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MW 7:00 PM-8:30, 180 Tappan Hall Special Topics: Science,
Art and Spirituality
This course will explore how artists interweave elements of science and art to express the spiritual dimension in human life&emdash;that connected with what Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary describes as "an animating or vital principle held to give to physical organisms" and also "the activating or essential principle influencing a person." These interrelationships have assumed increased importance for many creative people as we approach the end of the second millenium in a world shaped by rapidly changing technologies, shifting political powers, and expanded awareness of diverse cultures. Although the course will center on a cross-section of contemporary artists within the context of earlier art that links science, art, and spirituality in various cultures, our readings and discussion will include materials written from the perspective of the scientist, the spiritual researcher, and the artist. Readings and class materials will be enriched by video clips and by selected visitors. The teaching team pairs art historian Diane Kirkpatrick (whose research has centered on artists whose work expresses something of the complexity and wholeness of life by adapting new technologies to artistic ends) and sculptor Michael Kapetan (whose own works in both figurative and abstract modes all combine elements of science, art, and the spiritual). Cost: 1 WL: 4 (Kirkpatrick, Diane/ Kapetan, Michael) |
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