Description
Pre-requisite: Junior Classification
This course is an introduction to Islamic art and architecture with an emphasis on the Maghreb and al-Andalus. The first section of the course deals with the period of formation of Islamic art from the advent of Islam to the end of the Umayyad period. The second section consists of a survey of the art and
architecture of the major dynasties of the Islamic West from A.D. 750 to A.D. 1800. The last section of the course links Islamic art, architecture, and urbanism to their social and economic contexts. The course requires students to consider the intellectual and humanist dimensions of artistic production.