ARH 295-02 - Special Topic: Challenging Traditional Narratives of Medieval and Renaissance European Art

4 credits (Fall)

This course will challenge traditional ways of categorizing and understanding European visual culture (13th -16th centuries) by using various methodological approaches to examine not only canonical works of art, but also those that have been dismissed as marginal. When such diverse works are considered in terms of race, gender, materiality, and cross-cultural exchange, standard divisions such as medieval vs. Renaissance, East vs. West, and high art vs. decorative art become insufficient and even erroneous.

Prerequisite: Second-year standing.
Instructor: Crites