Course Catalog - 2007-2008

     

HART 394 - SACRED ARTS SECULAR MODERNISM

Long Title: THE SACRED ARTS OF SECULAR MODERNISM
Department: Art History
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Description: This course examines various representations of spirituality and the sacred in modernist & post modernist aesthetics, and their corresponding expressions in historical and comtemporary museum practices. special emphasis will be placed on the outstanding collectionsof the adjacent museum district, the Menil Collection and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.