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AMST270

Religion and American Visual Culture

Subject code

AMST

Course Number

270

Department(s)

Instructor(s)

M. Bruce

Course Long Title

Religion and American Visual Culture

Cross Listed Courses

Description

A study of the constitutive role of visual culture in the formation of American religious traditions and the influence of religious experience on American art and mass culture. Moving from the colonial period to the present, this course examines the symbiotic relationship between American visual culture and religion in painting, photography, illustrated media, mass-produced objects, memorials, architecture, and decorative items.

Modes of Inquiry

Analysis and Critique [AC]

Writing Credit

No writing credit

INDS Program Relationship

IDAM - AMST Program