Mashantucket Pequot Museum in Connecticut or to the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.

ARTH 114 — (CA, W) History of Architecture — 3 credits

A general survey of architectural history from the prehistoric through the modern era, focusing on architectural style, the built environment, and the rituals which condition the use and design of structures and urban spaces. The course features walking tours of Philadelphia and the city of Scranton as well as guest lectures by area architects.

ARTH 115 — Art of the Ancient World — 3 credits

(Formerly ARTH 201) A survey of the art and architecture produced between 3000 and 1250 B.C. The course opens in the painted caves of Prehistoric Europe, and continues through the contemporaneous civilizations of the Ancient Near East (Sumer, Babylon, Assyria, Persia) and Egypt.

ARTH 116 — (CA) Art of Greece and Rome — 3 credits

(Formerly ARTH 202) The course begins in the Aegean with the Minoan and Mycenaean cultures celebrated by Homer; surveys the art of classical Greece; and continues with the art of the Etruscans in ancient Italy. The course concludes with Roman art and architecture (3rd c. B.C. to 5th c. A.D.).

ARTH 117 — Early Christian and Byzantine Art — 3 credits

(Formerly ARTH 203) The art and architecture produced by the first Christians borrowed much from the forms and ideas of Roman art. The course surveys art produced in Rome, Ravenna, Milan, Greece and Constantinople, 200-1400 A.D. Emphasis will be placed on the origin and symbolism of Christian imagery and architecture.

ARTH 118 — (W) Medieval Art: Romanesque and Gothic — 3 credits

(Formerly ARTH 204) A survey of art and architecture in western Europe, 1100-1400. Medieval architecture, manuscripts, paintings, and decorative arts will be presented as mirrors of medieval thought and spirituality.

ARTH 205 — The Icon in Russian and East European Art — 3 credits

This course focuses on theology, image and artistic style in the making of the icon in Russia and East Europe. The icon will be studied from medieval through modern times.

ARTH 210 — (CA, D, W) Women in the Visual Arts — 3 credits

This cross-disciplinary course presents selected topics on women in the visual arts, including varied ways of thinking and writing about women, art and culture. Topics include a survey of women in art, being female in the Renaissance, contemporary women artists, female artists in Latin America, and 19th-century women artists.

ARTH 212 — (CA, D, W) African American Art— 3 credits

This course considers African Americans in the visual arts, including varied ways of thinking and writing about African American art and culture. Topics include slavery and emancipation, the Harlem renaissance, the Civil Rights movement, African American women artists, and collecting African American art.

ARTH 213 — (CA, D, W) American Art — 3 credits

A survey of American architecture, painting and sculpture from the earliest exploration days. The course will cover art of Native America, the colonial period, the Civil War era and the 20th century.

ARTH 214 — Renaissance Art in Italy, 1200-1480 — 3 credits

As a survey of the art produced in Italy, 1200-1480, the course examines the production of art as it relates to society and culture. From St. Francis’ Assisi to Pope Sixtus IV’s Rome, and from Giotto to Botticelli, painting, sculpture, and architecture will be studied in contexts of history, gender, technology, intellectual life, theology and philosophy.

ARTH 215 — Renaissance Art in Italy, 1480-1620 — 3 credits

This course continues with a survey of art and society in Italy, 1480-1620. The papacy, during the 15th century, brings Michelangelo and Raphael to Rome, which remains a cultural capital for artists through the 17th century. Artists working in 16th century Florence, in the wake of Michelangelo, introduce a style that flourishes brightly, but briefly: Mannerism.

ARTH 216 — (CA, W) Michelangelo and His World — 3 credits

(Formerly ARTH 410) This course investigates the painting, sculpture, and architecture of Michelangelo. By considering the artistic traditions to which he fell heir as a Florentine artist, the traditional and the innovative aspects of Michelangelo’s work will be assessed. Readings from his letters and poetry and from 16th-century biographies will furnish a rich context for the appreciation of his work and for understanding the society to which he belonged.

ARTH 217 — (W) Leonardo Da Vinci — 3 credits

(Formerly ARTH 411) Artist, scientist, author and free-thinker, Leonardo left few paintings, many drawings, and copious notes attesting the wide range of his intellectual curiosity. This course focuses both on the 15th-century world to which the artist belonged and on his many writings in order to measure Leonardo’s greatness as prodigy and visionary.

