Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: INTRODUCTION TO THE ARTS AND ARCHITECTUE OF THE ISLAMIC WORLD

Department: Art History

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This course is an introduction to the arts and architecture of the Islamic world from the beginning of Islam (7th century) to the rise of the "great empires" (Ottomans, Safavids and Mughals) in the course of the 16th century. Key-monuments from a large geographic area stretching from Spain to India will be analyzed alongside ceramics, metalwork, ivories, and the arts of the book. Cross-list: ARCH 221.