AS 010.252 - Sculpture and Ideology in the Middle Ages

Institution:

Johns Hopkins University

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Description:

This lecture course will offer a selective, thematic exploration of the art of sculpture as practiced in the Middle Ages, from the fall of the Roman empire in the 4th century BCE to the dawn of the Renaissance. Our primary concern will be to analyze sculpture in all of its forms -- monumental free-standing, architectural, liturgical, and commemorative -- as the primary medium utilized by patrons, both private and corporate, to display political messages to an ever growing public. Through a series of case studies, we will study how a sculpture's form and style related to a broader social and cultural realm. Selected topics include the medieval understanding of the body (living and dead); urbanism and politics; and the lure of classicism in the Middle Ages.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.jhu.edu

Phone Number:

(410) 516-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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