Section Info: ARTH-301BK-01

Course Title: Topics in Art History: 'The Art of the Book: From Manuscript to Incunabula'

Start Date: 01/24/2022 End Date: 05/09/2022

Term: Spring Semester 2022

Description: The subject of this course is the book, from its invention in the late antique era to the advent of printing in the fifteenth century, in Western Asia, Europe, North Africa, and Southeast Asia. We will study books made for devotion, instruction, entertainment, and pleasure, from the earliest accounts of Christ's life, to jewel-encrusted books painted with gold for emperors, to student-copied textbooks of the oldest universities, to vernacular literature, legends, and histories. Topics include technology and materials, integration of text and image, makers (monastic, courtly, and commercial), and readers and collectors, via first-hand study of manuscripts in nearby collections and independent research.

Distribution(s): I - Humanities , SI - Speaking-Intensive , WI - Writing-Intensive , TP - Topics Course

Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate

Credits:4.00

Faculty	Phone	Email address
Christine Andrews		candrews@mtholyoke.edu

Meeting Dates	Method	Meeting days	Meeting times	Building name	Room	Frequency
01/24/2022 - 05/09/2022	Lecture	Tuesday	01:30PM - 04:20PM	ART - Art	219	Weekly

REGISTRATION DETAILS

Requisite Courses
Prereq: 4 credits in art history.	Take previously	Required

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Cross-listed Sections

ARTH-301BK-01 The Art of the Book

RELIG-331BK-01 The Art of the Book

Course Availability
Section status: Closed	Capacity: 18	Enrollment: 19	Available: 0	Waitlist: 0

BOOK INFORMATION

Book List	Required	Publisher Full Price
Title: Toward a Global Middle Ages: Encountering the World through Illuminated M Author: Keene, Bryan C. Copyright: 2019 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781606065983 Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum	Recommended	60.00

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This is the complete book list for this class.