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Art and Power in the Middle Ages

ART 228/HLS 228/MED 228/HUM 228

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We explore art's roles in politics and religion from ca. 600-1300 CE in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The course introduces the arts of Catholicism, Orthodoxy, Judaism, and Islam; great courts and migratory societies; works made for private use and public display. Through narrative arc in lecture and precepts dedicated to artistic media, textual and material primary sources, and/or key intellectual themes, we consider how art participates in forming sacred and secular power. We explore how the work of 'art' in this period carries powers of its own, and how art shaped a multi-lingual, multi-confessional, multi-cultural medieval world.
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Section L01

  • Type: Lecture
  • Section: L01
  • Status: O
  • Enrollment: 0
  • Capacity: 30
  • Class Number: 41229
  • Schedule: TTh 02:30 PM-03:20 PM

Section P01

  • Type: Precept
  • Section: P01
  • Status: O
  • Enrollment: 0
  • Capacity: 15
  • Class Number: 42759
  • Schedule: T 03:30 PM-04:20 PM

Section P02

  • Type: Precept
  • Section: P02
  • Status: O
  • Enrollment: 0
  • Capacity: 15
  • Class Number: 42760
  • Schedule: Th 03:30 PM-04:20 PM