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FAH101H1 Consideration of the stylistic and contextual significance of
representative monuments in the history of art. FAH102H1 An investigation of the intellectual foundations of the discipline and
an introduction to working methods in the study of art history. HUM199H1/Y1 Undergraduate seminar that focuses on specific ideas, questions,
phenomena or controversies, taught by a regular Faculty member deeply
engaged in the discipline. Open only to newly admitted first year
students. It may serve as a distribution requirement course; see page
45. FAH206H1 An overview of the major monuments, artifacts, themes and problems in
the study of the archaeology, art and architecture of the Aegean region
and the east Mediterranean to 1000BC. FAH207H1 An overview of the major monuments, artifacts, themes and problems in
the study of the archaeology, art and architecture of the civilizations of
Greece and Rome. FAH215H1 An overview of major monuments and themes in the art and architecture
of Western Europe and the Byzantine East from the third until the eleventh
century. FAH216H1 An overview of major monuments and themes in the art and architecture
of Western Europe and the Byzantine East from the eleventh until the
fifteenth century. FAH230H1 A selective survey of the major art centres and types of artistic and
architectural production in Italy and northern Europe, from the early
fifteenth century to the mid-sixteenth. Themes include the
relations--artistic, economic and ideological--between northern and
southern Europe during this period, the changing role of art in religious
life, the emergence of secular themes, and the legacies left by
Renaissance art to modern life and culture. FAH231H1 Major forms of expression in the visual arts ca. 1600 - ca. 1750 with
particular attention to forms, techniques, theories, and patronage of the
arts as well as biographies of artists in Italy, France, the Netherlands,
Flanders, Germany and England. FAH245H1 An introduction to the advent and development of art movements
including Rococo and Neoclassicism; Romanticism and Revolution, Realism
and the advent of Photography, Impressionism; Academic art;
Post-Impressionism.
An introduction to the consolidation of Modernist tendencies
in Europe to the mid 20th century and to the many contemporary responses
to these achievements. Individual artists, including Picasso, Matisse,
Duchamp, and Matthew Barney are considered in their relationship to
various art movements and the theories that supported them, including
Expressionism; Abstraction and Constructivism; Dada and Surrealism;
Neue
Sachlichkeit; Abstract Expressionism; Pop; Conceptual Art; Earth Art;
Feminist Art; Postmodernism; New Media Art. FAH248H1 An introductory survey of the history of painting and sculpture in
Canada from the 17th to the 20th century. FAH260H1 An overview of major monuments and themes in the art and architecture
of East Asia (China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Mongolia and Tibet), from the
neolithic to the present. FAH262H1 An overview of major monuments and themes in the art and architecture
of East Asia (China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Mongolia and Tibet) and its
diaspora in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. FAH270H1 A survey of architecture from pre-history to the start of modernism,
with attention given to the ways in which architecture shapes human
experience. FAH272H1 An introduction to the buildings, issues and ideas from Neoclassicism
to the present. FAH299Y1 Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. See page 45 for details. In addition to the Prerequisites listed below, enrolment is also possible for each course with permission
of instructor. FAH300H1 An investigation of the major archaeological sites and landscapes of
the ancient Greek world, c.750-100BC. FAH303H1 This course investigates the material culture, art and architecture of
the Aegean civilizations from the Neolithic through to the building of the
palaces of Crete around 2000BC. FAH304H1 An investigation of the palace civilizations of Minoan Crete and
Mycenaean Greece in the second millennium BC; their development, art,
architecture, foreign connections, religion, and collapse, and role in the
foundations of Classical Greece. FAH305H1 The art, archaeology and architecture of the Roman empire outside
Rome. FAH309H1 The art, architecture and archaeology of the city of Rome to
AD476. FAH310H1 Approaches to and investigations of the extraordinary wealth of imagery
on Greek vases from the 8th to 4th centuries BC and the evidence these
provide for accessing ancient society in the Greek
world. FAH311H1 Examination of the contexts in which Greek statuary was made, displayed
and viewed, and its cultural significance. FAH312H1 Transformation in the visual arts, paintings, sculpture, and mosaics of
the expanding Greek world c.400BC to c.100BC; the response to
