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Religion & the Arts

Course Overview

Date / Time Location Credits Minimium Tuition*
9/3/24 - 12/13/24
TuTh 2p.m. – 3:15p.m.
McCormack M02-0616 3 $1984 (guest students)
Date
9/3/24 - 12/13/24
Time
TuTh 2p.m. – 3:15p.m.
Location
McCormack M02-0616
Credits
3
Min. Tuition*
$1984 (guest students)

Description

This course examines the interplay between religion and aesthetics, as expressed through the literary, visual, and performing arts. Structured thematically rather than by religious tradition, this course covers topics such as religious seeing, visual representation of the divine through icons and iconography, iconoclasm and the power of images, aniconism, calligraphy and geometric design, sacred space and religious architecture, religion and the book arts, religious music, dance, and drama, visual narrativization, and religious ritual as performance.

Prerequisites

Prerequisite = ENGL 102

This course is closed for registration.

Course Details