ART 324 - Medieval Space:Architecture,Image,and Viewer in the Middle Ages

Institution:

Reed College

Subject:

Description:

Full course for one semester. This course investigates the formal relationships between architecture and images at holy sites during the Middle Ages, focusing on how those relationships structured and mediated a viewer's experience of the divine. We will explore how visual and material production in Western Europe, Byzantium, and Islam informed social and political relations. We will encounter a wide array of geographical sites and histories: from classical examples in Greece and Rome (the Athenian Acropolis and Constantinian monuments), to monastic settlements in France and Germany during the 8th and 9th centuries; from the spread of Romanesque architectural sculpture along the European pilgrimage routes in the 12th century, to the rise of Gothic cathedrals and the Italian city-state during the 13th and 14th centuries. We will discover how each site's architectonics encouraged viewers to spatially interact with images. Readings will include both primary and secondary sources and will focus on a historical and formal understanding of a key set of monuments within their urban or monastic environments. Prerequisite: Art 201 or consent of the instructor. Conference.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

Corequisites:

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.reed.edu

Phone Number:

(503) 771-1112

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

The Course Profile information is provided and updated by third parties including the respective institutions. While the institutions are able to update their information at any time, the information is not independently validated, and no party associated with this website can accept responsibility for its accuracy.