Hellenization from the new artistic centres of Asia Minor and
Italy. FAH316H1 Pilgrimage, relics, and icons are among the vehicles for gaining access
to God and the saints in the Middle Ages that are examined in this
course. FAH318H1 An examination of the role played by monks and nuns in the creation and
use of art and architecture in the Middle Ages. FAH319H1 A focused survey of different types of manuscripts and their images
from the origins of the book in Late Antiquity to the invention of
printing. FAH325H1 The church was the primary locus of artistic elaboration in the Middle
Ages. This course explores the wall paintings, mosaics, sculptures,
textiles, and stained glass programs used to decorate churches throughout
the medieval period. FAH326H1 Religious practices in the Middle Ages were expressed and enhanced with
a variety of objects often made of precious materials. This course
examines the forms and functions of these sacred
implements. FAH327H1 A consideration of art and architecture made for the court, the
aristocracy, and other patrons outside the realm of the Christian
church. FAH328H1 An examination of the Gothic cathedral from its origins in Paris in the
1130’s through its development and elaboration in France, England and
Italy. This course also considers monumental decorations in painted glass,
wall painting, tapestry and portal sculpture. FAH330H1 Albrecht Dürer and the painting and printmaking of his contemporaries.
Consideration of the great Hall churches of Saxony and the altarpieces of
Tilman Riemenschneider and his contemporaries; the status of the arts and
attitudes towards Italian art, and the consequences of the Reformation for
religious imagery. FAH331H1 Painting, sculpture and architecture of the Netherlands in the
sixteenth century with reference to the arts in Italy, France, Germany and
Spain. Consideration of Netherlandish art in the context of literature,
religion, urban expansion, political and economic developments; and as a
system of communication. Particular attention devoted to Hieronymus Bosch,
Pieter Bruegel, the rise of secular art. FAH333H1 Focusing on developments in Venice, Florence and Rome during the
Renaissance, this course examines altarpieces both as aesthetic objects
and as expressions of the social, religious and political structures for
which they were made. FAH335H1 Love is studied not only as a favorite theme of Renaissance art, but as
the basis of some of its fundamental aesthetic claims. The question of
love connects Renaissance art to important strains of philosophical
thought and religious spirituality, as well as to some urgent realities of
social life. FAH339H1 A wide array of works in architecture, painting and sculpture studied
in light of some of the most important political and social developments
of the period: the French invasion of Italy, the rise of Savonarola and
the fate of the Medici, the imperialization of the papacy under Julius II,
and the Sack of Rome. FAH340H1 Concentration on the major masters of Holland’s Golden Age, ca.
1580-ca. 1700. Particular attention is paid to genre painting and the
notion of “Dutch realism.” Consideration of art within its social and
historical contexts. FAH341H1 Form and meaning, theory and practice of painting and architecture in
Venice, ca. 1450-ca. 1600. Social, political and cultural contexts of
making and viewing art, including works by Giorgione, Titian, Veronese,
Tintoretto and Palladio. FAH342H1 The symptoms and causes of Mannerism, ca. 1520 to ca. 1600, as seen
through shifting historical perspectives. The contested status of
Mannerism opens questions about the relation of style and content, the
uses of quotation and formulae in art, and the rhetorical functions of
beauty in religious art. FAH344H1 Introduction to the art of Rembrandt and Rubens in the context of
Netherlandish painting of the seventeenth century. Lectures will treat the
approaches of these two artists to biblical and mythological subjects,
landscape, portraiture, and their involvement in contemporary
politics. FAH345H1 This course explores the painting, sculpture, and graphic arts of the
Romantic era in France, from about 1820 to 1850. Major emphasis on
Gericault, Delacroix, and Ingres in their artistic, cultural, and
political context. Key topics in Romanticism, including Orientalism and
gender, are also explored. FAH346H1 The origin and development of Impressionism in France and Europe,
1860-1886, in its social, political and intellectual context. Painting,
graphics and sculpture by Monet, Renoir, Degas, Pissarro, Sisley, Cassatt
and Morisot. FAH347H1 An investigation of the birth and development of Cubism, Futurism and
Orphism in Europe and North America. FAH348H1 The origins and development of the Dada and Surrealist movements in
early 20th-century Western art, and their lasting impact on art after
World War II. Painting, sculpture, graphic arts, and the theoretical
preoccupation which accompanied artistic production.
