Beauty and Aesthetics 4
Beauty and Aesthetics 4
$100.00
How Art Influenced Notions of Love
Taught by John Doyle
Notions of love and it's depiction in art changed drastically during the transition from Classical Antiquity to the Medieval period. This course will examine what was lost from the Classical past and what was preserved.
Quantity:
Thursdays, February 9th-March 9th* || 6:30-8:30pm
Gallery 114 || 1100 NW Glisan St.
4 weeks, $100 || Limited to 20 students || Scholarships Available
*March 2nd will be skipped for First Thursday
Notions of love and it's depiction in art changed drastically during the transition from Classical Antiquity to the Medieval period. As waves of Germanic tribes swept through the western half of the Roman empire urban civilization, education standards and classical modes of artistic expression went into decline, Religions and philosophies clashed, and society was often in turmoil. This image based course will examine this transition, what was lost from the Classical past and what was preserved.
Week 1:
The Romans inherited the Classical tradition from the Greeks but adapted it for their own society. This session will examine the similarities and differences between the two societies.
Week 2:
The Germans tribes which brought the western Roman empire to an end are still referred to by many as "the barbarians". That is a loaded term, however, and we will discuss who the Germans were, how they lived and what works of art they made.
Week 3:
What is love and how does it find expression in the art of Classical Antiquity, the Migration period and the Late Medieval?
Week 4:
