ARTH208

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Islamic Art

Art History College of Liberal Arts

Course Subject Code

ARTH

Course Number

208

Status

Active

Course Attributes

BART: GenEd-Breadth/Arts, BHUM: GenEd-Breadth/Humanities, CEA: ProgCLA-CEA and Au Pair, DVIT: GenEd-Diversity International, EMAH: Major-Art History Elective, GLC: GenEd-Global Challenges, MARH: Major-Art History, ENMI: Minor-Middle East Stu Elective, ENRE: Minor-Religion Elective, NMES: Minor-Medieval Studies, NMID: Minor-Middle East Studies, NREL: Minor-Religion

Course Short Title

Islamic Art

Course Long Title

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Course Description

Examines the history of ten centuries of Islamic art and architecture both chronologically and thematically. Begins with a study of medieval Islamic art of the Near East and Mediterranean, examining major themes and regional variations. Study will then shift to select monuments of Islamic art from the fourteenth to the eighteenth centuries. The focus may include architecture and manuscript painting, with some attention also to metalwork, pottery, and textiles. Issues considered may include: Islamic aesthetic attitudes, definitions of Islamic art, adaptations of a late antique artistic vocabulary, cross-cultural influence, architecture and ritual, and ideology and style in manuscript painting.

Min

4

Repeatable

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Course Restrictions

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