FAH349H1 The origins, development, and critical issues pertaining to abstract or
non-figurative modes of art as manifested in painting, sculpture and other
selected media in the 20th century. Movements include European abstract
art before World War II as well as post-war developments.
FAH350H1 An investigation of the different definitions and issues of minimal art
including seriality, materials, process, objecthood, chance, installation,
reception, relations to music and film, and the influence of
structuralism. FAH351H1 The role of Theory in the art of the modern period. The texts studied
include works by the principal theoreticians and critics from the late
18th century to the present. FAH354H1 Survey of the visual arts in Canada from the 1960’s to the present. A
large and diverse range of media, practices, artists, and theoretical
contexts will be examined. Emphasis is placed on work that can be seen in
the original. FAH361H1 Bronze vessels, tomb furnishings, and Buddhist images are among the
images and objects explicitly manufactured for ritual use to be examined
in this course. FAH362H1 In East Asia the idea of landscape significantly shaped artistic
production. This course explores human representation of, and
architectonic intervention in the landscape through media that include
tombs, Buddhist caves, painting, gardening, and
architecture. FAH363H1 East Asian images differ from Western ones in material support, format,
and technologies of image-making. This course probes how East Asian images
-- painting on objects, handscrolls, prints, optical media, film, and new
media – work. FAH364H1 An overview of major monuments and themes in the art and architecture
of South Asia (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan,
Tibet, Afghanistan), from the Indus Valley Civilization (3500 BCE) to the
present. Includes first-hand study of objects in ROM
collection. FAH365H1 Intersections of politics and the production of visual culture during
the 19th and early 20th century are examined in this course, from
picturesque paintings by European visitors to early Bollywood cinema.
Includes first-hand study of objects in ROM
collection. FAH368H1 Artistic production moved fluidly within and beyond East Asia. To
understand the artistic world of East Asia, this course probes phenomena
that may include Buddhist art, art of conquest dynasties, Chinoiserie, art
of the Pacific Rim, film, and contemporary art. FAH370H1 Architecture and architectural theory ca. 1400 – ca. 1600.
FAH371H1 Architecture studied through its various building types and in its
urban context. Themes include architecture and power under Absolutism, and
the rise of the modern city. FAH372H1 Major monuments and key figures in architecture and urbanism in Europe
and North America from the Enlightenment to the birth of
Modernism. FAH373H1 Major monuments and key figures in architecture and urbanism from
Industrialization to the mid-twentieth century. Topics may include
architectural theory, colonialism, and new
technologies. FAH374H1 An examination of architectural theory and practice from the end of
Modernism to the present. FAH375H1 Vernacular traditions of the colonial period, patterns of settlement
and urbanization, the emergence of the architect and development of high
styles of architecture throughout representative parts of what is now the
United States, from ca. 1650 to ca. 1925. FAH376H1 Vernacular traditions in building, patterns of settlement and
urbanization, and development of high styles in architecture in New
France, British North America, and what is now Canada, from ca. 1650 to
ca. 1925. Material economy, cultural identity, local character, regional
expression, national symbolism and international influences.
