HART 576 - Medieval Visual Culture

Institution:

Rice University

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Description:

This course explores a series of issues that are critically important for the medieval art of both China and northern Europe. Topics include materials and techniques; public and private art: commerce, technology and prints; art and motion; archaeology; paradise and hell; maps and space; the gaze; erotica; patronage; and multiculturalism. For each lecture, Graduate Students will be assigned additional readings. They will write an annotated bibliography of all these readings to be turned in at the end of the semester. We will meet for an additional hour every two or there weeks to discuss interpretive and methodological problems and ideas associated with the readings. Graduate Students will be expected to complete all the requirements of the class in addition to writing a substantial research paper due at the end of the semester.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.rice.edu

Phone Number:

(713) 348-0000

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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