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McINTIRE SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS
I. Art
Drawing, Water-color and Modeling, arranged mainly for students in Architecture.
History of Art B1: A general course in the history of Ancient Art and
Medieval Art carried through Romanesque, with especial emphasis on architecture,
painting and sculpture. Three lectures each week with assigned readings.
(B.A. or B.S. credit, 1 course.)
Assistant Professor Hammarstrand.
History of Art B2: Not open to first-year students.—A general course in
the history of Gothic Art carried through the Art of the Renaissance to 1800,
with French Art carried to 1900. Especial emphasis on architectural history.
Three lectures each week and assigned reading. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 1
course.)
Assistant Professor Hammarstrand.
History of Art B3: First term: History of Art since the Renaissance in
Europe. Second term: History of Art in the United States, with especial
emphasis on architecture. Third term: History of City Planning including
modern housing. Three hours of lecture each week with assigned reading.
(B.A. credit, 1 course.)
Assistant Professor Hammarstrand—First and third terms.
Professor Campbell—Second term.
History of Architectural Ornament: Freehand Drawing B1 prerequisite.—
One weekly lecture with criticism of students' drawing each week of the second
and third terms, except concluding week of major problems in architectural design.
(B.S. credit in Architecture only.) Offered in alternate years with Pure
Design, beginning in 1936-37.
Assistant Professor Disque.
Pure Design: Freehand Drawing B1 prerequisite.—The theory of Pure
Design with drawings in various mediums, one weekly lecture and criticism,
except the concluding week of major problems in architectural design. (B.S.
credit in Architecture only.) Offered in alternate years with History of Architectural
Ornament, beginning in 1937-38. Second and third terms.
Assistant Professor Disque.
Freehand Drawing B1: Elementary course in pencil, charcoal and wash
mediums with elements of architectural pencil sketching. Three hours in the
studio for architectural students. Six hours of studio work a week is required
of B.A. candidates taking course for degree credit.
Assistant Professor Disque.
Freehand Drawing B2: Freehand Drawing B1 prerequisite. — Advanced
charcoal drawings six hours a week in the studio, architectural ornament cast
the first term: figure cast the third term. Must be taken with Modeling B1 by
architectural students. Fee, $5.00. (B.A. or B.S. credit.)
Assistant Professor Makielski.
Freehand Drawing B3: Freehand Drawing B2 prerequisite. — Drawing
from the figure six hours a week or a concentrated period of time during the
third term. Fee, $5.00. (B.S. credit in Architecture only.)
Assistant Professor Makielski.
Modeling B1: The technique of modeling in clay: study of form and
architectural ornament. Six hours in the studio, second term. (B.A. credit
in conjunction with Freehand Drawing B2.)
Instructor to be announced.
Modeling B2: Modeling B1 prerequisite.—Problems in the design in clay
of ornamental forms at large scale and decorative architectural composition at
small scale. Six hours a week, second term. (B.S. credit in Architecture only.)
Professor Campbell, Assistant Professor Disque, and Instructor.
Modeling B3: Continuation of Modeling B2 as an elective in second
term of the fourth year.
Instructor to be announced.
Water-color B1: Still-life painting in studio to teach color appreciation
and technique of handling water-color. Six hours in the studio, first and
third terms. Fee, $5.00. (B.S. credit in Architecture only.)
Assistant Professor Makielski.
Outdoor Sketching: Sketching in Water-color. Four hours a week during
the first term. (B.S. credit in Architecture only.)
Assistant Professor Makielski.
II. Architecture
Architectural Drawing B1: The drawing and rendering of architectural
forms with elements of architecture. Nine drafting room hours each week.
Fee, $15.00. (B.S. credit in Architecture only.) Must be taken in conjunction
with Freehand Drawing B1 and Projective Drawing B1.
Assistant Professor Disque and Mr. Stevens.
Projective Drawing B1: Descriptive Geometry the first and third terms;
and Architectural Shades and Shadows the second term. One hour lecture and
two hours classroom exercise each week. (B.A. or B.S. credit.)
