Humanities and Fine Arts 191HFA8 - FYS-Music/Lens of Art &Science

First year seminar focusing on the elements and history of music and visual art. Primarily a music course, we'll examine music's relationship to the visual arts, literature and science. We'll learn the basics of visual art, compare these elements to the building blocks of music and find parallels and relationships between the two disciplines throughout history. Readings will vary across multiple disciplines including Levitin's This Is Your Brain On Music, Gombrich's The Story of Art and Sacks' Musicophilia. Students will be encouraged to engage with and discuss many types of art of which they may be unfamiliar. No previous knowledge of music or art needed.

Open to first-year Humanities and Fine Arts Exploratory Track students and first-year HFA Majors.