ARTH 218 — (W) The Age of Rembrandt — 3 credits

(Formerly ARTH 303) A survey of the painting, sculpture, and architecture produced in Europe between 1600 and 1750. The course opens in Bernini’s Rome of the Counter-Reformation and concludes in France at the royal courts of Louis XIV and XV.

ARTH 219 — The Renaissance in Northern Europe — 3 credits

(Formerly ARTH 311) Art produced in northern Europe (France, Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands) differs remarkably from the art produced in Italy by Botticelli and Michelangelo. This course surveys painting north of the Alps by such artists as Jan van Eyck, Rogier van der Weyden, Hieronymus Bosch, and Albrecht Dürer.

ARTH 220 — (W, D) History of Photography — 3 credits

The course explores the historical development of photography and considers the medium’s aesthetic components as well as the theoretical and representational issues it raises.

ARTH 221 — (CA, D, W) Nineteenth-Century Art — 3 credits

(Formerly ARTH 304) An exploration of painting and sculpture from Neoclassicism to Symbolism. Special emphasis will be given to works by J.L. David, Goya, Delacroix, Courbet, Manet, Morisot, Rodin, and Van Gogh. In addition to developing skills of visual analysis, the course will focus on the interaction between artist and society.

ARTH 222 — (W) Impressionism and Post-Impressionism — 3 credits

(Formerly ARTH 312) Impressionism, an artistic movement linked today with leisure and pleasure, developed out of conflict and challenged many standard European art practices. The course investigates the artistic goals and strategies of Manet, Monet, Degas, Renoir, Morisot, Cassatt and Pissarro and considers how their works respond to important social issues of the day. Paintings by the Postimpressionists Cézanne, Seurat, Van Gogh and Gauguin will be examined as reactions to the aims of Impressionism.

ARTH 225 — (CA, D, W) Art of the Twentieth Century — 3 credits

(Formerly ARTH 305) Beginning with pre-World War I works by Matisse and Picasso, this course surveys the painting, sculpture, architecture and photography of the period known as modernism, ending with an exploration of the contemporary phenomenon of postmodernism. Through examination of both artworks and texts by artists and critics, considerations of style and technique will be integrated with an analysis of historical context.

ARTH 227 — (CA, D, W) Matisse and Picasso — 3 credits

(Formerly ARTH 315) This course examines the works of these two influential modern artists by considering the aesthetic and historical context of their paintings, sculptures, prints, and writings on art.

ARTH 295-296 — (W, D, CA) Travel Seminar — 3 credits

Short study trips to provide students with the opportunity to study works of painting, architecture, and sculpture on site. Trips will be designed as themes: the Art Museums of London and Paris, The Bible in Text and Image (Italy), Renaissance Villas and Palaces, Michelangelo, etc.

ARTH 311 — (W, D, CA) Medieval and Renaissance Women — 3 credits

This topics course explores various ways of looking at Italian medieval and Renaissance women in text and image. Primary texts by Hildegard von Bingen, Giovanni Boccaccio, Christine de Pisan, Leonbattista Alberti and Baldassare Castiglione will be studied for the light they shed on the notion and nature of woman. Great emphasis will be placed on in-class analysis of images, and a field trip to the Italian Renaissance collection of the Metropolitan Museum, NYC, will enable students to apply skills of visual analysis.

ARTH 316 —Painted Chambers of the Renaissance — 3 credits

Renaissance images were made, commissioned and viewed by particular audiences to whom the work of art communicated and reinforced contemporary beliefs and values. This course explores the meaning and purpose of murals produced for public and private use in private homes, churches and civic structures. Contemporary literature of the period will also be studied.

ARTH 380 — Museum Methods (Internship) — 1-3 credits

(Prerequisites: ARTH 111, 112 and two additional ARTH courses) Offered in cooperation with the local art venues, this course introduces students to ideologies of arts administration and methods of curatorial research and procedure. On-site study is supervised by Art History faculty.

ARTH 384, 484 — Special Topics — 3 credits

(Prerequisites: ARTH 111, 112 and two additional ARTH courses) Selected topics will vary from year to year on the basis of student/faculty interest and available media resources. Topics may include Art of the Far East, History of Printmaking, etc. Discrete styles and individual artists may also be the focus of a selected topics course.

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MUS 111 — (CA) Music History I — 3 credits

The history and literature of Western classical music from the medieval period to the 18th century, including Gregorian chant, the growth of polyphony, the rise of instrumental music, and the birth and growth of opera.

