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Art and Music [ LMUSI2450 ]


5.0 crédits ECTS  15.0 h   1q 

This biannual course is taught on years 2014-2015, 2016-2017, ...

Teacher(s) Van Wymeersch Brigitte ;
Language French
Place
of the course
Louvain-la-Neuve
Prerequisites

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

Main themes

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.

Aims

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.

Evaluation methods

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

Teaching methods

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

Content

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. 

Bibliography

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.

Other information

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

Cycle et année
d'étude
> Master [60] in History of Art and Archaeology: Musicology
> Master [120] in History of Art and Archaeology : General
> Master [120] in Philosophy
> Master [120] in French and Romance Languages and Literatures : General
> Master [120] in Performing Arts
> Master [60] in History of Art and Archaeology : General
> Certificat universitaire en musicologie (approfondissement)
> Master [120] in History of Art and Archaeology: Musicology
Faculty or entity
in charge
> ARKE


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