VISUAL ARTS
VISUAL ARTS
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ART1311 The Painting Field (0,0,4) 3 cr.
Introduction to painting through direct experience of its materials and procedures: the picture plane, surface, format, frame, pigment and colour, forms, composition.
BFA, MVA. (P).
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ART1321 The Autonomous Object (0,0,4) 3 cr.
Introduction to sculpture through a study of the object, its modes of production (modelling, casting, sculpting, construction, the found object) and its structure (fragmented or unified, ordered or disordered).
BFA, MVA. (P).
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ART1331 The Photographic Image (0,0,4) 3 cr.
Exploration of the nature of photography as an image-making process with an emphasis on the multiple roles of photography in contemporary art and culture; acquisition of basic camera proficiency through the production of photographs; development of the visual skills needed to address the student's own work as well as photographic issues of our time.
BFA, MVA. (P).
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ART1341 The Image in Motion (0,0,4) 3 cr.
Introduction to moving images and time-based arts; historical and emerging aspects of technologies and their positions within the cultural field; exploration of a selection of early and contemporary media instruments such as devices of wonder, film, video, digital images, electronics and sound.
BFA, MVA. (P).
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ART1711 L'espace peint (0,0,4) 3 cr.
Introduction à la peinture à travers une expérience directe de ses matériaux et de ses procédés : plan pictural, support, format, cadre, pigment et couleur, formes, compositions.
BAV, MAV. (P).
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ART1721 L'objet autonome (0,0,4) 3 cr.
Introduction à la sculpture : étude de l'objet, de ses modes de réalisation (objet modelé, moulé, sculpté, construit, trouvé) et de sa structure (fragmentée ou unifiée, ordonnée ou désordonnée).
BAV, MAV. (P).
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ART1731 L'image photographique (0,0,4) 3 cr.
Exploration de la photographie comme technique de production d images mettant l accent sur les rôles multiples de la photographie dans la culture et l art contemporains; acquisition de compétences de base en maniement d appareils photo par la production de photographies; développement des connaissances visuelles nécessaires à la réalisation d'un travail et à l examen des enjeux liés à la photographie de notre époque.
BAV, MVA. (P).
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ART1741 L'image en mouvement (0,0,4) 3 cr.
Introduction aux images animées et aux arts temporels; aspects historiques et émergents des technologies et leur place dans le champ culturel; exploration d une sélection d instruments médiatiques anciens et contemporains, tels que les dispositifs de merveille, le film, la vidéo, l'image numérique, l électronique et le son.
BAV, MVA. (P).
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ART2014 La peinture et l'image / Painting and Image (0,0,4) 6 cr.
Exploration of the relationships between two-dimensional surface and pictorial space: figure and field, opticality and tactility, figuration and abstraction, narration.
Prerequisites: ART1311, ART1321, ART1331, ART1341. B.F.A. (P).
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ART2015 La peinture en contexte / Painting in Context (0,0,4) 6 cr.
Exploration of the relationship between painting, its making and the place of its reception.
Prerequisites: ART1311, ART1321, ART1331, ART1341. B.F.A. (P).
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ART2024 La sculpture en transformation / Sculpture in Transformation (0,0,4) 6 cr.
Exploration of unstable materials, forms, and situations - in movement, in transformation - as traces of an event or a process.
Prerequisites: ART1311, ART1321, ART1331, ART1341. B.F.A. (P).
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ART2025 La sculpture et l'image / Sculpture and Image (0,0,4) 6 cr.
Exploration of the relationships between sculpture and two-dimensional space: the plane, frontality, instantaneous perception, opticality. Issues of figuration and narration.
Prerequisites: ART1311, ART1321, ART1331, ART1341. B.F.A. (P).
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ART2032 Photographie : vision et représentation / Photography: Vision and Representation (0,0,4) 6 cr.
Further study of forms of personal expression and refinements of modes of representation.
Prerequisites: ART1311, ART1321, ART1331, ART1341. B.F.A. (P).
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ART2040 Intermedia / Intermedia (0,0,4) 6 cr.
Interdisciplinary media art workshop dealing with non-traditional art processes and concepts, including electronic means. Issues of image, sound and performance, in relation to movement, time, space.
