ART-212: Art of the Medieval World: Crosscurrents In Politics and Religion

Department
Credits 3.00
Academic Level
Undergraduate
Instructional Method
Lecture
Explores the transformations evident in Western European art spanning from the age of Constantine to the late Gothic period. Special areas of interest include Early Christian attempts to visualize a new religion in the varied images of Jesus and the saints, and through mysticism and the world of symbols; Byzantine elegance and grandeur; the melding of Roman style with Christian thought in the Romanesque; chivalry and love in the courtly society of the Gothic and the cult of the Virgin Mary; the great cathedrals of the Gothic, viewed as immense prayers in stone; the late medieval return to the humanism of antiquity with the school of Giotto; and the role of women, and ways women are represented in medieval art. Fulfills the general education requirement in fine arts. [3 credits]