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ART 320 - Seminar in Medieval Art

Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
Topic for 2018/19b: Art and Architecture of the Pilgrimage Roads. The mindset of the pilgrim, seeking transcendence through a spiritual or physical voyage, is inscribed from the early years of Christianity. It is the physical manifestation of this desire that we study in this seminar: the medieval art and architecture created to honor the saints whose tangible remains on earth were thought to retain miraculous powers. These sumptuous objects and sublime sacred spaces were the media through which pilgrims communicated with saints for inspiration, guidance, or healing. We begin in Jerusalem, where Christian pilgrimage, considered as an industry, began, and move to Rome, the site of the tombs of the apostles Peter and Paul. We examine the pilgrimage, which, beginning in the eleventh century, supplanted those of both Jerusalem and Rome: the road to the tomb of the apostle James in Santiago de Compostela. We conclude by considering the cult of the unlikely martyr Thomas Becket at Canterbury, and then embark upon a pilgrimage of our own: to the Cloisters Museum in New York. Travel expenses are funded by the Department. Lindsay Cook.

Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.

One 2-hour period.



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