Human Expression and the Arts

Catalog description

This course encompasses literature, performing arts, and visual arts and offers a multifaceted exploration of human expression throughout the ages. This course delves into how diverse literary works, performances, and visual art forms reflect and shape individual experiences, cultural heritage, and societal norms. A distinctive feature of this course is its Lutheran perspective, which integrates how Christianity and ethics interact with these artistic mediums. This approach enriches the understanding of art as a vessel for conveying human emotions, cultural identities, historical contexts, and theology.