ARTH 256Mediterranean Art History

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Mediterranean Art History (3) This course examines European art in the Mediterranean geopolitical area, from the splendor of the Greek civilization until the first half of the twentieth century. This extensive chronology is divided into several artistic periods: Antiquity (Greek and Roman art); Islamic Spain; the Medieval period (Romanesque and Gothic); the Renaissance, Baroque, and different art movements that developed during the Modern era (eighteenth to early twentieth century). All of these artistic expressions, together with the aesthetical ideas that ignited them, are analyzed within their proper sociological, political, and religious contexts. AU Core Habits of Mind: Creative-Aesthetic Inquiry. AU Abroad: Spain: Madrid.