ARTHIST 410 - Aesthetics of the Icon

Institution:

Stanford University

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Description:

How medieval objects were experienced through sight, touch, sound, smell, and taste; how this multisensory richness has been reduced to visual studies of medieval art. Focus is on the Byzantine icon to restore its synaesthetic power; how its performance is tied to culturally-specific modes of seeing. Byzantine liturgy, prayer, epigrams, and literary genres of description such as ekphrasis. 5 units, not given this year

Credits:

5.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.stanford.edu/

Phone Number:

(650) 723-2300

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Quarter

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