Mr. Taylor.
Projective Drawing B2: Architectural Perspective: One hour of lecture
and two hours of classroom exercise in the first term. (B.S. credit in Architecture
only.) Beginning in 1936-37.
Instructor to be announced.
Architectural Design B1: Architectural Drawing B1 prerequisite.—One,
three and four week problems of the design of small buildings and decorative
architectural composition with especial emphasis on methods of studies, theories
and elements of architecture, and required reading. Individual drafting room
criticism, occasional lectures and general criticisms. Library research and required
reading. Fee, $15.00. (B.S. credit in Architecture only.)
Professor Campbell.
Architectural Design B2: Architectural Design B1 prerequisite.—The
problems of architectural design of the Class B grade of the Beaux-Arts Institute
of Design are taken unless the University Calendar does not permit, in which
case, local design problems are substituted. Individual criticism, followed by
local judgment and judgment of the best problems by the B. A. I. D. jury in
competition with other schools of architecture. Fee $15.00. (B.S. credit in
Architecture only.)
Assistant Professor Disque.
Architectural Design B3: Architectural Design B2 prerequisite.—The problems
of the Class A grade of the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design for those selected
for ability to undertake them. The remainder of the class must acquire
their six values required in the Institute's Class B grade according to their
regulations before entering Class A. Fee $15.00. (B.S. credit in Architecture
only.)
Professor Campbell.
Architectural Design B4: Architectural Design B2 prerequisite.—A course
in the design of less monumental buildings than given under Design B3; in general
a course in the design of domestic architecture, with required reading on
related topics such as landscape architecture, and interior design. At least one interior
design problem of the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design and one archaeology
problem that relates to domestic architecture must be taken where their calendar
and the University's Calendar permit. This course is required of an architectural
student whom the design faculty judge, after completion of Architectural Design
B2, as not having shown enough ability to enter Class A Competition of
the Beaux-Art Institute of Design. The student, if he prefers, may continue in
Class B design until he regularly acquires enough Class B values (six) of that
Institute to regularly enter Class A at any time in his fourth year in the University
School. The student in this class must acquire certain ability in design
which will normally take all of the student's time not otherwise devoted to other
required subjects, normal physical exercise, during the week-ends and extensive
extra work week-ends at the conclusion of major problems, five times a school
year. Fee, $15.00. (B.S. credit in Architecture only.)
Assistant Professor Disque.
Architectural Design C1: Class A grade of design of the B.A.I.D. Four
major plan problems, two minor prize problems and five sketch problems
according to the B.A.I.D. calendar. Individual criticism. Library research.
(M.S. credit in Architecture only.)
Professor Campbell.
Professional Practice: Three lectures a week in the second term on subjects
connected directly with professional practice. Such as: office methods,
building law, ethics, competitions, etc. (B.S. credit in Architecture only.)
Assistant Professor Disque.
Commercial Law for Architects: Three lectures a week for third term.
Elements of Commercial Law—especial needs of architects considered. (B.S.
credit in Architecture only.)
Associate Professor Hulvey.
Architectural Construction B1: The technique of building construction,
including the study of materials and methods. Practice in the preparation of
workings and details. Wood, masonry, and steel structures. Two lectures and
four hours of drawing each week. (B.S. credit in Architecture only.)
Assistant Professor Makielski.
Architectural Construction B2: Architectural Construction B1 prerequisite.—A
continuation of Architectural Construction B1, including the preparation
of working drawings and specifications for more complex structures than those
studied in the previous course. Two lectures and four hours of drawing each
week. (B.S. credit in Architecture only.)
Assistant Professor Makielski.
Re-inforced Concrete Design: Architectural Construction B2 prerequisite.—
The theory and design of re-inforced concrete structures such as are usually expected
in ordinary architectural practice, and which candidates for state examinations
to practice architecture should be able to solve. Two lectures and three
hours of classroom exercises each week of the first term, fourth year. (B.S.
credit in Architecture only.)
Assistant Professor Makielski.