Prerequisites: ART1311, ART1321, ART1331, ART1341. B.F.A. (P).
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ART2051 Le dessin : la marque et l'image / Drawing: Marking and Image (0,0,4) 6 cr.
Development of the physical characteristics and expressivity of drawing through intuitive and analytic processes of direct mark-making in confrontation with the image.
Prerequisites: ART1311, ART1321, ART1331, ART1341. B.F.A. (P).
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ART2160 Art Histories (3,0,0) 3 cr.
Historical overview of artistic practices from Prehistory to Modernity.
(H).
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ART2161 Art Theories (3,0,0) 3 cr.
Historical and methodological overview of aesthetic and cultural theories from the Antique period to the present. Their application to the study of the art object.
Prerequisite : ART2160 or the permission of the Department. (H).
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ART2560 Histoires de l'art (3,0,0) 3 cr.
Panorama historiques des pratiques artistiques de la préhistoire à la modernité.
(H).
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ART2561 Théories de l'art (3,0,0) 3 cr.
Panorama historique et méthodologique des théories esthétiques et culturelles de l'Antiquité à nos jours. Application à l'étude d'oeuvres d'art.
Préalable : ART2560 ou permission du Département. (H).
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ART3016 Peinture et source / Painting and Source (0,0,4) 6 cr.
Exploration of the connections between painting and diverse image sources. Issues of iconography, photography, collage, appropriation, etc.
Prerequisites: ART1311, ART1321, ART1331, ART1341. B.F.A. (P).
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ART3026 La sculpture en contexte / Sculpture in Context (0,0,4) 6 cr.
Exploration of the relationship between sculpture and its immediate environment: space, place, site. Issues of installation, architecture, institution, nature, public art, social and political art.
Prerequisites: ART1311, ART1321, ART1331, ART1341. B.F.A. (P).
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ART3032 Photographie: documentation et construction / Photography: Documentation and Construction (0,0,4) 6 cr.
Exploration of photography as a means of documentation or personal communication.
Prerequisites: ART1311, ART1321, ART1331, ART1341. B.F.A. (P).
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ART3033 Laboratoire de photographie / Photo Laboratory (0,0,4) 6 cr.
Introduction to large-format photography, perspective controls, advanced printing techniques, colour photography, and quality digital scanning and printing.
Prerequisites: ART1311, ART1321, ART1331, ART1341. B.F.A. (P).
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ART3040 Médias mixtes / Mixed Media (0,0,4) 6 cr.
Exploration of relationships arising from the encounter of various form of art, communication and information processing both old and new in order to invent new means of expression.
Prerequisites: ART1311, ART1321, ART1331, ART1341. B.F.A. (P).
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ART3041 Intention et invention / Intention and Invention (0,0,4) 6 cr.
Advanced study and implementation in media art of real or synthetic, photographic or electronic images, static or cinematic, in two or three dimensions, for the purpose of personal expression, factual documentation or social animation.
Prerequisites: ART1311, ART1321, ART1331, ART1341. B.F.A. (P).
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ART3051 Le dessin: le regard et le sens / Drawing: Seeing and Meaning (0,0,4) 6 cr.
Development of perceptual awareness through the study of the nature and the meanings of what we see. Development of intuitive and analytic skills, and study of the personal, factual and cultural issues of representation. Interaction with reproduced imagery and with other media.
Prerequisites: ART1311, ART1321, ART1331, ART1341. B.F.A. (P).
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ART3115 Art in Public Spaces (3,0,0) 3 cr.
Examination of modern and contemporary public art practices and of diverse questions related to art in public spaces, such as the site, urban and natural environments, the public sphere, commemoration and a broadened understanding of audience.
Prerequisite : ART2161 or permission of the Department. (H).
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ART3116 Art and New Technologies (3,0,0) 3 cr.
The impact of new technologies on contemporary artistic practices, their production, mediation and dissemination.
Prerequisite : ART2161 or permission of the Department. (H).
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ART3117 Art and Gender (3,0,0) 3 cr.
Exploration of sexual and gender identities and roles through the study of Modern and contemporary artistic practices and theories: feminism, masculinity, Queer studies and transgender issues, among others.
Prerequisite : ART2161 or permission of the Department. (H).
