SPAN 6590
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- Schedule of Classes - September 9, 2021 7:14PM EDT
- Course Catalog - September 9, 2021 7:15PM EDT
Classes
SPAN 6590
Course Description
Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2020-2021.
Topic: The Late Medieval Devotional Image. A commonplace in the scholarly literature surrounding late medieval visual culture in Spain is that it was always "late". The Spaniards lagged behind the Italians -- so the story goes -- in getting a handle on perspective, and trailed after van Eyck and van der Weyden in mastering the niceties of oil painting and realistic effects. Spain's visual production, in other words, is generally treated from a standpoint of connoisseurship and "history of styles," producing predictable results: evaluations of how it does (or does not) conform to the models established for other European contexts whose appropriateness to late medieval Iberia is doubtful to say the least. We will examine, through the contextually based study of the introduction of the retablo (altarpiece) into Iberian churches, chapels and palaces (these contexts, of course, included a significant consciousness, and often presence, of Jews, Muslims, or recent converts to Christianity from those latter two religions) in the early 15th century, both the problems enumerated above and the problematic culture of the religious image in Iberia.
When Offered Spring.
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4310, ARTH 6310, JWST 4310, JWST 6310, MEDVL 4310, MEDVL 6310, NES 4700, NES 6700, RELST 4310, RELST 6310, SPAN 4570
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: The Late Medieval Devotional Image
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Robinson, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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