ARTH 3009 is also offered in Spring 2023
ARTH 3009 is also offered in Summer 2021
Spring 2023 | ARTH 3009 Section 001: Intersectional Medieval Art (67156)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
MEST 3009 Section 001
RELS 3609 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Tue,
Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Hubert H Humphrey Center 50B
- Enrollment Status:
Open (42 of 45 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Grounded in critical race theory, intersectionality, and queer theory, this class draws on primary texts and a range of visual and material sources to trace the histories, experiences, and representations of marginalized identities in the medieval world. We will consider gender, sexuality, and race in the context of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic cultures during the Middle Ages. This class will examine topics including transgender saints, miraculous transformations, demonic possession, female artists and patrons, the "monstrous races" of travel accounts, and gender-affirming surgeries. In contrast to misconceptions of a homogenous white European past, the reality of medieval Europe was diverse and complex, and its boundaries - geographical, cultural, bodily, and otherwise - were in flux, as reflected in its visual and material culture.
- Class Description:
- Medieval Art This course focuses on Medieval art in Western Europe, from the decline of the Roman Empire to the eve of the Renaissance, a new world of magnificent churches, sculptures of monsters and saints, preciously illustrated books, magnificent gold and stone statues, stained glass windows, and ivory carvings. Works from France, Spain, Germany, Italy, and England will be examined in their historical context, with particular attention paid to cross cultural relations, the development of completely new forms of art, and techniques and the processes of realization.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67156/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 March 2018
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