1998-1999 - The University of Scranton

ARTH 220 Staff
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 Dr. Miller-Lanning
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 Dr. Miller-Lanning
Impressionism and 3 credits
Post-Impressionism
(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 Dr. Miller-Lanning
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 Dr. Miller-Lanning
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 for their
paintings, sculptures, prints, and writings on art.
ARTH 295-296 Dr. Dunn
(Travel Seminar)
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: i.e., the Art Museums of London and
Paris, The Bible in Text and Image (Italy),
Renaissance villas and palaces, Michelangelo, etc.
ARTH 380 Drs. Dunn, Miller-Lanning
Museum Methods 1-3 credits
Offered in cooperation with the Everhart Museum,
this course introduces students to ideologies of arts
administration and methods of curatorial research
and procedure. On-site study at the Everhart
Museum is supervised by the Curator of Art and
by art history faculty. Prerequisites: Arth 111, 112
and 2 additional ARTH courses.
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ARTH 384, 484 Dr. Dunn
Special Topics 3 credits
Selected topics will vary from year to year based
on 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. Prerequisites: ARTH 111, 112
and 2 additional ARTH courses.
MUSIC
MUS 111 Staff
(C)Music History I 3 credits
The history and literature of Western classical
music from the medieval period to the eighteenth
century, including Gregorian chant, the growth of
polyphony, the rise of instrumental music and the
birth and growth of opera.
MUS 112 Staff
(C)Music History II 3 credits
The history and literature of Western classical
music from the eighteenth 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 Prof. Garofalo
Keyboard Music 3 credits
Music written for the piano, organ, harpsichord
and clavichord from the Renaissance to the 20thcentury.
The course focuses on the development of
keyboard instruments and the forms and composers
that dominate the literature.
MUS 213 Prof. Garofalo
Symphony 3 credits
Development of the symphony as an independent
genre, from its origins in the mid-eighteenth century
to the present day. Works by Haydn, Mozart,
Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Mahler,
Shostakovich and Stravinsky will be among those
considered.
MUS 217 Staff
Opera 3 credits
The history of opera from its beginnings at the turn
of the seventeenth century to the present with an
emphasis on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Representative operas by Mozart, Verdi, Wagner
and Puccini, among others, will be examined.
MUS 218 Dr. Perry
American Musical Theatre 3 credits
The development of musical theatre in America
from the nineteenth 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 Prof. Buckley
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.