FAH380H1/Y1 The study of various aesthetic, cultural, social, political, and
theoretical aspects of Western art and photography across the
centuries. FAH381H1 This course investigates the changing definition of Jewish art and the
status of Jewish artists. Other issues explored include Jewish-Christian
visual polemics, the construction of individual and communal Jewish
identity through art, architecture, and texts, and the conceptual
transformation of Jewish craft and ritual objects into art. FAH390H1/Y0 Investigates the intersection of art and power in history and in our
own time. Explores how city plans, landscapes, buildings, paintings,
sculpture, costumes, advertisements, monuments, parades, and other art
forms create and expand personal, national, institutional, political,
sexual, spiritual, and other kinds of power. May be offered at St. George
or abroad through Woodsworth College. Studies Abroad Studying original works of art and architecture is a key
component in the history of art. The Department of Fine Art offers,
through Woodsworth College, courses abroad on a regular basis and
encourages students to consider enroling in these. Courses are offered
on a rotating basis; please consult Woodsworth College Summer Abroad
website,
www.summerabroad.utoronto.ca, the department’s website, and the
registration handbook for information on specific courses offered
in
any given year. FAH391Y0 Prerequisite: one FAH half course in ancient art, architecture,
and archaeology/permission of instructor FAH392Y0 Prerequisite: one FAH half course in medieval art and
architecture/permission of instructor FAH393Y0 Prerequisite: one FAH half course in Renaissance or Baroque art
and architecture/permission of instructor FAH394Y0 Prerequisite: one FAH half course in Modern or Contemporary art
and architecture/permission of instructor FAH395Y0 Prerequisite: one FAH half course in Canadian art and
architecture/permission of instructor FAH396Y0 Prerequisite: one FAH half course in Asian art and
architecture/permission of instructor FAH397Y0 Prerequisite: one FAH half course in architectural
history/permission of instructor FAH398H0/ An instructor-supervised group project in an off-campus setting. See page 45 for details.
Enrolment is limited in 400 level
courses. In addition to the Prerequisites listed below, enrolment is also possible for each course with permission
of instructor. For
additional information, refer to the annual registration handbook and
timetable. FAH401H1 Investigation of the wall-paintings of the Minoan, Cycladic and
Mycenaean worlds in the second millennium BC: context, associations,
viewing and historical interpretations. FAH403H1 Examination of the art, archaeology and architecture of Cyprus from its
first colonization c.10,000BC through to the 7th century
AD. FAH404H1 Architecture and its development in Archaic through Classical Greece,
looking at the major monuments of Greece and the wider Greek
world. FAH406H1 An examination of selected works in sculpture and/or painting from the
Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic periods through a consideration of
iconography, style, technique, distribution, and
use. FAH407H1 Issues explored might cover Republican and Imperial painting; its
Hellenistic sources and parallel media (mosaic, relief). The four
distinctive genres of Roman sculptural production: the portrait, the
historical relief, sarcophagi, and replicas of famous Greek sculptures.
Styles, themes and modes of display in cultural
context. FAH418H1 In-depth examination of key monuments and issues in art and
architecture from the Early Christian (1st-5th centuries) or Byzantine
(6th-15th centuries) periods. FAH420H1 In-depth examination of monuments and issues in the art and
architecture of Western Europe from the sixth to the fifteenth
century. FAH421H1 A focused examination of urbanism, art and architecture of a specific
medieval city, such as Jerusalem, Rome, Constantinople, or
Paris. FAH424H1 A consideration of individual types of books, their decoration,
function, and cultural context. Topics might include, for example,
Gospels, Psalters, or Books of Hours. FAH425H1 An investigation of the role played by gender in the creation and use
of art and architecture in the Middle Ages. FAH426H1 First hand examination of objects of medieval art from local Toronto
collections. FAH430H1 The study of Pieter Bruegel’s works in the context of Netherlandish
culture. Emphasis on secular works. FAH432H1 The life and work of Caravaggio in the context of 17th-century Roman
and Neapolitan art theory and patronage, with a particular emphasis on the
contentious issue of realism. FAH434H1 The convulsive redefinitions of art during the sixteenth and twentieth
centuries serve as an indirect introduction to modern aesthetics and a
basis for reflection on the future of art. Classes in seminar room and in
art galleries. Readings by Hans Belting, T. J. Clark, Arthur Danto,
Rosalind Krauss. FAH438H1 A careful reading of some classic accounts of the “High Renaissance”,
from Vasari and Reynolds to Wolfflin and Freedberg, serves as the basis
for an analysis of developments within various genres and types of art
production in the period: drawings, altarpieces, portraits, cabinet
pictures and sculpture. FAH439H1 Consideration of European art ca. 1500 in the context of the reform
debates that mark the period. Students study original works of art in the
AGO and read period texts by, among others, Girolamo Savonarola,
Desiderius Erasmus, and Martin Luther. FAH440H1 Study of so-called “scenes of everyday life.” Special attention given
to cultural context and problems of interpretation, the work of Jan
Vermeer, and the reputation of this art in following centuries.
