Course Schedule and Catalog

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

Department: Art History

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: The obscene, the grotesque, the humorous, and the bizarre were frequently depicted alongside sacred religious scenes, in the margins of Medieval manuscripts, beneath the seats of church canons, or in the periphery of Gothic cathedral facade sculpture. This fantastic world, along with the personifications of the Seven Deadly Sins, were often imagined as the "other" in representations of race, class, and gender. By the sixteenth century, these images had migrated into the center of paintings, especially in the work of Hieronymus Bosch and Pieter Bruegel the Elder. This course will examine the juxtapositions and complex meanings of sacred and profane imagery within the context of late Medieval and post reformation religious and social life. Cross-list: MDST 451, Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: HART 551.