Art of Pilgrimage and Crusades

Catalog description

This course examines art and architecture in Western Europe and the Mediterranean from the 8th-12th centuries and how the rise of monasticism, pilgrimage, the Crusades, and Byzantine and Islamic cultures informed the art and architecture of the “Romanesque” era. Students will have reading assignments and exams. This course is mutually exclusive. Students may not take both 2450/3450 for credit. 2450 and 3450 students attend the course simultaneously.