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