ARTH 3155 - Making Material Med Art

Institution:

University of Utah

Subject:

Art History

Description:

This course highlights the arts of medieval Byzantium, western Europe, and the Islamic world. Driven by questions of artists' knowledge and how art-objects were made, we will also consider the ways in which the physical and material properties of a work informed its meaning for historical viewers. Of special concern are the geographic origins of materials, the global networks by which they traveled, and the environmental and human cost of such exchanges. Over the course of the semester, we will focus on materials including but not limited to: textiles, metalworks, wood, stone, precious gems and glass, ceramics, and the arts of the book. Each unit is organized with an eye to chronology as well as the interplay between visual cultures as they developed through commerce, gift exchange, and the reuse of objects and spaces.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.utah.edu

Phone Number:

(801) 581-7200

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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