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| 0821-6011-01 | Belief and Unbelief and Expression in the Art of Renaissance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FACULTY OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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University credit hours: 2.0
Course description
The course will examine selected topics in Renaissance art created in periods of Christian faith crisis and religious wars during the 16th century. Against a backdrop of rapid social, economic, and religious transformation in Catholic and Protestant areas, Persecutions and blood accusation of Jews and Witch-hunts took place. The course will examine art as a tool for social and political propaganda.