Art History 234 - The Age of Cathedrals
AGE OF CATHEDRALS
Spring
2020
01
4.00
Brigitte Buettner
TTh 02:45-04:00
Smith College
30753-S20
HILLYR GRAHAM
bbuettne@smith.edu
Architectural, sculpted and pictorial arts from North of the Alps, c. 1150–1300. Rather than a survey, this course proposes a thematic approach to allow for an in-depth examination of key concerns of the Gothic era, such as the interface between visual creations and new forms of patronage and devotional attitudes, the rise in literacy and secular culture, the development of scientific rationality or the sustained contact with the Islamic world. Group A, Counts for ARU {A} {H}