Mechanical Equipment of Buildings: Architectural Construction B1 prerequisite.—A
study of the mechanical equipment of buildings, heating, lighting,
sanitation, and electrical work. Two lectures and six hours of drawing each
week. (B.S. credit in Architecture only.)
Assistant Professor Makielski.
Colonial Archaeology: Elective in second term, fourth year. Architectural
Design B2, or equivalent, prerequisite.—The historical study with measurements
and the drawing of a work of Architecture in Virginia of the Colonial or Federal
period. (M.S. credit.)
Professor Campbell.
Perspective Rendering: Water-color B1 prerequisite.—The drawing and
rendering of architectural compositions in color. (B.S. credit in Architecture
only.)
Professor Campbell.
Architectural Building and Equipment: The School of Art and Architecture
is housed in Fayerweather Hall, formerly the old gymnasium. The
main gymnasium floor has been converted into faculty offices and a large
drafting room for instruction in architectural drawing and design. Over the
offices is a balcony arranged for group criticisms, judgment of student drawings
and small exhibitions. The ground floor is occupied by two studios for
water-colour and freehand drawing work, the Fine Arts Library, a small
classroom and business office. The large classes have their lectures and classroom
exercises in other University buildings.
The library contains three thousand books and bound periodicals on painting,
sculpture, architecture and the related minor arts. Additional books on
philosophy of art, archaeology, the theatrical and musical arts are in other
school libraries. The best of American and European architectural and art
for History of Art lectures is available. The School owns an ample
collection of plaster casts and still-life objects necessary for teaching freehand
drawing and water-colour as well as equipment for instruction in various black
and white mediums. A gift by John Barton Payne of etchings by masters
is owned by the University. A permanent collection of architectural drawings
and water-colours for student inspiration is exhibited on walls. All the
printed documents relating to Virginia Colonial Architecture are on the library
shelves and a rapidly increasing collection of photographs on the same subject
is being formed. Opportunities for original research in Virginia Colonial and
Classical Revival Architecture are afforded by the neighborhood surrounding
Charlottesville.
III. Music
Music B0: Music Fundamentals and Elementary Harmony: Intensive
drill in the underlying rudiments of Music; solfegge; ear training; sight reading;
dictation. Progressive formation of scales; intervals and triads; inversions;
principles of chord connections. Melodic leadings and metrical material.
No previous musical knowledge necessary. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 1
course.)
Professor Fickenscher.
Music B1: Musical History and Appreciation: Not open to first-year
students.—The development of music from antiquity to the present time with
typical examples of each phase. Illustrations and analysis of works of the
epoch makers, treating of their style, influence and historic import. The development
of musical instruments and of the orchestra. Illustrated lectures.
Collateral reading. No previous musical knowledge required. (B.A. or B.S.
credit, 1 course.)
Associate Professor Pratt.
Music B2: Harmony: Students taking this course are required to have
had ear training and a preliminary knowledge of musical notation, intervals
and scale formation, or to take concurrently Music B0. Also to have or to
acquire sufficient piano technique to play simple chord successions. Harmonic
relationships and their tendencies, construction of chords, voice progressions,
dissonances, suspensions, sequences, cadences, the pedal point and modulation.
(B.A. or B.S. credit, 1 course.)
Associate Professor Pratt.
Music B3: Counterpoint: Students taking this course are required to
have had ear training and a preliminary knowledge of musical notation, intervals,
and scale formation or to take concurrently Music B0. Counterpoint
from the First to the Fifth Species in two, three, and four parts; combined
counterpoint. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 1 course.)
Professor Fickenscher.
Music B4: Orchestra: Credit to students who have the requisite technical
ability on the following instruments: Piano, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon,
French Horn, Violin, Cello, Double Bass, Kettle Drums, and other instruments
of orchestral works. Comprises one two-hour period per week. (3-year
course—B.A. or B.S. credit, 1/3 course each year.)
Professor Fickenscher.
Students or others not desiring the course for credit are invited to join the
orchestra.
