Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2009
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HART 325 001 (CRN: 23200)
WHAT IS ISLAMIC ART?
Long Title: WHAT IS ISLAMIC ART ?
Department: Art History
Instructors:
Meeting: 2:00PM - 5:00PM R (5-JAN-2009 - 17-APR-2009)
Part of Term: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Section Max Enrollment: 20
Section Enrolled: 7
Total Cross-list Max Enrollment: 20
Total Cross-list Enrolled: 7
Enrollment data as of: 14-MAY-2024 5:33AM
Final Exam: Scheduled Final Exam-OTR Room
Description: This seminar is a critical examination of key themes and issues in Islamic art. Based on readings that focus on specific examples of artistic and architectural production of major landmarks from the 7th to the 18th centuries our discussions will evolve around such questions as: What is Islamic about Islamic art? How and where did art, religion, and politics intersect? To what extent were art and architecture informed by religious principles, practices, and rituals? Can we speak of a distinctive visual language across the Muslim world? We will also explore the role of myth in the construction of cultural heritage, the development of writing the art form of calligraphy, and questions of patronage and imperial ideology. We will revisit long-held assumptions about the nature of Islamic art as iconoclastic and aniconistic, and about the nature and aspect of artistic exchange between the Muslim world and the Latin Christian West, Byzantium, and China. Cross-list: ARCH 325.