Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: SCIENCE AND MEDICINE IN MEDIEVAL VISUAL CULTURE

Department: Art History

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This course focuses on the diverse and often unexpected forms of medieval representation that intersect with science, medicine, and natural history: maps, diagrams, images from health and surgery guides, encyclopedic compendia of animals and plants, astrolabes. Optics and theories of vision, and the ideals of naturalism and perspective, will be examined alongside issues such as function, cultural exchange, and intellectual authority. HART 650 will be expected to do additional readings and write a more extensive research paper. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: HART 350. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for HART 650 if student has credit for HART 350.