Art History 228 - ISLAMIC ART & ARCHITECTURE

This course surveys the architecture, landscape, book arts and luxury objects produced in Islamic contexts from Spain to India, and from the seventh through the 20th centuries. Attention will be focused upon the relationships between Islamic visual idioms and localized religious, political and socioeconomic circumstances. In particular, lectures and readings will examine the vital roles played by theology, royal patronage, ceremonial, gift exchange, trade, and workshop practices in the formulation of visual traditions. Group II