Early Christian & Byzantine Art

Catalog description

This is a course devoted to the study of the artistic culture of the early Christian Church and its continuation in the Eastern Orthodox and Latin traditions, with a focus on Early Christian artistic traditions to 1000. Emphasis will be placed on an analysis of works of painting, sculpture, mosaic work, jewelry, textiles, and architecture that relates them to the Asian, African, and European expressions of Christianity from which the sprung. Formerly known as ART 4620.