MUS 112 — (CA) Music History II — 3 credits

The history and literature of Western classical music from the 18th century to the present, including the increasing importance of instrumental music and opera, the development of atonality and serial music, and the recent avant-garde. MUS 111 is not a prerequisite.

MUS 211— Keyboard Music — 3 credits

Music written for the piano, organ, harpsichord and clavichord from the Renaissance to the 20th century. The course focuses on the development of keyboard instruments and the forms and composers that dominate the literature.

MUS 213 — Symphony — 3 credits

Development of the symphony as an independent genre, from its origins in the mid-18th century to the present day. Works by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Mahler, Shostakovich and Stravinsky will be among those considered.

MUS 217 — Opera — 3 credits

The history of opera from its beginnings at the turn of the 17th century to the present with an emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries. Representative operas by Mozart, Verdi, Wagner and Puccini, among others, will be examined.

MUS 218 — American Musical Theatre — 3 credits

The development of musical theatre in America from the 19th century to the present, emphasizing works composed since the 1940s. Musicals by Jerome Kern, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Loewe, Leonard Bernstein, and Stephen Sondheim will be considered.

MUS 219 — History of Jazz — 3 credits

A detailed examination of a “truly American musical form.” Included will be discussions of major stylistic periods, compositions, and performers. Listening examples, as well as live performances, will contribute to an understanding of jazz from its origins to the present day.

MUS 220 — (CA, W) Music in the Renaissance — 3 credits

A study of the style characteristics of Renaissance music, and of musicians of Western Europe. Emphasis is given to how Renaissance ideals are reflected in the musical works, and the place of music and musicians in Renaissance society.

MUS 222 — Bach — 3 credits

(Formerly MUS 323) The music of Johann Sebastian Bach in the context of the musical forms, styles, and genres current in the first half of the 18th century. A survey of Bach’s life and works is followed by detailed study of selected vocal and instrumental compositions.

MUS 223 — Mozart — 3 credits

(Formerly MUS 324) An examination of Mozart’s major works in the genres of symphony, concerto, chamber music, church music, and opera, together with a brief biographical survey. The influence of late 18th-century culture and musical conventions on Mozart’s work is considered.

MUS 225 — Beethoven — 3 credits

(Formerly MUS 325) Study of a composer whose fiery personality drove him to express through music universal concepts in an age of revolution, e.g., freedom and the dignity of the person. Course traces the evolution of Beethoven’s major works – sonatas and concertos, symphonies and string quartets, as well as Fidelio and the Missa Solemnis – and the effect of his deafness on his view of life and on his later works.

MUS 226 — Romantic Music of the Nineteenth Century — 3 credits

A study of the major musical developments in the 19th century, the Romantic Period: the rise of piano literature, the art song, chamber and program music, and opera. Attention to nationalism.

MUS 228 — Music of the Twentieth Century – 3 credits

(MUS 112 recommended as prerequisite) A study of the history and literature of Western classical music in the 20th century. The various “isms” of the period, including impressionism, expressionism, neo-classicism, serialism, and minimalism, will be examined.

MUS 233 — Music in America — 3 credits

An overview of music in the United States from colonial times to the present, with an emphasis on the 20th century. Classical, popular, and traditional musical styles are considered, including the symphony, the opera, the Broadway show, jazz, rock, hymnody and folk music.

MUS 235 — Music Theory I — 3 credits

The fundamental materials of tonal music: notes and rests, rhythm and meter, scales and modes, intervals, triads and seventh chords, melodic and harmonic organization, and an introduction to voice leading and part writing. Some knowledge of music notation helpful.

MUS 236 — Music Theory II — 3 credits

(Prerequisite: MUS 235) Extension of the tonal vocabulary to include chromatic harmony, modulatory techniques, and the use of extended chords, as well as an overview of selected post-tonal procedures.

MUS 280 — Liturgical Music — 3 credits

The role of music in the Roman Catholic Church. Emphasis on the practical rather than the historical. Recommended for any lay person or member of the clergy involved in developing church liturgy. No musical background required.

MUS 284— Special Topics — 3 credits

Selected topics in music history will vary from year to year in accord with student/faculty interest.

MUS 335 — Introduction to Composition — 3 credits

(Prerequisite: MUS 235, 236) Guided individual projects in original composition, together with the analysis of selected works from the classical repertory.