CMS373
Art of the Global Middle Ages
Subject code
CMS
Course Number
373
Department(s)
Instructor(s)
E. Woodward
Course Long Title
Art of the Global Middle Ages
Cross Listed Courses
Description
This course examines artworks produced by diverse communities in Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and Western Asia from the period ca. 500-1500 C.E. Through case studies of luxury objects, iconic architecture, monuments, and paintings, students explore the ways that artists, patrons, and viewers within Islamic, Jewish, and Christian traditions articulated spiritual and intellectual values and religious and socioeconomic identities. The course focuses on visual and cultural interactions such as commerce, gift exchange, reinterpretation of visual forms, and reuse of significant objects and spaces. Attention is given to scholarly debates on the concept of a "global" Middle Ages and popular (mis)conceptions about the medieval era. Recommended background: at least one course in art history, premodern history, or religious studies.
Writing Credit
W2
INDS Program Relationship
IDCM - CMS Program
GEC This Course Belongs To
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Class Restriction
Exclude First Years