ARH 7207 - Arts and Architecture of the Islamic World

Effective Start Date: 08/09/2010
In order to understand the production, representation and perception of space in the Islamic world, this survey course examines significant works of arts, architecture, urbanism & landscape from 650 to 1800. While studying common themes & shared values of the Islamic world, the course questions the disparities and novelties in the reception of Islam as a social, cultural & political practice, mapping distant geographies from Al-Andalus to India

Credits: 3
Grading Basis: Graded