Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: LANDMARKS IN ISRAELI ART

Department: Art History

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This course examines the main artistic movements of israel (1948-88.) It explores how traditional Jewish symbols are transformed by political events and Zionist dogmas. Zionist thinking expanded familiar biblical legends and myths creating modern ones for the emerging Israeli culture. Art was also influenced by Greco-Roman mythology and Christian symbolism. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: HART 538.