FAH443H1 A history of gesture and physiognomy in Italian Renaissance and Baroque
art and literature as narrative and rhetorical
techniques. FAH445H1 French painting, sculpture, and criticism of the mid-19th century, with
particular to the key role played by the Paris Salon: its emergence and
decline as a public space for exhibitions, its impact on the shape of
artistic careers, and the relation between the Salon and artistic
practices. Attention both to Modernist artists, such as Manet, and to
their opponents. Students will engage in critical readings of primary and
secondary texts (Baudelaire, T. J. Clark, Michael Fried), as well as
conduct original research on important Salon paintings and sculptures.
Assignments will include a book review, an annotated bibliography, and a
research paper. FAH446H1 An examination of mid-19th century French Realism with emphasis on
Courbet, Millet, the Barbizon School, Daumier and
Manet. FAH447H1 Investigation of English, French, German and Swiss landscape painting
from the birth of the Romantic movement to Post-Impressionism.
FAH448H1 Developments in the mainstream of Western painting and sculpture since
World War II with special emphasis upon interrelations between Europe and
North America. FAH449H1 Selected aspects of the complex array of international contemporary art
movements, their artists, objects, and critical discourses. Potential
issues include the theoretical, philosophical, and political concerns
addressed by given artworks and artists; the role of art journals, the
private patron, and museum display. FAH457H1 Focused, thematic examinations of the visual arts in Canada in the
first half of the twentieth century. FAH458H1 Focused, thematic examinations of the visual arts in Canada from 1940
to the present. FAH461H1 Methodologically-focused seminar engaged with recovering and
articulating in Western terms indigenous ways of seeing and thinking about
East Asian art. FAH462H1 Methodologically- and historiographically-focused seminar that attends
to the contiguities and ruptures of approaching East Asian art through
Western art historical methods. FAH463H1 Seminar based on firsthand examination of East Asian objects in Toronto
collections that attends to the historical processes by which such objects
were valued and collected. FAH464H1 In-depth examination of the play of East Asian Art within and beyond
East Asia. FAH466H1 Examination of current issues in and methods of studying contemporary
art from South Asia and the South Asian Diaspora. Includes first-hand
study of objects in ROM collection, exhibit and studio visits, and
possible guest lectures. FAH470H1 An in-depth study of themes and problems in architecture in Renaissance
and Baroque Europe. FAH471H1 A close study of the major architects, designers and theorists of
20th-century architecture FAH477H1 A first-hand study of the architecture and urban planning of Toronto.
FAH480H1 Students work together designing and installing an exhibition of works
of art, normally drawn from the collections of the University Art Centre.
The course meets every two weeks at the University Art Centre over the
entire academic year. FAH481H1 The internship is designed to offer hands-on experience pertaining to
the study, exhibition, and care of works of art, focused on the
collections and activities of the University Art Centre. The course
extends over the entire academic year. FAH483H1 An introduction to conservation, designed to give students a basic
understanding of the field, its techniques, and its purposes. Sessions
conducted by specialists in the Royal Ontario Museum conservation
department. FAH484H1 This course examines the history, meaning and consumption of Western
European textiles (Late Antique - 18th century) and fashionable dress
(18th - 21st centuries). Analysis and research will combine student
seminars with the study of actual artefacts in the Textile & Costume
Collection of the Royal Ontario Museum. FAH485H1 Approach to and hands-on study of the mostly pre-1900 Canadian picture
collection in the Royal Ontario Museum. Topics include past collecting
patterns, collecting “Canadiana” in the twentieth century, and how such
collections function within multi-disciplinary museums.
