Light and Sound - Physics in the Arts

Catalog description

Many of the Fine Arts (music, painting, dance, photography, etc) depend on our human perception of light and sound. While our experience of light and sound are wildly different, the underlying physics is the same - they are both waves. This is a laboratory and experience-based course with applications such as cameras, color mixing, musical instruments, and musical scales. The goal is to gain a greater understanding of light and sound to appreciate how they influence and enrich our Art and our lives. (Lecture three hours, Laboratory two hours).