ART 323 - Medieval Art

Medieval Art explores a millennium of European monuments (4th-15th centuries). Within a feudal system of Christians, artisans and builders create or react to vigorous church, state, and civic patronage; the continuity, cooptation, and perennial renewal of pagan Roman forms; Germanic migrations, Nordic raids, Islamic and Hungarian incursions; the Crusades and pilgrimages of Christian knights and commoners. Medieval works exhibit sustained stylistic developments and erratic formal shifts. Monuments of art and architecture make visible the clash and synthesis of Western European and Mediterranean traditions with those of Insular Christianity and the Byzantine East. Art History course.

Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This course fulfills the Aesthetic: Visual and Performing Arts Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program.
** Honors Scholar Course.
*** This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
**** This is a writing-enhanced course.