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2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

AR 347 - Visual Culture of the Middle Ages I: 200 C.E. - 1000 C.E.


This course will focus on images of power, piety, and belief in the European Middle Ages (c.200 - 1066), from the Late Antique world to Charlemagne and his successors. Rural landscapes, town planning, and the role of archeology in understanding medieval art and life will be explored, along with the evolution of including churches, mosques, monasteries, cathedrals, palaces and houses, and the objects and images that filled them.

Full course
Misc. Notes: Cannot be taken if the student has already taken AR 346, RS 346 or HI 346.