Art and Music [ LMUSI2450 ]

Prerequisite: none. This course is obligatory for students in musicology.

Introduction to basic problematics (time-space/ visual-acoustic).

Examination of the relations between music and visual arts in western countries.

Comparison of the role of music and other arts in European cultural life.

Introduction to musical iconography.

This course presents interactions between visual arts and music, in their societal and cultural anchorage. At the end of the course, students will be capable of critical apprehension of the relations between art and music, their reciprocal influences and exchanges, their common or divergent questionings. Additionaly, the course offers also elements of musical iconography.

The students are evaluated on the basis of their work in the seminar and an exam at the end of the year.

Magistral lectures, works in seminars based on a reading portfolio.

After a general introduction on the relations between music and art in society (role, function, problematic and stakes), the course approaches some historic key-moments in order to show the importance they took there.

A specific attention is given to relations between music and visual arts in contemporary time. 

Recommended readings :

- Alberto AUSONI, La musique. Repères iconographiques, Paris, Hazan (Guide des arts), 2006.

- Catherine KINTZLER (ed), Peinture et Musique. Penser la vision, penser l'audition, Villeneuve d'Ascq, Presses universitaires du Septentrion (Esthétique et sciences des arts), 2002.

- Jean-Yves BOSSEUR, Musique et beaux-arts. De l'Antiquité au XIXe siècle, Minerve (Musique ouverte), 1999.

- Jean-Yves BOSSEUR, Musique et arts plastiques. Interactions au XXe siècle, Minerve (Musique ouverte), 1998, 2d ed. 2006.

- Jean-Yves BOSSEUR, Le sonore et le visuel. Intersections musique/arts plastiques aujourd'hui, Paris, éd. Dis Voir, s.d.

- Gérard DENIZEAU, Musique et arts, Paris, Champion, 1995.

Support: summary of the course and pedagogical material available in ppt files on i-campus, or through the departement ARKE or art history.