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| Spirituality in the Arts | |||
| SPIRIT IN ART | |||
| CLASS CODE: | HUM 333 | CREDITS: 3 | |
| DIVISION: | LANGUAGE & LETTERS | ||
| DEPARTMENT: | HUMANITIES & PHILOSOPHY | ||
| GENERAL EDUCATION: | This course does not fulfill a General Education requirement. | ||
| DESCRIPTION: | This course explores spiritual themes and concepts in art, architecture and music. Topics may include the nature of worship, art as an approach to the Divine, or religious symbolism. | ||
| TAUGHT: | Fall, Winter | ||
| CONTENT AND TOPICS: | Students develop the ability to analyze works of religious art from a symbolic perspective, thematically, and in the context of function. Areas of emphasis include: Nature of Worship: how does one approach divinity?; Art as worship: Visual arts and music arts. Creation, Mortal and Divine: Art as a means of approaching the divine; Religious architecture. Art as Religious Instruction. Symbols and Symbolism: Nature of symbols; History of religious symbolism. Readings include: Theology and the Arts; Education for Eternity; The Meaning of Meaning; Voicing Creations Praise: Towards a Theology of the arts; Good Taste, Bad Taste, and Christian Taste; Mythology; Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art; Temple and Cosmos: Beyond This Ignorant Present; Egyptian Book of the Dead; Signs and Symbols in Christian Art; The Hero with 1000 Faces | ||
| GOALS AND OBJECTIVES: | Develop the ability to analyze works of religious art from a symbolic perspective, thematically, and in the context of function. Identify commonalities of Religious architecture from a wide cross section of belief systems Explore the range of function within religious music. |
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| REQUIREMENTS: | Oral Presentations Essays Reaction papers |
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| PREREQUISITES: | Humanities 201 & 202 or Art 201 & 202 | ||
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| EFFECTIVE DATE: | August 2001 | ||