UP, Spring 2016
Professor Lia Halloran, Department of Art (halloran@chapman.edu)
Professor Claudine Jaenichen, Department of Art
(jaeniche@chapman.edu)
and
Dr. Anna Leahy, Department of English (leahy@chapman.edu)
This course explores the concept of up and the fascination and exhilaration
of all things unbounded by Earth. We will look at the why and the how of things
that extend into and move in air, including images, ideas, and objects that
point us upward, whether conceptually, physically, or spiritually. Topics may
include the linguistic and metaphorical possibilities of up; the history, physics, and future of human-powered flight on
Earth and into space; concepts of transcendence; and more. While this is an
interdisciplinary course drawing from history, literature, science, and
theology, students will look at how these concepts have evolved and have been
influenced and visualized creatively in art, design, and writing.
The course uses lectures as entry points for
a cultural, historical, artistic, and scientific introduction. Guest speakers
from various disciplines (on campus and beyond) complement these lectures.
Students use exercises and experiences throughout the course, and their work
culminates with a design, art, or creative writing project.
UP encourages the kind of analytical and
creative thinking that Chapman University fosters through personalized
education and an interdisciplinary pedagogical perspective that asks students
to think from multiple vantage points.
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