UNDERSTANDING THE FINE ARTS

CHRISTOPHER L.C.E. WITCOMBE

ARTH 117 FALL 2004 Wednesdays 1:30-4:20

SCHEDULE READING REQUIREMENTS RESOURCES

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SCHEDULE

  • Wednesday, September 1
    Introduction
    An introduction to the course
    READ
    The Course

  • Wednesday, September 8
    Seeing and Looking
    READ
    Seeing and Looking
    LOOK AT
    Images

  • Wednesday, September 15
    Impressions and Associations
    READ
    Impressions and Associations and the sections on Colour, Line, Shape, Texture, Space

  • Wednesday, September 22
    Meaning and Composition
    READ
    Meaning and Composition
    LOOK AT
    Images 1, Images 2 (Meaning)
    Images (Composition)

  • Wednesday, September 29 REPORT DUE
    PAINTING & SCULPTURE
    GUEST LECTURERS: Professors Joe Monk and John Morgan (Dept. of Studio Art)

  • Wednesday, October 6
    DANCE
    GUEST LECTURER: Professor Mark Magruder (Dept. of Theatre Arts)
    MEET IN THE UPSTAIRS DANCE STUDIO, WILLIAMS GYMNASIUM

  • Wednesday, October 13
    THEATRE
    GUEST LECTURERS: Professor Bill Kershner and Cheryl Warnock (Dept. of Theatre Arts)
    MEET IN THE MURCHISON LANE AUDITORIUM, BABCOCK

  • Wednesday, October 20
    MUSIC
    GUEST LECTURERS: Professors Jonathan Green, Allen Huszti, and Nick Ross (Dept. of Music)
    MEET IN THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT, BABCOCK

  • Wednesday, October 27
    NO CLASS
    Your instructor is away presenting a paper, "Gregory XIII and the Academy of St. Luke in Rome," at the Sixteenth Century Studies Conference in Toronto

  • Wednesday, November 3
    CREATIVE WRITING
    GUEST LECTURERS: Professors John Gregory Brown and Carrie Brown (Dept. of English and Creative Writing)

  • Wednesday, November 10
    FILM

  • Wednesday, November 17
    Tricking the Eye
    READ
    Depth & Distance, Shading, and Illusion
    LOOK AT
    Images (Depth and Distance)
    Images (Shading)
    Images (Illusion)

  • Wednesday, December 1
    PRESENTATIONS
    1. Brandon Agnew
    2. Molly Everngam
    3. Kathryn Haynes
    4. April Miller
    5. Amanda Swan
    6. Kathleen Wilson

  • Wednesday, December 8
    PRESENTATIONS
    1. A. K. Daves
    2. Katie Feiss
    3. Mariana Lazarova
    4. Mandy Ponton
    5. Amanda Watts
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    The Visual Experience: Understanding the Fine Arts - Christopher L. C. E. Witcombe - Sweet Briar College
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