FAH486H1 In-depth investigation of objects at the Royal Ontario Museum. Content
will vary according to the museum department offering the course in any
given semester. FAH489H1 Focused examination of special topics in any period of Mediterranean,
European, North American, or Asian art and
architecture.
Students may request to undertake
supervised research projects culminating in a major research paper.
Such projects are often the continuation of work in a previous FAH course,
usually at the 400 level. Not more than one course in Independent
Studies
may be taken in a single year. Students must obtain in advance the
written
consent of a faculty supervisor(s) and the Undergraduate Secretary
before registering. FAH491H1/Y1
FAH492H1/Y1
FAH493H1/Y1
FAH494H1/Y1
FAH495H1/Y1
FAH496H1/Y1
FAH497H1/Y1
Visual Studies CoursesVIS120H1 Visual concepts introduces students to a wide range of topics situated
in Modernism and Post-modernism that inform current art practice and
critical discourse. The course investigates post-1970 art practice through
the diverse societal, cultural and political influences of
post-modernism. VIS130H1 A studio based course that employs intensive and diverse investigation
of drawing strategies that stress the formulation and communication of
visual ideas.NOTE enrolment instructions in the Registration Handbook and
Timetable for this course! A studio fee of $25 is payable with tuition.
Note: this is a half course taught over the entire academic
year. VIS201H1 This is a hands-on course that deals with technical and theoretical
issues of painting in the early 21st century. The act of painting and the
relevance of painting are stressed through both historical and current
issues. This course is very project oriented. VIS202H1 This course is designed to introduce students to Video Art production
and post-production techniques. Students conceive, shoot and edit a video
tape in a hands-on-manner under the guidance of the instructor. The
production of the Video Art project occurs within the framework of
seminars, exhibitions and current critical writing on issues particular to
Video Art. (A studio fee of $75 payable with tuition.)
VIS204H1 This course is designed to introduce students to the basic principles
of working in 3 dimensions, using projects, slide lectures and writing. A
studio fee of $50.00 is payable with tuition. VIS205H1 Studio-based projects explore drawing practice in the early 21st
century. Materials and approaches both bear witness to continuity and
respond to changing contemporary cultural issues. (A studio fee of $15 is
payable with tuition.) VIS206H1 Principles and practices of Relief Printmaking. Projects in single and
multiple block edition production. (A studio fee of $120 is payable with
tuition.) VIS207H1 An introduction through studio projects to the principle forms of
intaglio printmaking, including etching and collagraph. (A studio fee of
$120 is payable with tuition.) VIS208H1 Practical and aesthetic concerns in the evolution of Performance
against the backdrop of critical and historical perspectives. Students
explore a range of Performance possibilities, alone and collaboratively to
develop both intellectual and physical skills which will inform both their
performance work and their view of art. Seminars focus on critical aspects
of Performance. VIS209H1 The emergence and incorporation of the feminist perspective in current
art theory and practice form the basis of lectures, seminars, projects and
essays that focus on language, photography and other mediums that signal
the shift to a variety of strategies shaping art in the post-modern era.