Music B5: Composition: Music B2 and B3 prerequisite.—Advanced Harmony
and Counterpoint. Construction and drill in various rhythmic and melodic
forms. Their use in sections, phrases and periods. Construction of song and
dance forms; the study of these and larger forms, including the sonata form,
through the works of the masters. Application of contrapuntal devices in the
homophonic forms. Students will be given the opportunity to have works performed
by the Choral, Glee Club, Orchestra or Band. (B.A. or B.S. credit,
1 course.)
Associate Professor Pratt.
Music B6: Orchestration: Music B5 prerequisite.—(B.A. or B.S. credit,
1 course.)
Associate Professor Pratt.
Music B7: Vocal Ensemble: Music B0 and one year's full attendance in
the Glee Club prerequisite.—The study, direction and production of part songs
and choral works from the time of the ancient madrigal to and including the
present period. Three hours per week. (2 year course—B.A. or B.S. credit,
½ course each year.)
Professor Fickenscher.
Music C1: Advanced Composition: Music B5 and B6 prerequisite.—Advanced
Harmony and Counterpoint, Canon, Fugue, and the larger homophonic
forms.
Professor Fickenscher.
Music C2: Music in the History of Western Europe: Prerequisites:
Two B Courses in the School of Music or the equivalent acquired through
private instruction and study elsewhere. Open to graduates and undergraduates.—Development
of the Music and Liturgy of the Catholic Church during
the Middle Ages and Italian Renaissance. Guido, Saint Ambrose. Gregory
the Great and the Gregorian Chant. The Netherlands School, Palestrina. The
influence of the Papal Choir in European Music. The religious and secular
composers of the Classic and Romantic Periods. Bach, Handel and their successors.
Hours to be arranged.
Associate Professor Pratt.
Choral Singing: Fundamental principles of sight reading. Study of part
songs and other choral works of various masters from the Netherlands School
to the present day. Three concerts during the Academic year. One to two
hours a week.
Professor Fickenscher.
Glee Club: Study of cappella and accompanied choruses both classic and
of a lighter character. Students with reading knowledge of music will be given
a preference. Two to three hours a week.
Associate Professor Pratt.
Band: Open to students who have had training in playing the usual band
instruments.—The University Band was organized to play and study the various
types of band music and to serve the University at the important athletic
events and on other occasions by performances given before and during the
events. Whenever possible the band will accompany the teams on their out of
town trips. All men interested in the Band should bring their own instruments,
if possible, since the Band equipment is limited. Two to three hours
a week.
Associate Professor Lutz.
Technical Training: Technical training under special instructors in Singing,
Pianoforte, Organ, Violin, Cello, Clarinet and other wind instruments.
University students may arrange for tuition in these branches at a reduction
in rates by application to Professor Fickenscher or Associate Professor Pratt.
Concerts: a. A series of five concerts by artists of international reputation
at moderate prices gives opportunity for extended musical knowledge and appreciation.
b. A series of ensemble recitals by the faculty of the Music School affords
opportunity for intimate acquaintance with the best in musical literature and
through familiarity to become intelligent in appreciation of the masters.
c. Concerts by the Glee Club and Orchestra.
Equipment: The work offered re-establishes the instruction outlined in
the first curriculum of the University, 1818, the earliest proposal for instruction
in art, architecture, and music in any American university. An unrivalled
background is provided for it by the buildings and environment of Charlottesville;
the University group, with its old buildings specially designed to
furnish examples of the various orders "as specimens for the ahitectural lectures,"
its new buildings designed by Stanford White; the wo of sculpture
by Houdon, Ezekiel, Bitter, Borglum, Keck, Shrady, and ken; the concerts
and exhibitions of paintings brought to the University with part of the
income of the McIntire fund.
