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Long Title: BOSCH AND BRUEGEL: A SEMINAR ON THE REPRESENTATION OF THE SACRED AND PROFANE

Department: Medieval Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: The Sacred and Profane in the Paintings of Bosch and Bruegel. The obscene, the grotesque, the humorous, and the bizarre were frequently depicted alongside sacred religious scenes in the margins of late Medieval manuscripts or the periphery of Gothic cathedral facade sculpture. By the sixteenth century, this fantastic world had migrated to the center of religious paintings, especially in the work of Hieronymus Bosch and Pieter Bruegel the Elder. This course will examine the juxtapositions and the complex meanings of sacred and profane imagery within the context of sixteenth- century religious and social life. Cross-list: HART 441.