VIS211H1 A studio based course which explores the potential of paper from
drawing to object making, in the context of contemporary art
practice. VIS212H1 Colour may be claimed as the property of all: for most everyone sees,
uses, and knows colour. Studying colour takes us into areas of humanities
and sciences. This study, through lectures, projects and readings aims to
develop a student’s understanding and use of colour. (Studio fee of $20.00
payable with tuition). VIS217H1 Photobased projects in which the fundamentals of
optical-chemical-mechanical photographic processes and technologies are
integrated with concepts in contemporary photobased practice. (Studio fee
of $60.00 payable with tuition; student must have light metre and 35mm
camera that allows full manual control.) VIS218H1 Photobased projects in which the fundamentals of optical/digital
photographic processes and technologies are integrated with concepts in
contemporary photobased practice. (Studio fee of $60.00 payable with
tuition.) VIS301H1 This studio based, project oriented course critically examines
contemporary visual culture through painting. Projects are presented and
discussed during regular class critiques. Lectures will take place
throughout the course. VIS302H1 Emphasis on pre-production, production and post-production of a video
project. Students script, shoot and edit a tape through rough cut to fine
cut. Class discussions focus on all stages of the work-in-progress.
Strategies for distribution, exhibition and funding are examined. A studio
fee of $75.00 is payable with tuition VIS305H1 Time and place in drawing and painting. This course provides a
discourse with which to continue the evolution of the students’ work in
drawing and painting. VIS306H1 An investigation into the history and practice of site/installation and
3 dimensional fabrication through slide lectures, projects and seminar
discussions. Earth works, large scale public projects, and site specific
installations will be explored. VIS307H1 Applying art to the borders of other disciplines or issues within the
university community, students develop projects with the objective of
opening spaces for discourse: art as a transgressive device.
VIS309H1 Seminars and studio projects give the more advanced students the
opportunity to address issues of transformation in Print technology. A
$120.00 studio fee is payable with tuition VIS310H1 Studio projects complemented by seminars and readings examine plastic,
social and gender politics in contemporary
imaging. VIS311H1 Students propose and produce projects in media that are offered in
Visual Studies. (A studio fee of $50 in video, sculpture and printmaking
only is payable with tuition.) VIS312H1 An investigation of collage through the 20th century. The evolution of
collage as a means of expression will be explored in the form of studio
projects and lectures. VIS313H1 Ideas about the body are challenged by developments in technology,
culture and politics. This course studies the metamorphosis of gender, age
and culture through projects, lectures and readings.
VIS318H1 Studio projects are based on issues and writing relevant to
contemporary photobased practice; seminars and readings are integral.
Students will work with both chemical and digital processes. (Studio fee
of $60.00 payable with tuition.) VIS319H1 The concept of “landscape” is the entry point for investigating the
relationship between people and their environments: landscape as both the
source of inspiration and the vehicle of expression. Exploration through
open media studio projects, written work, readings and
seminars. VIS320H1 Projects and seminars, in collaboration with The Power Plant, develop
an understanding of curatorial and critical practices in contemporary
visual and media arts. VIS321H1 Production of artists’ multiples in various media is augmented with
gallery and archive visits, screenings and artist talks. Historical and
contemporary technologies for reproduction are
examined. VIS322H1 Composing an image is a skill. Students increase their skill and
methodology in constructing their own images; they explore the
construction of the image as an intersection of theory and
practice. DRM354Y1 The course explores the meaning and function of stage and costume
design for the theatre with emphasis on creative thinking, text analysis
and concept development. Limited enrolment for Visual Studies students who
must be at the 3rd-year level. VIS401H1 This course is taken in conjunction with VIS402H1
: Thesis Project students develop and fabricate a series of projects over
the course of the academic year. Studio, ,textual and critical analysis
forms the basis for the final exhibition. The student is required to
actively participate in all aspects of the course . Class discussions with
faculty This class is intended for 3rd and 4th year VIS Majors and
Specialists. VIS402H1 Students realize projects embarked upon in VIS401H1
Thesis Text and Critique. Class discussions with
faculty. VIS403H1 A variety of projects developed in various media with a strong
interdisciplinary focus. VIS404H1 Individual advanced projects, including texts, that are subject to
group critiques. VIS405H1 A one semester Internship provides placement at a gallery, media arts
centre, artist run centre, artist or publication with a focus on
contemporary art practice |