For Music, the Carnegie Foundation has recently presented the school
with the "Carnegie Music Set," comprising a Capehart Phonograph, 900
records, several hundred orchestral, piano and vocal scores, and 300 books for
the General Library covering the historical, biographical, technical and
popular aspects of musical art. The school has also two concert grand
pianos, an Ampico reproducing grand piano and several phonographs. The
equipment for radio reception includes microphone and mechanism for making
aluminum records of home performances. A set of band instruments purchased
by the Alumni Association, double basses, kettle drums, and various
other unusual instruments for the use of students in the orchestra, a comprehensive
library of chamber music, orchestral scores and parts, operas and
piano classics, as well as books of reference on musical subjects and collateral
organ in Cabell Hall and a three-manual Moeller organ, the gift of Paul
Goodloe McIntire in connection with the McIntire Amphitheatre, and a two-manual
practice organ in the University Chapel. The following gifts have been
made to the musical library: by Mr. Iredell Jenkins, a valuable collection of
operas, oratorios, light operas, piano music, first editions; by Professor Gardner
Lloyd Carter, piano music and books on musical subjects; by Mr. Charles
Orchard, a set of biographical works; by Mrs. W. H. Sage, a collection of piano
music, violin and cello sonatas, trios, quartettes and quintettes.
IV. Dramatic Art
Dramatic Art B1: Playwriting: Not open to first-year students. Other
students will be admitted only after a personal interview with Mr. Boyle.
English B2 or B4 or B5 prerequisite or must be taken concurrently.—The reading
and analysis of plays throughout the year. The dramatization of the short
story and the writing of original one-act plays. Emphasis will be placed on
the present-day life and historical traditions of Virginia. Students from other
sections will be expected to use the materials and background with which
they are familiar. Plays considered worthy of production will be staged by
the Virginia Players. Monday evenings, 7:30 to 10. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 1
course.)
Mr. Boyle.
Dramatic Art B2: Play Production: The technique of acting and stage
directing. The essential arts involved in the producing of plays: scene design
and construction, costuming, lighting, etc. Lectures and practical work. Each
student will direct a one-act play and act in two others. This course in the
theory and practice of the theatre is designed for the training of students
participating in the work of the Virginia Players and for those who plan to
become directors of school and community drama work. Afternoon hours to
be arranged. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 1 course.)
Mr. Boyle.
Dramatic t B4: Advanced Play Production: Dramatic Art B2 pre-
requisite.—Stu who have had considerable experience in the theatre may
secure the consen of the instructor to take this course concurrently with Dramatic
Art B2.—Lectures, parallel reading and reports. Members of this class will
be assigned responsible positions on the various productions of the Virginia
Players. Afternoon hours to be arranged. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 1 course.)
Associate Professor Pratt and Mr. Boyle.
Dramatic Art B5: History of the Theatre: The changing conventions
of the theatre and their relation to the problems engaging the interest of playwrights
and audiences. The Greek theatre, the Renaissance, and the modern
intimate playhouse. The technique of the movies. Modern problems; Realism,
Symbolism, Expressionism, etc. The technique of playwriting illustrated
by private performances and readings from the plays of Sophocles, Shakespeare,
Ibsen and others. Lectures and discussions. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 1
course.)
Associate Professor Pratt.
Dramatic Art C1: Advanced Playwriting: Dramatic Art B1 and one
other B course prerequisite. Open only to those of proved aptitude in playwriting
who have obtained the consent of the professor in charge.—Each student
will be required to satisfactorily complete a full length play. Hours to be arranged.
Associate Professor Pratt.
Virginia Players: H. R. Pratt, Director and Manager, Roger Boyle, Associate
Director, A. J. Barlow, Secretary and Treasurer.—The Virginia Players
is the producing company for the courses in Playwriting and Dramatic Art in
the McIntire School of Fine Arts. It is incorporated under the laws of the
State of Virginia as a non-stock corporation: the trustees: Professors J. C.
Metcalf, J. S. Wilson, W. H. Faulkner, W. S. Rodman, A. J. Barlow, H. R.
Pratt and one member from the student body. Its purpose is to develop a
State Theatre which will seek to interpret Virginia to its people through the
writing and production of original plays, and to stage revivals of classic and
modern plays. Only those enrolled as students in the University are eligible
to election as Active Members. Others who participate in the work may be
elected Associate Members.
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