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ART3118 Art, Globalization and Cultural Hybridities (3,0,0) 3 cr.
Impact of globalization on cultural practices and theories since the Enlightenment, with an emphasis on Orientalism, colonialism, cultural appropriation and the development of international art networks, among other issues.
Prerequisite : ART2161 or permission of the Department. (H).
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ART3170 Modern Art and the Crisis of Representation (3,0,0) 3 cr.
History of modern art from the middle of the XIXth century to World War I through a study of chosen issues.
Prerequisite : ART2161 or permission of the Department. (H). (Formerly : ART2170).
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ART3171 Art, Utopia and the Avant-garde (3,0,0) 3 cr.
History of modern art from World War I to the early 1960s through a study of chosen issues.
Prerequisite: ART2161 or permission of the Department. (H). (Formerly : ART2171).
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ART3180 Art after Modernism (3,0,0) 3 cr.
History of artistic practices in the 1960's and 1970's through a study of chosen issues.
Prerequisite : ART2161 or permission of the Department. (H).
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ART3181 Artistic Strategies of the Postmodern Era (3,0,0) 3 cr.
The exploration of artistic practices since the 1980s through a study of chosen issues.
Prerequisite : ART2161 or permission of the Department. (H).
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ART3334 Canadian Art and Cultural Identities (3,0,0) 3 cr.
Study of Canadian artistic practices through the lens of national identities and cultural diversity, with an emphasis on the Modern and contemporary periods.
Prerequisite : ART2161 or permission of the Department. (H).
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ART3344 Museum Studies and Artistic Practices (3,0,0) 3 cr.
Study of different functions of the art gallery and museum: the exhibition, dissemination, collection, conservation and documentation of art. The impact of contemporary critical theories on museal practices.
Prerequisite : ART2161 or permissin of the Department. (H).
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ART3354 Inuit and Amerindian Art (3,0,0) 3 cr.
Study of the traditional and contemporary arts of the Inuit and Amerindian peoples in their anthropological, historical and political contexts.
Prerequisite : ART2161 or permission of the Department. (H).
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ART3364 Histories and Theories of Photography (3,0,0) 3 cr.
Histories and theories of photography from the XIXth century to the present through the study of chosen issues.
Prerequisite : ART2161 or the permission of the Department. (H).
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ART3374 Artists and Critical Discourse (3,0,0) 3 cr.
An examination of Modern and contemporary artistic practices and their cultural mediations through the discourses of artists and art critics.
Prerequisite : ART2161 or permission of the Department. (H).
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ART3515 L'art dans l'espace public (3,0,0) 3 cr.
Examen de pratiques d'art public modernes et contemporaines et des différents enjeux de l'art dans l'espace public, tels le site, les milieux urbains et naturels, la sphère publique, la commémoration et la notion élargie de public.
Préalable : ART2561 ou permission du Département. (H).
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ART3516 Art et nouvelles technologies (3,0,0) 3 cr.
Incidences des nouvelles technologies sur les pratiques artistiques, leur production, leur médiation et leur diffusion.
Préalable : ART2561 ou permission du Département. (H).
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ART3517 Art et genre (3,0,0) 3 cr.
Exploration des identités sexuelles et des genres à travers l'étude des pratiques et des théories artistiques modernes et contemporaines : féminisme, masculinité, études gaies et lesbiennes, les enjeux de la transsexualité, etc.
Préalable : ART2561 ou permission du Département. (H).
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ART3518 Art, mondialisation et métissages culturels (3,0,0) 3 cr.
Incidences de la mondialisation sur les pratiques et les théories de l'art depuis le XVIIIe siècle : l'orientalisme, le colonialisme, l'appropriation culturelle, le développement des réseaux artistiques internationaux, etc.
Préalable : ART 2561 ou permission du Département. (H).
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ART3570 Art moderne et crise de la représentation (3,0,0) 3 cr.
Histoire de l'art moderne du milieu du XIXe siècle jusqu'à la Première Guerre mondiale à travers l'étude de problématiques choisies.
Préalable : ART2561 ou permission du Département. (H). (Antérieurement : ART2570).
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ART3571 Art, utopies et avant-gardes (3,0,0) 3 cr.
