ART 390 - A World Filled with Gods: Pagan, Jewish, Christian and Muslim Art in Late Antiquity

Institution:

Catholic University of America

Subject:

Art

Description:

Between the first and the eighth centuries, two new religions, Christianity and Islam, joined the Jewish and Greco-Roman religions. In this course, we will investigate the war of images during this critical period of intercultural transformation and change in the Mediterranean world. We will examine how old and new religions both competed and communicated via art and architecture. Through a number of case studies, we will investigate forms of visual expression in late antiquity; and we will consider how images of the divine functioned to shape and reinforce cultural and social structures.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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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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