Art History 307 - Romanesque & Gothic Art

Designed as an introduction for undergraduate and graduate students, the aim of this course is to provide a comprehensive survey of the most important monuments of high and late medieval art and architecture from the 11th through the 15th centuries. We will also examine objects and images that are less often included in surveys, such as medieval jewelry and illustrated treatises on death. In addition, readings from sources contemporary with the objects observed in lecture will add a more textured historical background to our observations. Art and architecture will be observed not simply as reflections of dominant ideas and ideologies, but also as instrumental in formulating those ideas and ideologies.