ART 301 - Splendors of Byzantium: Art and Culture of the Empire, 330-1453

Institution:

Catholic University of America

Subject:

Art

Description:

This course will explore the visual culture of Byzantine Empire from the founding of Constantinople in A.D. 330 to the 15th century. The class will use the resources of Dumbarton Oaks Museum, which holds one of the most important collections of Early Christian and Byzantine art in North America. We will experience first hand the objects in the collection, including mosaics, metalwork, ivories, textiles, icon paintings, and illuminated manuscripts from a variety of contexts, secular and ecclesiastical, private and public. Through a number of case studies we will think and talk about forms of visual expression in Byzantium and their use in the shaping and reproduction of main cultural and social structures.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Studio

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.cua.edu

Phone Number:

(202) 319-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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