History of God in Seven Paintings

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What is the literary background of Michelangelo's frescoes on the Sistine Chapel ceiling? What story is evoked in Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece The Last Supper? Or, changing geographical scenario, why do the angels bow in front of Adam in a common scene depicted in several Persian miniatures? This course will study a variety of narrative themes and motifs derived from the Abrahamic religious tradition, taking as a starting point the visual representations that those themes and motifs inspired. Paintings from the European Renaissance and from the Arabic, Persian, and Turkish miniature production will serve as entry points for the analysis of scriptural passages in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and the Qur'an 002173