Examines architecture, sculpture, painting, manuscript illumination, and treasury arts of the Latin West during ca. 950-1200 C.E., including Ottonian, Anglo-Saxon, Mozarabic, First Romanesque, and Romanesque art. Considers visual arts of Christianity in light of the historical, religious, political, social, and cultural contexts of their creation. Topics: the cult of saints and the arts; the art and architecture of pilgrimage and crusade; monasticism and the arts; Romanesque patrons, artists, and audiences; the Romanesque revival of monumental sculpture; Christian encounters with Islam and Judaism; secular themes in Romanesque art; word and image in Romanesque art; medieval attitudes toward the classical tradition.
Art History (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
Sections (Spring 2022)
ARTH-UA 202-000 (20245)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed6:00 PM – 7:00 PM (Evening)at Washington SquareInstructed by Amore, Alexa