Course Catalog - 2011-2012

     

RELI 394 - SACRED ARTS SECULAR MODERNISM

Long Title: THE SACRED ARTS OF SECULAR MODERNISM
Department: Religion
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Description: This course examines various representations of spirituality and the sacred in modernist and post modernist aesthetics, and their corresponding expressions in historical and contemporary museum practices. Special emphasis will be placed on the outstanding collections of the adjacent museum district, the Menil Collection, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Cross-list: HART 394.