Histoire de l'art moderne de la Première Guerre mondiale au début des années soixante à travers l'étude de problématiques choisies.
Préalable : ART 2561 ou permission du Département. (H). (Antérieurement : ART2571).
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ART3580 L'art après le modernisme (3,0,0) 3 cr.
Histoire des pratiques artistiques dans les années soixante et soixante-dix à travers l'étude de problématiques choisies.
Préalable : ART2561 ou permission du Département. (H).
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ART3581 Stratégies artistiques de la postmodernité (3,0,0) 3 cr.
Exploration des pratiques artistiques depuis les années quatre-vingt à travers l'étude de problématiques choisies.
Préalable : ART2561 ou permission du Département. (H).
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ART3734 Art canadien et identités culturelles (3,0,0) 3 cr.
Étude des pratiques artistiques canadiennes, plus particulièrement modernes et contemporaines, à travers les questions d'identités nationales et de diversité culturelle.
Préalable : ART2561 ou permission du Département. (H).
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ART3744 Études muséales et pratiques artistiques (3,0,0) 3 cr.
Étude des différentes fonctions des institutions muséales artistiques : l'exposition, la diffusion, la collection, la conservation, la documentation. Incidences des théories culturelles contemporaines sur les pratiques muséales.
Préalable : ART2561 ou permission du Département. (H).
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ART3754 Art inuit et amérindien (3,0,0) 3 cr.
Étude des arts traditionnels et contemporains des inuits et des amérindiens dans leurs contextes anthropologique, historique et politique.
Préalable : ART2561 ou permission du Département. (H).
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ART3764 Histoires et théories de la photographie (3,0,0) 3 cr.
Histoires et théories de la photographie du XIXe siècle jusqu'à nos jours à travers l'étude de problématiques choisies.
Préalable : ART2561 ou permission du Département. (H).
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ART3774 L'artiste et le discours critique (3,0,0) 3 cr.
Examen des pratiques artistiques modernes et contemporaines, et de leurs médiations culturelles à travers l'étude du discours des artistes et des critiques d'art.
Préalable : ART2561 ou permission du Département. (H).
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ART4080 Atelier dirigé I / Supervised Studio I (0,0,4) 6 cr.
Individual research and collective critiques under the direction of a professor.
B.F.A. Restricted to fourth-year students. (P).
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ART4089 Atelier dirigé II / Supervised Studio II (0,0,4) 6 cr.
Individual research and collective critiques under the direction of a professor. Exhibition and evaluation of work by a committee of professors.
Prerequisite or co-requisite: ART4080. B.F.A. (P).
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ART4090 Thème choisi / Special Topic (0,0,4) 6 cr.
Practical research on a selected topic.
Prerequisite: To be determined by the chosen topic. B.F.A. (P).
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ART4115 Special Topics in History and Theory of Art (3,0,0) 3 cr.
Topic chosen from among historical or theoretical questions of current concern.
Prerequisite : to be determined according to the subject. (H).
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ART4515 Thèmes choisis en histoire et théorie de l'art (3,0,0) 3 cr.
Thème choisi parmi les questions historiques ou théoriques que soulève l'actualité.
Préalable : à déterminer selon le sujet du cours. (H).
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ART4900 Stage / Apprenticeship 3 cr.
Period of assistantship and practical studies with a professional (artist, researcher, curator, records manager, administrator, etc.) Who must provide the department with a description of both the work program and the evaluation process for approval. The practicum director and the student must present a final report to the department. Duration of apprenticeship: 150 hours.
Prerequisite: 77 university credits. (Grade: Satisfactory / Not satisfactory). BFA, MH. (P/H).
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ART4956 Travaux dirigés I / Directed Research I (3,0,0) 3 cr.
Under the supervision of a professor the student will undertake a program of selected readings and personal research in an area of art history or of art theory.
Prerequisite: 77 university credits. BFA, MH.(H).
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ART4957 Travaux dirigés II / Directed Research II (3,0,0) 3 cr.
Under the supervision of a professor the student will undertake a program of selected readings and personal research in an area of the history or theory of art.
Prerequisite : ART4956 and permission of the Department. Reserved for students registered in the Major in History and Theory of Art. (H).
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