Humanities and Fine Arts 191HFA47 - FYS- Books Without Reading

This course will present students with an overview of the book as object during the late Middle Ages and Renaissance (roughly 1300-1650). Rather than considering the text inside books, we will investigate physical books themselves, as sites of artmaking, collecting, magic, religious devotion, technology, political controversy, and scholarly inquiry. The class will involve hands-on interaction with books (in the form of facsimiles) of the periods discussed.

Open to first-year Humanities and Fine Arts Exploratory Track students and first-year HFA Majors.