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Anna D. Kartsonis
ART H 351
Seattle Campus
Christian art and architecture of the Roman and Byzantine empires and of western Europe through the eighth century.
Class description
2009su-Art317-MWF 12:40-2:10
FROM ROME TO BYZANTIUM: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE.
The class will explore the changing artistic traditions of the Early Christian and Byzantine periods from the reign of Constantine the Great (312) to the fall of Constantinople (1453)). Emphasis will be placed on the complex historical, social, political, and religious factors that determined the visual and artistic expression of the sophisticated civilization of Byzantium that flourished in the Eastern Mediterranean. Different aspects of the material in this course will be presented in class lectures, in the required textbooks, and selected outside readings which will be discussed in class selectively.
Student learning goals
General method of instruction
Lectures-Discussion
Recommended preparation
Art History 202, and other introductory courses relating to the history of late antiquity and the middle ages
Class assignments and grading
Reading, writing, discussion
Two examinations, one paper, class participation
