Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: CONSTANTINOPLE / ISTANBUL

Department: Art History

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: An exploration of the architectural and urban culture of the Ottoman imperial capital, Istanbul / Constantinople, from its conquest in 1453 until the empire's demise in the 1920s. Topics include: artistic and imperial legacies; patronage; political and religious symbolism; artistic canon and identity. Not open to students who have taken HART 220 or HART 520. For each lecture, Graduate Students will be assigned additional readings. In addition to all the requirements of the class they will be required to write a 20pp research paper. This requirement will consist of three parts: an annotated bibliography to hand in after the mid-semester break; a class presentation in the last two weeks of the term; submission of their paper at the end of the term. Cross-list: ARCH 661, Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: HART 317. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for HART 517 if student has credit for HART 317.